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Concurrent of compound heterozygous variant of a novel in-frame deletion and the common hypomorphic haplotype in TBX6 and inherited 17q12 microdeletion in a fetus

Authors: Guoqiang Li, Yiyao Chen, Xu Han, Niu Li and Shuyuan Li

Content type: Research 1 July 2024
Short stature and vaginal dinoprostone as independent predictors of composite maternal-newborn adverse outcomes in induction of labor after one previous cesarean: a retrospective cohort study

Authors: Sze Ping Tan, Saniyati Badri Bashirudin, Rajeev Kumar Rajaratnam and Farah Gan

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Exploring the mystical relationship between the Moon, Sun, and birth rate

Authors: Ambrogio P. Londero, Serena Bertozzi, Gabriele Messina, Anjeza Xholli, Virginia Michelerio, Laura Mariuzzi, Federico Prefumo and Angelo Cagnacci

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Promoting mental wellbeing in pregnant women living in Pakistan with the Safe Motherhood—Accessible Resilience Training (SM-ART) intervention: a randomized controlled trial

Authors: Shireen Shehzad Bhamani, An-Sofie Van Parys, David Arthur, Nicole Letourneau, Gail Wagnild and Olivier Degomme

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Does the implementation of revised American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines improve the identification of stillbirths and preterm births in hypertensive pregnancies: a population-based cohort study from South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa

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Teenage pregnancy: the impact of maternal adolescent childbearing and older sister’s teenage pregnancy on a younger sister

Authors: Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, Leslie L. Roos and Nathan C. Nickel

Content type: Research article 25 May 2016
“My midwife said that having a glass of red wine was actually better for the baby”: a focus group study of women and their partner’s knowledge and experiences relating to alcohol consumption in pregnancy

Authors: Fiona Crawford-Williams, Mary Steen, Adrian Esterman, Andrea Fielder and Antonina Mikocka-Walus

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Correlation study between increased fetal movement during the third trimester and neonatal outcome

Authors: Cuiqin Huang, Wei Han and Yajing Fan

Content type: Research article 4 December 2019
Responses to gestational weight management guidance: a thematic analysis of comments made by women in online parenting forums

Authors: Madelynne A Arden, Alexandra MS Duxbury and Hora Soltani

Content type: Research article 30 June 2014
The effect of Ramadan fasting during pregnancy on perinatal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Jocelyn D. Glazier, Dexter J. L. Hayes, Sabiha Hussain, Stephen W. D’Souza, Joanne Whitcombe, Alexander E. P. Heazell and Nick Ashton

Content type: Research article 25 October 2018

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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of pregnancy and childbirth. The journal welcomes submissions on the biomedical aspects of pregnancy, breastfeeding, labor, maternal health, maternity care, trends and sociological aspects of pregnancy and childbirth.

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Collections open to submissions

NEW: Inequalities in maternal and perinatal outcomes

Machine learning to build predictive models in maternal-fetal medicine

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Ending preventable stillbirths

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Concurrent of compound heterozygous variant of a novel in-frame deletion and the common hypomorphic haplotype in TBX6 and inherited 17q12 microdeletion in a fetus

Short stature and vaginal dinoprostone as independent predictors of composite maternal-newborn adverse outcomes in induction of labor after one previous cesarean: a retrospective cohort study

Exploring the mystical relationship between the Moon, Sun, and birth rate

Promoting mental wellbeing in pregnant women living in Pakistan with the Safe Motherhood—Accessible Resilience Training (SM-ART) intervention: a randomized controlled trial

Does the implementation of revised American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines improve the identification of stillbirths and preterm births in hypertensive pregnancies: a population-based cohort study from South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa

Teenage pregnancy: the impact of maternal adolescent childbearing and older sister’s teenage pregnancy on a younger sister

“My midwife said that having a glass of red wine was actually better for the baby”: a focus group study of women and their partner’s knowledge and experiences relating to alcohol consumption in pregnancy

Correlation study between increased fetal movement during the third trimester and neonatal outcome

Responses to gestational weight management guidance: a thematic analysis of comments made by women in online parenting forums

The effect of Ramadan fasting during pregnancy on perinatal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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