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Machine learning to build predictive models in maternal-fetal medicine

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Timeliness and quality of peripartum care provision during a health system strengthening initiative in rural Guinea-Bissau: a qualitative situation analysis

Authors: Sabine Margarete Damerow, Helene Vernon Adrian, Bucar Indjai, Elsi José Carlos Cá, Nanna Maaløe, Ane Bærent Fisker and Jane Brandt Sørensen

Content type: Research 13 July 2024
Promoting men-inclusive maternity services: exploring the expectations, experiences and needs of men as fathers

Authors: Gai Harrison, Kristy Fitzgerald, Patrick O’Leary, Alka Kothari and Leonie Callaway

Content type: Research 12 July 2024
The severity of intrahepatic cholestasis during pregnancy increases risks of adverse outcomes beyond stillbirth: evidence from 15,826 patients

Authors: Qiulun Zhou, Yi Yuan, Yuying Wang, Zhuoqi He, Yannei Liang, Suyi Qiu, Yiting Chen, Yiru He, Zi Lv and Huishu Liu

Content type: Research 12 July 2024
Changes in maternity care policies and practices that support breastfeeding as measured by the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding — United States, 2018–2022

Authors: Kristin J. Marks, Lucas Gosdin, Lauren E. O’Connor, Heather C. Hamner and Daurice A. Grossniklaus

Content type: Research 12 July 2024
Assessment of women’s needs and wishes regarding interprofessional guidance on oral health in pregnancy – a qualitative study

Authors: Merle Ebinghaus, Caroline Johanna Agricola, Janne Schmittinger, Nataliya Makarova and Birgit-Christiane Zyriax

Content type: Research 11 July 2024

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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

Content type: Research article 1 April 2015
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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Timeliness and quality of peripartum care provision during a health system strengthening initiative in rural Guinea-Bissau: a qualitative situation analysis

Promoting men-inclusive maternity services: exploring the expectations, experiences and needs of men as fathers

The severity of intrahepatic cholestasis during pregnancy increases risks of adverse outcomes beyond stillbirth: evidence from 15,826 patients

Changes in maternity care policies and practices that support breastfeeding as measured by the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding — United States, 2018–2022

Assessment of women’s needs and wishes regarding interprofessional guidance on oral health in pregnancy – a qualitative study

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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