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Machine learning to build predictive models in maternal-fetal medicine

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A randomized controlled trial of the Happy, Healthy, Loved personalized text-message program for new parent couples: impact on breastfeeding self-efficacy and mood

Authors: Erin Henshaw, Marie Cooper, Teresa Wood, Sanchita Krishna, Marie Lockhart and Stacey Doan

Content type: Research 26 July 2024
Delivery and postnatal care among women in 71 low- and middle-income countries: analyzing coverage gaps using household surveys

Authors: Emily B. Wilson, Lori Niehaus, Safia S. Jiwani, Elizabeth A. Hazel, Abdoulaye Maïga and Agbessi Amouzou

Content type: Research 26 July 2024
Understanding willingness and barriers to participate in clinical trials during pregnancy and lactation: findings from a US study

Authors: Melanie H. Jacobson, Emily Yost, Shirley V. Sylvester, Cheryl Renz, Diego F. Wyszynski and Kourtney J. Davis

Content type: Research 26 July 2024
The association between dietary, physical activity and the DNA methylation of PPARGC1A, HLA-DQA1 and ADCY3 in pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus: a nest case-control study

Authors: Yan Wang, Jianhua Ren and Biru Luo

Content type: Research 26 July 2024
Clinician care priorities and practices in the fourth trimester: perspective from a California survey

Authors: Sylvia Guendelman, Serena Xinzi Wang, Maureen Lahiff, Lawrence Lurvey and Hayley E. Miller

Content type: Research 25 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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A randomized controlled trial of the Happy, Healthy, Loved personalized text-message program for new parent couples: impact on breastfeeding self-efficacy and mood

Delivery and postnatal care among women in 71 low- and middle-income countries: analyzing coverage gaps using household surveys

Understanding willingness and barriers to participate in clinical trials during pregnancy and lactation: findings from a US study

The association between dietary, physical activity and the DNA methylation of PPARGC1A, HLA-DQA1 and ADCY3 in pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus: a nest case-control study

Clinician care priorities and practices in the fourth trimester: perspective from a California survey

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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