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Weight stigma in pregnancy and postpartum

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Female athletes in pregnancy and postpartum

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Safety and complications of cesarean birth in resource-limited settings

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Impacts of different culture times on pregnancy outcomes after thawing of cleavage stage embryos

Authors: Jieyou Wang, Linna Ma, Jiaoqi Mei, Linjiang Li, Wen Xu, Weimin Jiang, Yueyan Wei, Yu Xu, Shaoqing Sun, Yanlin Ma and Qi Li

Content type: Research 29 November 2023
A rapid review of antenatal hepatitis C virus testing in the United Kingdom

Authors: M. P. Hibbert, R. Simmons, S. Mandal, C. A. Sabin and M. Desai

Content type: Research 28 November 2023
The yield of early-pregnancy homeostasis of model assessment -insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) for predicting gestational diabetes mellitus in different body mass index and age groups

Authors: Sima Hashemipour, Mahnaz Zohal, Leila Modarresnia, Sepideh Kolaji, Hamidreza Panahi, Milad Badri, Sarah Mirzaeei Chopani, Sara Esmaeili Kelishomi, Amirabbas Ghasemi and Seyyed Hamidreza Ghafelehbashi

Content type: Research 28 November 2023
Prevalence of maternal mortality causes based on ICD-MM: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Jahanpour Alipour, Abolfazl Payandeh and Afsaneh Karimi

Content type: Research 28 November 2023
Recombinant human thrombopoietin therapy for primary immune thrombocytopenia in pregnancy: a retrospective comparative cohort study

Authors: Jing Lin, Tong-Fei Wang, Mei-Juan Huang, Hao-Bo Huang, Pei-Fang Chen, Yu Zhou, Wei-Chao Dai, Ling Zhou, Xiu-Shan Feng and Hui-Lan Wang

Content type: Research 27 November 2023

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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
A translational approach to studying preterm labour

Authors: Rachel Marie Tribe

Content type: Proceedings 1 June 2007

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BMC Pregnancy & 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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NEW: Effects of climate change on obstetrics and perinatal medicine

Weight stigma in pregnancy and postpartum

Female athletes in pregnancy and postpartum

Safety and complications of cesarean birth in resource-limited settings

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Impacts of different culture times on pregnancy outcomes after thawing of cleavage stage embryos

A rapid review of antenatal hepatitis C virus testing in the United Kingdom

The yield of early-pregnancy homeostasis of model assessment -insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) for predicting gestational diabetes mellitus in different body mass index and age groups

Prevalence of maternal mortality causes based on ICD-MM: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Recombinant human thrombopoietin therapy for primary immune thrombocytopenia in pregnancy: a retrospective comparative cohort 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

A translational approach to studying preterm labour

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