BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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Does lack of exposure to individual antidepressants at different points during pregnancy associate with reduced risk of adverse newborn outcomes?

Authors: Margaret A. Tharp, Rebecca M. Silvola, Claire Marks, Evgennia Teal, Sara K. Quinney and David M. Haas

Content type: Research 9 December 2022
Partnership, living arrangements, and low birth weight: evidence from a population-based study on Spanish mothers

Authors: Chiara Dello Iacono, Miguel Requena and Mikolaj Stanek

Content type: Research 9 December 2022
Characteristics and fetal outcomes of pregnant women with hypertensive disorders in China: a 9-year national hospital-based cohort study

Authors: Yi Yang, Yanxia Xie, Mingrong Li, Yi Mu, Peiran Chen, Zheng Liu, Yanping Wang, Qi Li, Xiaohong Li, Li Dai, Juan Liang and Jun Zhu

Content type: Research 9 December 2022
Adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes in sexual minority women from the National Survey of Family Growth

Authors: Veronica Barcelona, Virginia Jenkins, Laura E. Britton and Bethany G. Everett

Content type: Research 9 December 2022
Time to first antenatal care booking and its determinants among pregnant women in Ethiopia: survival analysis of recent evidence from EDHS 2019

Authors: Tegene Atamenta kitaw and Ribka Nigatu Haile

Content type: Research 9 December 2022

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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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Aims and scope

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.

Peer Review Taxonomy

This journal is participating in a pilot of NISO/STM's Working Group on Peer Review Taxonomy, to identify and standardize definitions and terminology in peer review practices in order to make the peer review process for articles and journals more transparent. Further information on the pilot is available here.

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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Call for papers: 'Quality improvement in maternal and reproductive health services' Collection

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Does lack of exposure to individual antidepressants at different points during pregnancy associate with reduced risk of adverse newborn outcomes?

Partnership, living arrangements, and low birth weight: evidence from a population-based study on Spanish mothers

Characteristics and fetal outcomes of pregnant women with hypertensive disorders in China: a 9-year national hospital-based cohort study

Adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes in sexual minority women from the National Survey of Family Growth

Time to first antenatal care booking and its determinants among pregnant women in Ethiopia: survival analysis of recent evidence from EDHS 2019

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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Characteristics and effectiveness of pregnancy yoga: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Impressions from the ESCAIDE conference 2022: We need to think of the world as “we“ instead of “them and us” –Stockholm, 24-26 November 2022

Highlights of the BMC Series – October 2022

Introducing the BMC Series SDG Editorial Board Members: Sutapa Neogi

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