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  1. Effects of depression on parenting and on cognitive development of newborns are augmented when symptoms continue throughout the first postnatal year. Current classification systems recognize maternal depressio...

    Authors: Dina Sami Khalifa, Kari Glavin, Espen Bjertness and Lars Lien
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:324
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  2. World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) as the optimal way to feed infants below 6 months of age. The benefits of EBF are well documented. However, in Tanzania, EBF is still ra...

    Authors: Melina Mgongo, Tamara H. Hussein, Babill Stray-Pedersen, Siri Vangen, Sia E. Msuya and Margareta Wandel
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:323
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  3. Sexual violence is prevalent in conflict-affected settings and may result in sexual violence-related pregnancies (SVRPs). There are limited data on how women with SVRPs make decisions about pregnancy continuat...

    Authors: Jennifer Scott, Monica A. Onyango, Gillian Burkhardt, Colleen Mullen, Shada Rouhani, Sadia Haider, Katherine Albutt, Ashley Greiner, Michael VanRooyen and Susan Bartels
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:322
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  4. Household food insecurity through influencing the quality and sufficiency of nutrition can have considerable effects on individuals’ health. Previous studies have shown the relationship between household food ...

    Authors: Farnoosh Moafi, Farideh Kazemi, Fatemeh Samiei Siboni and Zainab Alimoradi
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:319
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  6. The Midlands and North of England Stillbirth Study (MiNESS) was a case-control study of women who had a stillbirth or who had an ongoing pregnancy. During the set up phase questions were raised about whether i...

    Authors: Jayne Budd, Tomasina Stacey, Bill Martin, Devender Roberts and Alexander E. P. Heazell
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:317
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  7. Pakistan has one of the highest rates of maternal and neonatal mortality in the world. It is assumed that employed mothers in paid work will be more empowered to opt for safer institutional deliveries. There i...

    Authors: Sara Rizvi Jafree, Rubeena Zakar, Mudasir Mustafa and Florian Fischer
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:316
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  8. There is limited evidence about husbands’ roles on women’s utilization of skilled maternity care in Ethiopia, a country with low utilization coverage of skilled birth attendants and high maternal mortality. Th...

    Authors: Wondwosen Teklesilasie and Wakgari Deressa
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:315
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  9. Many socioecological and structural factors affect women’s diets, physical activity, and her access and receptivity to perinatal care. We sought to explore women’s and providers’ perceptions and experiences of...

    Authors: Maira Quintanilha, Maria J. Mayan, Kim D. Raine and Rhonda C. Bell
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:314
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  10. Zhejiang has achieved the goal of elimination of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) via the implementation of universal salt iodization (USI) since 2011. Iodine content in household table salt decreased from th...

    Authors: Guangming Mao, Wenming Zhu, Zhe Mo, Yuanyang Wang, Xiaofeng Wang, Xiaoming Lou and Zhifang Wang
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:313
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  11. Excessive weight gain during pregnancy increases the risk for negative effects on mother and child during pregnancy, delivery, and also postnatally. Excessive weight gain can be partially compensated by being ...

    Authors: Paul M. C. Lemmens, Francesco Sartor, Lieke G. E. Cox, Sebastiaan V. den Boer and Joyce H. D. M. Westerink
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:312
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  12. Becoming the parent of a new baby comes with a range of challenges including difficulties with emotional adjustment, couple relationship issues and difficulty managing common infant behaviors, such as crying a...

    Authors: Mandy Mihelic, Alina Morawska and Ania Filus
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:311
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  13. This is a facility-based study designed to assess perceived quality of care and satisfaction of reproductive health services under the output-based approach (OBA) services in Kenya from clients’ perspective.

    Authors: Boniface Oyugi, Urbanus Kioko, Stephen Mbugua Kaboro, Clarice Okumu, Sarah Ogola-Munene, Shaminder Kalsi, Simon Thiani, Shadrack Gikonyo, Julius Korir, Billy Baltazar and Moses Ranji
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:310
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  14. Research shows that continuity of midwifery carer in pregnancy improves maternal and neonatal outcomes. This study examines whether midwifery group practice (MGP) care during pregnancy affects infant neurodeve...

    Authors: Gabrielle Simcock, Sue Kildea, Sue Kruske, David P. Laplante, Guillaume Elgbeili and Suzanne King
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:309
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  15. Adequate nutrition during pregnancy is important to ensure optimal birth outcomes, maternal health and offspring development. However, little is known about the dietary intake and nutritional status of pregnan...

    Authors: Elizabeth A. Symington, Jeannine Baumgartner, Linda Malan, Lizelle Zandberg, Cristian Ricci and Cornelius M. Smuts
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:308
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  16. Among the non-invasive screening methods for the identification of fetal aneuploidy, NIPT (non-invasive prenatal testing) shows the highest sensitivity and specificity in high-risk pregnancies. Due to the low ...

    Authors: So Yeon Kim, Seung Mi Lee, Jong Kwan Jun, You Jung Han, Min Hyoung Kim, Jae-Yoon Shim, Mi-Young Lee, Soo-young Oh, JoonHo Lee, Soo Hyun Kim, Dong Hyun Cha, Geum Joon Cho, Han-Sung Kwon, Byoung Jae Kim, Mi Hye Park, Hee Young Cho…
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:307
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  17. Participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) has been associated with lower risk of stillbirth. We hypothesized that such an association would differ by rac...

    Authors: Meghan Angley, Vanessa R. Thorsten, Carolyn Drews-Botsch, Donald J. Dudley, Robert L. Goldenberg, Robert M. Silver, Barbara J. Stoll, Halit Pinar and Carol J. R. Hogue
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:306
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  18. In Ethiopia, female genital mutilation (FGM) remains a serious concern and has affected 23.8 million women and girls, with the highest prevalence in Somali regional state. Even though FGM is reported to be ass...

    Authors: Kiros Gebremicheal, Fisehaye Alemseged, Haimanot Ewunetu, Daniel Tolossa, Abdibari Ma’alin, Mahlet Yewondwessen and Samuel Melaku
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:305
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  19. Purpose of this study was to investigate differences between primiparous term pregnancies, one leading to vaginal delivery (VD) and the other to acute cesarean section (CS) due to labor dystocia in the first s...

    Authors: Tuija Hautakangas, Outi Palomäki, Karoliina Eidstø, Heini Huhtala and Jukka Uotila
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:304
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  20. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a global public health concern with potential implications for the health of a mother and her offspring. However, data on the prevalence and risk factors of GDM in Latin ...

    Authors: Gloria T. Larrabure-Torrealva, Stephanie Martinez, Miguel Angel Luque-Fernandez, Sixto E. Sanchez, Pedro A. Mascaro, Hugo Ingar, Walter Castillo, Rina Zumaeta, Mirtha Grande, Vicky Motta, Percy Pacora, Bizu Gelaye and Michelle A. Williams
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:303
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  21. Pakistan has the highest rate of stillbirths globally. Not much attention has been given so far to exploring the sociocultural factors hindering the reportage of stillbirths and the causes of death. Therefore,...

    Authors: Muhammad Zakria Zakar, Rubeena Zakar, Mudasir Mustafa, Aisha Jalil and Florian Fischer
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:302
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  22. There is a very large population of internal migrants in China, and the majority of migrant women are of childbearing age. Little is known about their utilization of prenatal care and factors that influence th...

    Authors: Zhanhong Zong, Jianyuan Huang, Xiaoming Sun, Jingshu Mao, Xingyu Shu and Norman Hearst
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:301
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  23. The safest, most effective and fastest combined approaches to induction of labor is unknown. In an open-label randomized clinical trial we evaluated the efficacy of combination of extra-amniotic Foley’s cathet...

    Authors: Alfred Osoti, Davies Kiprop Kibii, Tito Mario Kual Tong and Innocent Maranga
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:300
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  24. Patients with primary immunodeficiency disease (PID) who survive to adulthood and willing to have a child mostly are worried whether their disease affects their fertility and/or pregnancy and also if their chi...

    Authors: Saba Sheikhbahaei, Roya Sherkat, Nadezhda Camacho-Ordonez, Razie Khoshnevisan, Asadollah Kalantari, Mansour Salehi, Seyed Saman Nazemian, Mohammad Hossein Nasr-esfahani and Christophe Klein
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:299
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  25. The unique clinical features of pregnancy termination in the second trimester with concurrent placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) disorders place obstetricians in a complex and delicate situation. However, there a...

    Authors: Ran Cui, Menghui Li, Junli Lu, Huimin Bai and Zhenyu Zhang
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:298
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  26. The participation of the father during the perinatal period is an important strategy for improving the mother’s health. Very few studies exist about the father’s role in promoting the health of the mother in I...

    Authors: Vahideh Firouzan, Mahnaz Noroozi, Mojgan Mirghafourvand and Ziba Farajzadegan
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:297
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  27. Since reproductive health is often considered a highly sensitive topic, underreporting in surveys and under coverage of register data occurs frequently. This may lead to inaccurate information about the reprod...

    Authors: Satu Jokela, Eero Lilja, Tarja I. Kinnunen, Mika Gissler, Anu E. Castaneda and Päivikki Koponen
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:296
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  28. Globally, maternal mortality is still a challenge. In Ghana, maternal morbidity and mortality rates remain high, particularly in rural areas. Postnatal Care (PNC) is one of the key strategies for improving mat...

    Authors: Evelyn Sakeah, Raymond Aborigo, James Kotuah Sakeah, Maxwell Dalaba, Ernest Kanyomse, Daniel Azongo, Dominic Anaseba, Samuel Oladokun and Abraham Rexford Oduro
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:295
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  29. Compassionate and respectful maternity care is one of the most important facilitating factors to increase access to skilled maternity care. Disrespect and abuse is a violation of human rights and is the main h...

    Authors: Biresaw Wassihun and Shegaw Zeleke
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:294
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  30. This study aimed to compare the effect of breast pump stimulation with that of oxytocin administration regarding the duration of the third stage of labor, postpartum hemorrhage, and anemia after delivery.

    Authors: Elham Dashtinejad, Parvin Abedi and Poorandokht Afshari
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:293
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  31. Pregnancy is a unique physiological condition with the cellular immune functions compromised at some extents to allow the mature of growing fetus. Whether pregnancy may influence the replication of hepatitis B...

    Authors: Chenyu Xu, Jingli Liu, Lanhua Liu, Yongchun Bi, Biyun Xu, Jie Chen, Biao Xu, Tingmei Chen, Yali Hu and Yi-Hua Zhou
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:292
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  33. Magnesium sulfate is the preferred pharmacological intervention for the prevention and treatment of eclamptic seizures in pregnancy. Pain associated with intramuscular injections and the need for an electronic...

    Authors: Thomas Easterling, Mary Hebert, Hillary Bracken, Emad Darwish, Mohamed Cherine Ramadan, Salwa Shaarawy, Dyanna Charles, Tamer Abdel-Aziz, Ahmed Shokry Nasr, Sherif Mohamed Safwal and Beverly Winikoff
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:290
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  35. Approximately 50% of Australian women experience low back pain in pregnancy, with somewhere between 8 and 36% of women suffering from pregnancy related depression/anxiety. Both low back and pelvic pain and dep...

    Authors: Rosa Virgara, Carol Maher and Gisela Van Kessel
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:288
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  36. Several studies have shown inconsistent associations between anxiety during pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcome. This inconsistency may be due to lack of controlling for the timing and type of maternal anx...

    Authors: Eyal Ravid, Liat Salzer, Liat Arnon, Michal Eisner, Arnon Wiznitzer, Aron Weller, Lee Koren and Eran Hadar
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:287
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  37. Prenatal balanced protein energy supplementation consumed by undernourished women improves mid-upper arm circumference in early infancy. This study aimed to identify whether locally produced maternal food-base...

    Authors: Briony Stevens, Kerrianne Watt, Julie Brimbecombe, Alan Clough, Jenni A. Judd and Daniel Lindsay
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:286
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  39. Preterm labour and birth (PTL/PTB) is characterised by major health and developmental risks for children, life–changing consequences for their families, and substantial healthcare and economic challenges for w...

    Authors: Shibani Pokras, Jeanne Pimenta, Evie Merinopoulou and Dimitra Lambrelli
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:284
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  40. Shared decision-making (SDM) is an important aspect of modern health care. Many studies evaluated different interventions to improve SDM, however, none in an inpatient clinical setting. A tool that has been pr...

    Authors: S. W. E. Baijens, A. G. Huppelschoten, J. Van Dillen and J. W. M. Aarts
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:283
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  41. The postpartum period represents a critical window where many maternal and child deaths occur. We assess the quality of postpartum care (PPC) as well as efforts to improve service delivery through additional t...

    Authors: Amnesty LeFevre, Rose Mpembeni, Charles Kilewo, Ann Yang, Selena An, Diwakar Mohan, Idda Mosha, Giulia Besana, Chrisostom Lipingu, Jennifer Callaghan-Koru, Marissa Silverman, Peter J. Winch and Asha S. George
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:282
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  43. Preeclampsia (PE) is associated with an increase in maternal arterial stiffness, which may be reflected by photoplethysmography (PPG) of the pulse wave. The aim of this study was to investigate area difference...

    Authors: Ying Feng, Dan Drzymalski, Baihui Zhao, Xuan Wang and Xinzhong Chen
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:280
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  44. The proportion of hyperglycosylated human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG-h) to total human chorionic gonadotropin (%hCG-h) during the first trimester is a promising biomarker for prediction of early-onset pre-ecl...

    Authors: Katja Murtoniemi, Pia M. Villa, Jaakko Matomäki, Elina Keikkala, Piia Vuorela, Esa Hämäläinen, Eero Kajantie, Anu-Katriina Pesonen, Katri Räikkönen, Pekka Taipale, Ulf-Håkan Stenman and Hannele Laivuori
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:279
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  47. Ethiopia houses the second largest population of female adolescents in Africa. Adolescent childbearing can have detrimental effect to the health and wellbeing of women and their offspring. This study examined ...

    Authors: Yared Mekonnen, Daniel S. Telake and Endeshaw Wolde
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:276
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  49. Pregnant women can misinform or withhold their reproductive and medical information from providers when they interact with them during care decision-making interactions, although, the information clients revea...

    Authors: Linda L. Yevoo, Irene A. Agyepong, Trudie Gerrits and Han van Dijk
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:274
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  50. Single nucleotide polymorphism of the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) receptor (FSHR) is an important marker of ovarian function. However, its role in female fecundity remains debatable. The aim of the stud...

    Authors: Birute Zilaitiene, Marius Dirzauskas, Rasa Verkauskiene, Rytas Ostrauskas, Joerg Gromoll and Eberhard Nieschlag
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018 18:272
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