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  1. Applications of mindfulness during the perinatal period have recently been explored and appear to offer a decrease in stress, anxiety and depression during this period. However, it still remains unclear what p...

    Authors: Françoise Roy Malis, Thorsten Meyer and Mechthild M. Gross
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:57
  2. Health workers are the key to realising the potential of improved quality of care for mothers and newborns in the weak health systems of Sub Saharan Africa. Their perspectives are fundamental to understand the...

    Authors: Ulrika Baker, Farida Hassan, Claudia Hanson, Fatuma Manzi, Tanya Marchant, Stefan Swartling Peterson and Ingrid Hylander
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:55
  3. The caesarean section rate has risen rapidly in China. The purpose of this retrospective study was to estimate caesarean section rates and indications by hospital facility level in Mainland China to investigat...

    Authors: Xin Wang, Susan Hellerstein, Lei Hou, Liying Zou, Yan Ruan and Weiyuan Zhang
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:54
  4. Fanconi anaemia is a rare inherited disease characterized by congenital abnormalities, progressive bone marrow failure and predisposition to malignancy. Successful pregnancies in transplanted patients have bee...

    Authors: Flavia Sorbi, Federico Mecacci, Alessandro Di Filippo and Massimiliano Fambrini
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:53
  5. Despite improvement, maternal mortality in Haiti remains high at 359/100,000 live births. Improving access to high quality antenatal and postnatal care has been shown to reduce maternal mortality and improve n...

    Authors: Kelsey R. Mirkovic, Eva Lathrop, Erin N. Hulland, Reginald Jean-Louis, Daniel Lauture, Ghislaine Desinor D’Alexis, Endang Handzel and Reynold Grand-Pierre
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:52

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:88

  6. Preterm birth (PTB) is the leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Women with previous prenatal loss are at higher risk of preterm birth. A specialist antenatal clinic is considered as one approach...

    Authors: Reem Malouf and Maggie Redshaw
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:51
  7. Due to high rates of multiple birth and preterm birth following fertility treatment, the rates of mortality and morbidity among births following fertility treatment were higher than those conceived spontaneous...

    Authors: Alex Y Wang, Abrar A. Chughtai, Kei Lui and Elizabeth A. Sullivan
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:50
  8. Despite high rates of antenatal care and relatively good access to health facilities, maternal and neonatal mortality remain high in Bangladesh. There is an immediate need for implementation of evidence-based,...

    Authors: Marufa Sultana, Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Nausad Ali, Sayem Ahmed, Ziaul Islam, Jahangir A. M. Khan and Abdur Razzaque Sarker
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:48
  9. Vaginal delivery, especially operative assisted vaginal delivery, seems to be a major stressor for the neonate. The objective of this study was to evaluate the stress response after metal cup versus Kiwi Omnic...

    Authors: E. A. Huhn, E. Visca, D. R. Vogt, S. von Felten, E. M. Tinner Oehler, C. Bührer, D. Surbek, R. Zimmermann and I. Hoesli
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:47
  10. Unhealthy nutrition and lifestyle contribute to the worldwide rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases. This also accounts for the reproductive population, in which unhealthy behavior affects fertility a...

    Authors: Matthijs R. van Dijk, Elsje C. Oostingh, Maria P. H. Koster, Sten P. Willemsen, Joop S. E. Laven and Régine P. M. Steegers-Theunissen
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:46
  11. The prevalence of fathers’ depression and anxiety in the perinatal period (i.e. from conception to 1 year after birth) is approximately 5–10%, and 5–15%, respectively; their children face increased risk of adv...

    Authors: Z. Darwin, P. Galdas, S. Hinchliff, E. Littlewood, D. McMillan, L. McGowan and S. Gilbody
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:45
  12. Research into the impact of unintended pregnancy on the wellbeing of women tends to focus on pregnancies ending in either termination or lone motherhood. Unintended pregnancy is common in partnered women, but ...

    Authors: Katherine Barton, Maggie Redshaw, Maria A. Quigley and Claire Carson
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:44
  13. Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is a serious obstetric condition for which there is currently no treatment. The EVERREST Prospective Study has been designed to characterise the natural history of pregnancies af...

    Authors: Rebecca Spencer, Gareth Ambler, Jana Brodszki, Anke Diemert, Francesc Figueras, Eduard Gratacós, Stefan R. Hansson, Kurt Hecher, Angela Huertas-Ceballos, Neil Marlow, Karel Marsál, Eva Morsing, Donald Peebles, Carlo Rossi, Neil J. Sebire, John F. Timms…
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:43
  14. Achieving maternal mortality reduction as a development goal remains a major challenge in most low-resource countries. Saving Mothers, Giving Life (SMGL) is a multi-partner initiative designed to reduce matern...

    Authors: Florina Serbanescu, Howard I. Goldberg, Isabella Danel, Tadesse Wuhib, Lawrence Marum, Walter Obiero, James McAuley, Jane Aceng, Ewlyn Chomba, Paul W. Stupp and Claudia Morrissey Conlon
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:42
  15. Preterm delivery increases the risk of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Studies suggest that maternal diet may affect the prevalence of preterm delivery. The aim of this study was to assess whether maternal i...

    Authors: Anne Lise Brantsæter, Linda Englund-Ögge, Margareta Haugen, Bryndis Eva Birgisdottir, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Verena Sengpiel, Ronny Myhre, Jan Alexander, Roy M. Nilsen, Bo Jacobsson and Helle Margrete Meltzer
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:41

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:61

  16. While emergency obstetric and neonatal care (EmONC) is a proxy indicator for monitoring maternal and perinatal mortalities, in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), data on this care is rarely available. In ...

    Authors: Abel Mukengeshayi Ntambue, Françoise Kaj Malonga, Karen D. Cowgill, Michèle Dramaix-Wilmet and Philippe Donnen
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:40
  17. Midwife facilitated, group models of antenatal care have emerged as an alternative to conventional care both within Australia and internationally. Group antenatal care can be offered in a number of different w...

    Authors: Lauren Kearney, Mary Kynn, Alison Craswell and Rachel Reed
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:39
  18. There are a lack of data regarding the effect of basal insulin analogues on rates of events like congenital malformation and perinatal mortality in diabetic pregnancy.

    Authors: Elisabeth R. Mathiesen, Henning Andersen, Sofia I. I. Kring and Peter Damm
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:38
  19. A national survey was conducted to measure and benchmark women’s experiences with pregnancy, birth and postnatal care in Norway. The purpose of this secondary analysis is to explore potential variation in thes...

    Authors: Ingeborg S. Sjetne and Hilde H. Iversen
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:37
  20. Excessive gestational weight gain is associated with short and long-term adverse maternal and infant health outcomes, independent of pre-pregnancy body mass index. Weighing pregnant women as a stand-alone inte...

    Authors: Shanna M. Fealy, Rachael M. Taylor, Maralyn Foureur, John Attia, Lyn Ebert, Alessandra Bisquera and Alexis J. Hure
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:36
  21. Maternal infections are associated with maternal and foetal adverse outcomes. Nutrient supplementation during pregnancy may reduce the occurrence of infections by improving maternal immunity. We aimed to inves...

    Authors: Minyanga Nkhoma, Per Ashorn, Ulla Ashorn, Kathryn G. Dewey, Austrida Gondwe, John Mbotwa, Stephen Rogerson, Steve M. Taylor and Kenneth Maleta
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:35
  22. Iron supplementation during pregnancy prevents against low birth weight, incidence of prematurity and postpartum hemorrhage. However, the coverage of iron supplementation is still low in Ethiopia. This study a...

    Authors: Demewoz Haile, Lianna Tabar and Yihunie Lakew
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:33
  23. The partograph (or partogram) is recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), for monitoring labour wellbeing and progress. Concerns about limitations in the way the partograph is used in the clinical c...

    Authors: Carol Bedwell, Karen Levin, Celia Pett and Dame Tina Lavender
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:31
  24. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), defined as any degree of glucose intolerance with onset during pregnancy, is increasing worldwide, mostly because obesity among women of reproductive age is continuously es...

    Authors: Mikel Donazar-Ezcurra, Cristina López-del Burgo and Maira Bes-Rastrollo
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:30
  25. The maternal mortality ratio of Uganda is still high and the leading causes of maternal mortality are postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. Criteria-based audit (CBA) is a way of im...

    Authors: Alfred Lumala, Peter Sekweyama, Andrew Abaasa, Humphrey Lwanga and Romano Byaruhanga
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:29
  26. The transition to parenthood is a potentially vulnerable time for mothers’ mental health and approximately 9–21% of women experience depression and/or anxiety at this time. Many more experience sub-clinical sy...

    Authors: Jenny McLeish and Maggie Redshaw
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:28
  27. This correspondence argues and offers recommendations for how Geographic Information System (GIS) applied to maternal and newborn health data could potentially be used as part of the broader efforts for ending...

    Authors: Yordanos B. Molla, Barbara Rawlins, Prestige Tatenda Makanga, Marc Cunningham, Juan Eugenio Hernández Ávila, Corrine Warren Ruktanonchai, Kavita Singh, Sylvia Alford, Mira Thompson, Vikas Dwivedi, Allisyn C. Moran and Zoe Matthews
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:26
  28. Accurate estimation of gestational age is important for both clinical and public health purposes. Estimates of gestational age using fetal ultrasound measurements are considered most accurate but are frequentl...

    Authors: Nicholas P. Deputy, Phuong H. Nguyen, Hoa Pham, Son Nguyen, Lynnette Neufeld, Reynaldo Martorell and Usha Ramakrishnan
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:25
  29. A major change in the organisation of maternity care in the Netherlands is under consideration, going from an echelon system where midwives provide primary care in the community and refer to obstetricians for ...

    Authors: J. Catja Warmelink, T. Paul de Cock, Yvonne Combee, Marloes Rongen, Therese A. Wiegers and Eileen K. Hutton
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:24
  30. Psychiatric disorders and use of selective antidepressants during pregnancy can have negative effects on mother and infant postpartum. This study aimed to provide evidence-based recommendations on observation ...

    Authors: Noera Kieviet, Fokke de Jong, Fedde Scheele, Koert M. Dolman and Adriaan Honig
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:23
  31. Many women experience psychological trauma during birth. A traumatic birth can impact on postnatal mental health and family relationships. It is important to understand how interpersonal factors influence wome...

    Authors: Rachel Reed, Rachael Sharman and Christian Inglis
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:21
  32. Diabetes is a serious and growing public health concern in South Africa, but its prevalence and distribution in pregnant women is not well known. Women diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy have a substanti...

    Authors: Lumbwe Chola, Chipo Mutyambizi, Ronel Sewpaul, Whadi-ah Parker, Zandile Mchiza, Demetre Labadarios and Charles Hongoro
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:20
  33. How women experience childbirth is acknowledged as critical to the postnatal wellbeing of mother and baby. However there is a knowledge deficit in identifying the important elements of these experiences in ord...

    Authors: Patricia Larkin, Cecily M. Begley and Declan Devane
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:19
  34. Despite the widely recognized association between the severity of early preterm birth (ePTB) and its related severe diseases, little is known about the potential risk factors of ePTB and the sub-population wit...

    Authors: Chuanwu Zhang, Lili Garrard, John Keighley, Susan Carlson and Byron Gajewski
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:18
  35. In high-income countries, the incidence of severe postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) has increased. This has important public health relevance because severe PPH is a leading cause of major maternal morbidity. Howeve...

    Authors: Lill Trine Nyfløt, Irene Sandven, Babill Stray-Pedersen, Silje Pettersen, Iqbal Al-Zirqi, Margit Rosenberg, Anne Flem Jacobsen and Siri Vangen
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:17
  36. Parturition at term and preterm is characterized by sterile inflammatory processes occurring in the absence of infection whereby peripheral leukocytes infiltrate gestational tissues in response to chemotactic ...

    Authors: Jun Takeda, Xin Fang and David M. Olson
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:16
  37. Intrapartum complications and the use of obstetric interventions are more common in primiparous childbirth than in multiparous childbirth, leading to concern about out of hospital birth for primiparous women. ...

    Authors: Louise Fischer Christensen and Charlotte Overgaard
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:14
  38. The health and wellbeing of midwives are important considerations for workforce retention and quality care. The occurrence and relationships among mental health conditions such as burnout and depression have r...

    Authors: D. K. Creedy, M. Sidebotham, J. Gamble, Julie Pallant and J. Fenwick
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:13
  39. To improve early risk-identification in pregnancy, research on prediction models for common pregnancy complications is ongoing. Therefore, it was the aim of this study to explore pregnant women’s perceptions, ...

    Authors: Neeltje M. T. H. Crombag, Marije Lamain-de Ruiter, Anneke Kwee, Peter C. J. I. Schielen, Jozien M. Bensing, Gerard H. A. Visser, Arie Franx and Maria P. H. Koster
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:12
  40. Hospital discharge codes are often used to determine the incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) at state and national levels. Previous studies demonstrate substantial variability in the accuracy of G...

    Authors: Jacinda M. Nicklas, Chloe A. Zera, Janet Lui and Ellen W. Seely
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:11
  41. Application of latent variable models in medical research are becoming increasingly popular. A latent trait model is developed to combine rare birth defect outcomes in an index of infant morbidity.

    Authors: Xuerong Wen, Abraham Hartzema, Joseph A. Delaney, Babette Brumback, Xuefeng Liu, Robert Egerman, Jeffrey Roth, Rich Segal and Kimford J. Meador
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:10
  42. This secondary analysis for the Twin Birth Study, an international, multicenter trial, aimed to compare the cesarean section rates and safety between methods of induction of labor in twin pregnancies.

    Authors: Elad Mei-Dan, Elizabeth V. Asztalos, Andrew R. Willan and Jon F. R. Barrett
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:9
  43. Antenatal care models vary widely around the world, reflecting local contexts, drivers and resources. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have tested the impact of multi-component antenatal care interventions ...

    Authors: Andrew Symon, Jan Pringle, Soo Downe, Vanora Hundley, Elaine Lee, Fiona Lynn, Alison McFadden, Jenny McNeill, Mary J Renfrew, Mary Ross-Davie, Edwin van Teijlingen, Heather Whitford and Fiona Alderdice
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:8
  44. Fever is a well-known side effect of misoprostol, but clinically difficult to distinguish from an intra uterine infection. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of fever in terminations of pregn...

    Authors: Tobias A. J. Nijman, Kevin G. J. A. Voogdt, Pim W. Teunissen, Patrick J. (JP) van der Voorn, Christianne J. M. de Groot and Petra C. A. M. Bakker
    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017 17:7

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