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Background Birth is a significant event in women’s lives. As Mansfield notes (2008) many women aim for a birth that avoids pharmacological pain relief because they are advised it is better for them and their baby. For women having their first baby, this may not be realistic as 3/4 of primiparous women in Australia will use pharmacological pain relief. This study examines the expectations that a group of women had regarding pain relief, how these expectations developed and what happened to requests for pain relief in labour. Methods A longitudinal prospective study design was used to recruit 15 women who were having their first baby. Women having low risk pregnancies, hoping for a ‘natural birth’ (vaginal, no/minimal pharmacological pain relief) were eligible. A semi-structured interview tool was used across all three interviews that asked women about their expectations, then actual labour experience, pain management requests and how these were responded to by carers. Fifteen women were
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Mashup Score: 4Comparing body image dissatisfaction between pregnant women and non-pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth - 7 month(s) ago
Body image dissatisfaction refers to negative thoughts and feelings individuals have towards their own body appearance and this is thought to be affected by the physiological changes that occur during pregnancy. There are two main conflicting theories as to the effect pregnancy has on body image dissatisfaction: 1) Pregnancy related changes are in direct conflict with social ideas of female beauty (e.g. weight gain) and so increase body image dissatisfaction; 2) Due to changes in expectations of bodily appearance during pregnancy, women are liberated from social ideals at this time and thus body image dissatisfaction would decrease. This study aimed to assess these theories by synthesising the current literature. Six databases were searched, and 2,017 study abstracts were screened based on strict inclusion and exclusion criteria. Following screening and quality assessment by two blind reviewers, 17 studies (comprising 17 effect sizes) were subject to full review and meta-analysis follo
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“Comparing body image dissatisfaction between pregnant women and non-pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis” by Anna Crossland et al. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth https://t.co/RUzAq4nvhb 2/2
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Mashup Score: 18
Background Whether intrauterine transmission of COVID-19 occurs remains uncertain, and it remains unclear whether the disease affects fetuses. We present a case of intrauterine transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the prenatal ultrasonographic findings of the fetus in a pregnant woman with mild COVID-19. Case presentation A 30-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for ultrasound examination in January 2023 at 26+ 3 weeks’ gestation. Twenty-one days prior, her COVID-19 nucleic acid test was positive, and she had mild symptoms, including fever (38.3 °C), headache, chills, ankle pain and cough. After receiving symptomatic treatment, she fully recovered. Prenatal ultrasound revealed that the placenta was diffusely distributed with punctate echogenic foci, hepatomegaly, and the volume of bilateral lungs decreased significantly, with enhanced echo. In addition, we found that the surface of the fetal brain demonstrated widened gyri with a flattened surface. The prenatal MRI confirme
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Case report of a #pregnant patient with otherwise mild #COVID19 infection 3w prior: imaging with U/S & MRI found abnormalities in placenta & fetal brain/lungs/liver. Amniotic fluid tested positive for virus. The pregnancy was terminated. #WearAMask. 😞 https://t.co/30Zlhmu01V
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Background Postpartum depression (PPD) impacts fathers as well as mothers, and is estimated to affect between 8 and 13% of fathers. Paternal PPD is a risk factor for worsened quality of life, poor physical and mental health, and developmental and relational harms in the father-mother-child triad. There are no current recommendations for PPD screening among fathers. Paternal PPD screening was piloted in an intergenerational postpartum primary care clinic. Methods The pilot was carried out in an intergenerational postpartum primary care clinic located at a Midwest urban academic safety net health system from October 2021 to July 2022. Fathers actively involved in relationships with mothers or infants receiving primary care in the clinic were approached with mothers’ permission. A novel survey instrument was used to collect demographic/social data, as well as mental health history and current stress levels; an Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was also administered. Screenings w
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Fathers should be screened for #postpartumDepression, study suggests https://t.co/DTtiZwYlSf https://t.co/1AFXLG2C7D
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Women’s expectations about birth, requests for pain relief in labor and the subsequent development of birth dissonance and trauma https://t.co/9Ilk62k4VV via @LizSule et al @susan_bewley @jimgthornton