Fear of Childbirth Impairs Breastfeeding Success
Fear of childbirth is associated with shorter duration of breastfeeding: The duration of breastfeeding is shorter than average among mothers with a fear of childbirth...
Tag: childbirth
Epidural: Associated with reduction in severe maternal health complications
Receiving an epidural during labour is associated with a significant reduction in severe maternal morbidity (serious health problems during childbirth or the six weeks following...
Every two minutes a woman dies
Every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the latest estimates released in a report by United Nations (UN) agencies today....
Scientists to help pregnant women make childbirth choices
Researchers from the University of Aberdeen have been awarded almost £1 million to fund research looking into how pregnant women can be supported to plan...
Water injections to relieve labour pains
Water injections could be used to relieve labour pains. The effectiveness of using sterile water injections for labour contraction pain will be tested by an...
Global shortage of 900,000 midwives
New report sounds the alarm on global shortage of 900,000 midwives: Fully investing in midwives by 2035 would avert roughly two-thirds of maternal, newborn deaths and...
The boon of midwifery
Midwifery has a very important role to play in helping to solve some really big problems that affect women and their babies around the world....
Bs for later babies
Mums are choosing to have their babies later in life. As a GP, I see a growing number of women in their 30s and 40s who...
Familiarity breeds strong immune systems
TJ: In a recent article titled ‘’The future of neonatal BCG’’ (1), you suggest that, from bacteriological and immunological perspectives, there is no substitute for...
Posh hospitals for a better birth?
The BBC2 TV series, Five Star Babies: Inside the Portland Hospital, professed to be an ‘exclusive glimpse inside the UK’s only maternity hospital’ and presented...
