Women of childbearing age are very vulnerable to having difficulty in determining a proper contraceptive method due to poor knowledge about the safety of these contraceptive methods. Counseling …
Several risk groups, one of which is pregnant women are susceptible COVID-19. Pregnancy is known as a susceptible condition to COVID-19 infection because it could cause immunity decrease. The…
INTRODUCTION This study aimed to explore both mothers’ and fathers’ lived experiences of the birth environment. Objectives were set to explore how the physical, psychosocial, spiritual and cult…
INTRODUCTION Heat therapy may help in reducing pain during labor as it blocks the receptors of pain, according to gate control theory. This systematic review and meta-analysis study aims to evaluat…
INTRODUCTION Laboring women’s ability to cope with pain is likely to be dependent on a variety of inter-related factors, including the level of pain intensity, the nature of the environment and t…
INTRODUCTION Providing good communication is at the core of recent international guidelines for improving women’s outcomes at birth. Communication barriers are identified as major obstacles to pr…
We surveyed changes to maternity care services in the first 17 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 13 different European countries, from the perspective of national maternity service (parent) organi…