Maternity: Research

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• Is maternal influenza or fever during pregnancy associated with autism or developmental delays? Results from the CHARGE (Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and Environment) study
  The authors analysed data from case groups of 538 children with autism spectrum disorders and 163 with developmental delays, and from 421 typically developing controls to assess associations with maternal influenza or fe ...
  
  Publisher: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Maternal BMI, glucose tolerance, and adverse pregnancy outcomes
  The objective of this study was to estimate the association of pregravid body mass index (BMI), independent of three-hour oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) results, with pregnancy outcomes.
  
  Publisher: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Mothering differently: narratives of mothers with intellectual disability whose children have been compulsorily removed
  Despite the frequency with which mothers with intellectual disability have their children removed, little theoretical or empirical work has understood mothers' perspectives on this. A few studies have reported mothers' f ...
  
  Publisher: Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Maternal antidepressant use and adverse outcomes: a cohort study of 228,876 pregnancies
  The objective of this study was to describe antidepressant medication use patterns during pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes.
  
  Publisher: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• We only talk about breast feeding: a discourse analysis of infant feeding messages in antenatal group-based education
  The aim of this study was to examine the dominant discourses that midwives draw on to present information on breast feeding in group-based antenatal education sessions.
  
  Publisher: Midwifery
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Amniotic fluid embolism: incidence, risk factors, and impact on perinatal outcome
  The objective of this study was to extend the previous work on AFE in Canada by including stricter criteria for case identification and by examining risks for stillbirth, neonatal mortality and serious maternal and neona ...
  
  Publisher: BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Postnatal depression, maternal bonding failure, and negative attitudes towards pregnancy: a longitudinal study of pregnant women in Japan
  The authors contend that postnatal depression and bonding failure after childbirth are major mental health issues. They investigated 99 pregnant women on three occasions (late in pregnancy and 5 days and 1 month postnata ...
  
  Publisher: Archives of Women's Mental Health
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Cost effectiveness of alternative planned places of birth in woman at low risk of complications: evidence from the Birthplace in England national prospective cohort study
  Objectives To estimate the cost effectiveness of alternative planned places of birth.
  
  Publisher: British Medical Journal (BMJ)
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Is there an advantage for preterm infants to feed orally in an upright or sidelying position?
  Over the last decade, nursing staff and feeding therapists have promoted the upright and sidelying bottle feeding positions as ‘optimal’ for preterm infants. To verify such benefits, very low birth weight infants were ra ...
  
  Publisher: Journal of Neonatal Nursing
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Cervical stitch (cerclage) for preventing preterm birth in singleton pregnancy
  Cervical cerclage is a well-known surgical procedure carried out during pregnancy. It involves positioning of a suture (stitch) around the neck of the womb (cervix), aiming to give a mechanical support to the cervix and ...
  
  Publisher: The Cochrane Library
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Neonatal benzodiazepines exposure during breastfeeding
  Objective: To assess central nervous system depression and other adverse effects in infants exposed to benzodiazepines through breast milk.
  
  Publisher: The Journal of Pediatrics
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Warmth is analgesic in healthy newborns
  This study identifies a behavioral and nonpharmacologic means of preventing and reducing newborn pain.
  
  Publisher: Pain
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Developing the pregnancy support pack for people who have a learning disability
  The literature agrees that an increasing number of people who have a learning disability have children. This group of parents are expected to fit into existing health services and are disadvantaged when presented with co ...
  
  Publisher: British Journal of Learning Disabilities
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Maternal weight gain during the first half of pregnancy and offspring obesity at 16 years: a prospective cohort study
  Objective: To assess the association between maternal gestational weight gain (GWG) during the first 20 weeks of gestation and overweight/obesity and abdominal obesity of offspring at the age of 16 years.
  
  Publisher: Issue BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• The prevalence of maternal near miss: a systematic review
  Objectives To systematically review all available studies on ‘near miss’.
  
  Publisher: BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  Published Date: 2012