Sequential vaginal cultures from normal young women

Vaginal microbial flora in normal young women.

Vaginal swabs were taken from 1498 women attending a family planning clinic. The flora was assessed in the absence of any information about the women to whom the swabs related. Yeasts and fungi were present in 311 women (21%) and were no more prevalent among "pill" users than others. Candida albicans was significantly associated with vulval itching and with a vaginal discharge described as heav...

Assessment of success factors in normal vaginal delivery in late term pregnant women

Comparing the Factors Associated with Selecting Normal Vaginal Delivery or Caesarian Section in Nulliparous Women

Background and purpose: One of the major risk factors for the health of mother and child is cesarean section (CS) without medical reasons. This study aimed at addressing the causes associated with selecting delivery method in nulliparous women. Materials and methods: A descriptive comparative study was performed in which the research population included all nulliparous women attending a health...

Two Teaching Methods to Encourage Pregnant Women for Performing Normal Vaginal Delivery

Introduction: Cesarean section is growing increasingly in Iran. Therefore, it is necessary to find out an appropriate training method for encouraging pregnant women toward performing vaginal delivery. The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of two training methods including educational package plus group discussion, with educational package to encourage pregnant women for performing ...

The composition and stability of the vaginal microbiota of normal pregnant women is different from that of non-pregnant women

BACKGROUND This study was undertaken to characterize the vaginal microbiota throughout normal human pregnancy using sequence-based techniques. We compared the vaginal microbial composition of non-pregnant patients with a group of pregnant women who delivered at term. RESULTS A retrospective case-control longitudinal study was designed and included non-pregnant women (n = 32) and pregnant wome...