Excessive gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention are risk factors for female obesity. The present study was to examine dietary intakes and weight history from a prospective follow-up study from early pregnancy to 1 year postpartum. A total of 151 pregnant women within 20 weeks of pregnancy in Taipei, Taiwan were interviewed periodically to collect dietary and lifestyle informat...

Postpartum anestrous is one of the most important problems in the dairy industry in the world and especially in Iran. The objective of present study was to compare the efficacy of two hormonal programs for recycling of postpartum anestrous cows. For this reason, 230 Holstein cows from 4 similar dairy herds (with totally 2560 cow and unique management and feeding system) located on the suburb of...

Background. Birth preparedness program was designed to enhance skilled birth attendance and postpartum checkups of women in a developing country to reduce the three delays that lead women and neonates to death and disability. However, the relationship between birth preparedness with skilled birth attendance and postpartum checkups among mothers is not well studied. Therefore this study is inten...

Background & aim:  Self-confidence, as one of the key elements of clinical competence, plays an important role in one’s actions and behaviours. Selection of proper instructional methods influences students’ self-confidence. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the effects of web-based training and educational simulation on midwifery students’ self-confidence in postpartum hemorrhage managemen...

BACKGROUND With a recent increase in running popularity, more women choose to run during and after pregnancy. Little research has examined exercise behaviors and postpartum health conditions of runners. HYPOTHESIS Antenatal and postpartum exercise is beneficial in reducing certain postpartum health conditions. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level 5. METHODS A self...

The purpose of this study was to investigate postpartum glucose testing rates in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and to determine factors affecting testing non-compliance in the Korean population. This was a retrospective study of 1,686 patients with GDM from 4 tertiary centers in Korea and data were obtained from medical records. Postpartum glucose testing was conducted using...

In dorsal root ganglia (DRG) cell cultures, levels of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) are increased in the presence of ovarian hormones and nerve growth factor (NGF). In addition, injection of ovariectomized rats with ovarian hormones led to an increase in levels of two NGF receptors, TrkA and p75(NTR), in DRG. Thus, we hypothesized that increased levels of ovarian hormones during pregna...

The effect of implants of estradiol on initiation of ovarian cycles postpartum was studied in 201 anestrous beef cows. Cows from four farms were used over a 2-yr period in a 2 x 3 factorial arrangement of treatments with estradiol implants and stage postpartum as main effects. Cows were assigned at random within date of calving within farm to receive an ear implant containing estradiol-17 beta ...

background: postpartum care at home is a post delivery care method that can be provided by public health nurses, trained health workers, or midwifery nurses. a study conducted to compare effect of two midwife visits at home to usual postpartum care on the healthy behaviors of low-risk iranian mothers. methods: a randomized controlled trial conducted on 200 mothers at a reference center for scre...