CHILDBIRTH CAN BE A VERY PAINFUL EXPERIENCE, often associated with feelings of being out of control. It should not, therefore, be surprising that childbirth may be traumatic for some women. Most women recover quickly post partum; others appear to have a more difficult time. The author asserts that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may occur after childbirth. He calls this variant of PTSD a ...

Background & Objective: Although giving birth is quite a natural process in woman's life; it very painful. Different people, however, experience this pain on different levels. In fact, one's perception of labor determined by physiological, cultural, social, mental, and psychological factors. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between personality traits pain.Materials Methods...

Childbirth is a natural process. In the first stage of labor, physiological muscle contractions will cause pain in body. One factors that can affect labor mother's age and psychological support received by mother labor. The form given to mothers presenting birth attendants. This study aimed determine relationship between delivery attendants with intensity Primipara mothers. research method an o...

This research qualitatively analyzed the contents of national and international scientific publications, indexed in the period from 1999 to 2005, about low back pain in gestation. Around 50 % of pregnant women complain about low back pain. The physiologic modifications that occur happen in pregnancy alter the posture of pregnant women and the largest incidence of low back pain usually happens i...

BACKGROUND This review is one in a series of Cochrane reviews investigating pain management for childbirth. These reviews all contribute to an overview of systematic reviews of pain management for women in labour, and share a generic protocol. This review updates an earlier version of the review of the same title. OBJECTIVES To examine the effectiveness and safety of hypnosis for pain managem...