OBJECTIVES To compare mode of birth and medical interventions between broadly equivalent birth settings in England and the Netherlands. METHODS Data were combined from the Birthplace study in England (from April 2008 to April 2010) and the National Perinatal Register in the Netherlands (2009). Low risk women in England planning birth at home (16,470) or in freestanding midwifery units (11,133...

OBJECTIVE To compare maternal and neonatal outcomes in low-risk women assisited in an alongside birth center and at a hospital. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted with a representative sample of low-risk women in São Paulo (Southeastern Brazil), from 2003 to 2006. The study included 991 women who delivered a child at the alongside birth center and 325 who delivered a child at a hos...

INTRODUCTION We investigated the predictive capacity of mid-trimester cervical length (CL) measurement for spontaneous and iatrogenic preterm birth. MATERIAL AND METHODS We performed a prospective observational cohort study in nulliparous women and low-risk multiparous women with a singleton pregnancy between 16(+0) and 21(+6) weeks of gestation. We assessed the prognostic capacity of transva...

BACKGROUND Previous studies observe associations between lifetime parity and cardiovascular disease, but relatively fewer investigate age at first childbirth (AFB). Herein, we examine the association of AFB with a summary cardiovascular risk measure (Framingham Risk Score [FRS]). METHODS AND RESULTS As part of the IMIAS (International Mobility in Aging Study), data were collected in 2012 amon...

Background: Induction of labour means initiation uterine contractions before onset spontaneous to achieve vaginal delivery, because birth by caesarean delivery is more hazardous than delivery. Prostaglandins are used in management Labour and introduced as agent for induction Labour. Nulliparous women likely undergo at a higher risk after labour, compared multiparous women. Objective current stu...