BACKGROUND To investigate the relation between maternal thyroid function and the outcome of external cephalic version (ECV) in breech presentation. METHODS Prospective cohort study in 141 women (≥ 35 weeks gestation) with a singleton fetus in breech. Blood samples for assessing thyroid function were taken prior to ECV. Main outcome measure was the relation between maternal thyroid function an...

OBJECTIVE The accuracy of a population-based sex ratio at birth (SRB) in China has long been questioned. To depict a more accurate profile, the present study used data from a national surveillance system for health facility births to explore the characteristics of SRB in China. METHODS Data from China's National Maternal Near Miss Surveillance System between 2012 and 2015 were used. We restri...

II called upon me and requested me to see his wife. On the way I learnt from him that she was a primipara of some 34 years of aee, and in the fourth day of her troubles ! On arrival at the Nawab's house I found not less than fifty women in the lying-in-room, consisting of dhiiis,.relatives, and friends. The atmosphere was suffocating, and the room filthy. The history of the case was easily made...

P. K., Hindu, primipara, a native of Lahore, aged 20, was admitted to the Lady Aitchison Hospital for Women, Lahore, about 5 P.M. on 18th November 1901. Labour pains had begun two days before, and the membranes had ruptured previous to admission. The patient was undersized and markedly ricketty, with legs so bowed as to cause a waddling gait. The child's head was free above the brim, the foetal...

Quality of life, comfort, and wellbeing during pregnancy are essential for every country in the world. Pregnancy is considered a preparation period for becoming a mother. Maternal role development, including confidence and satisfaction as a mother, is important in the transition to motherhood. Negative psychosocial affect, such as increased anxiety and distress, during pregnancy adversely influ...

Background and Aims: Preeclampsia is one of the causes of maternal mortality whose leading cause is still unknown. This study was conducted to investigate the relation between blood group and pre-eclampsia in primipara women. Materials and Methods: This case-control study was performed on 100 pirmipara women in Gonabad city. The samples were assigned, by census, into two groups of case (with p...