Healthy mother-infant interactions are critical for the physical, cognitive, and psychological development of offspring. Such interactions rely on numerous factors, including a positive maternal emotional state. However, many postpartum women experience emotional dysregulation, often involving elevated anxiety. Neuroendocrine factors contributing to the onset of postpartum anxiety symptoms are ...

3 Thesis Declaration 6 Acknowledgements 7 Chapter: Literature Review 8 Published Paper: Clinician views and knowledge regarding healthcare provision in the postpartum period for women with recent gestational diabetes: A systematic review of qualitative/survey studies 30 Chapter: Women’s views and knowledge regarding healthcare seeking for gestational diabetes in the postpartum period: a systema...

BACKGROUND Postpartum haemorrhage is a major obstetric risk worldwide. Therefore risk factors need to be investigated to control for this serious complication. A recent systematic review and meta-analysis revealed that the use of both serotonergic and non-serotonergic antidepressants in pregnancy are associated with a higher risk of postpartum haemorrhage. However, use of antidepressants in pre...

Postpartum hypertension can be related to persistence of gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, or preexisting chronic hypertension, or it could develop de novo postpartum secondary to other causes. There are limited data describing the etiology, differential diagnosis, and management of postpartum hypertension-preeclampsia. The differential diagnosis is extensive, and varies from benign (mild...

Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of care provided to confined women using Orem’s Self Care Model on postpartum self-evaluation. Method: The study was conducted using pretestposttest experimental model with control group. “Personal Information Form”, “Data Collection Form” and “Post-partum Self-Evaluation Questionnaire” were used to collect data. The data of experimen...

BACKGROUND AND METHODS Depression following childbirth is an illness occurring in 10 to 20 percent of women in the year postpartum. Researchers have debated whether postpartum depression is a different illness from depression at other times. We critically review the literature on postpartum depression, as distinguished from postpartum blues and psychosis. RESULTS Problems with definition, stu...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of infant feeding practices on postpartum weight change among HIV-infected and -uninfected women in South Africa. METHODS In a non-randomised intervention cohort study of antiretroviral therapy-naïve women in South Africa, infants were classified as exclusive (EBF), mixed (MF) or non-breastfed (NBF) at each visit. We analysed infant feeding cumulatively from ...