Background & Aim: Effect of women's psychological status on delivery processes is proven. Studies showed that women who experience severe anxiety were more vulnerable for getting emergency cesarean, and physical and psychological complications. Cesarean section is a surgery in which a lot of complications may occur. As primiparous women experience more fear than the other women and also deliver...

Background: Lochia is the slight vaginal bleeding between 24 hour to 12 week after delivery. There isn't any standard definition for difference between normal and abnormal lochia in post-partum period. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between ultrasonic findings of the postpartum uterus after normal vaginal delivery with the duration of lochia discharge. Methods: In th...

Introduction: Evaluating the knowledge and practice of newly graduated midwifery students can reflect to some extent the results of midwifery educational planning. This study was done to assess knowledge and practice of newly graduated midwives in Normal Vaginal Delivery (NVD) in hospitals affiliated to Medical Sciences Universities in Tehran. Methods: In a survey study, all newly graduated mi...