BACKGROUND Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women are at risk of virologic failure postpartum. We evaluated factors influencing retention in care and viral suppression in postpartum HIV-infected women. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis (2005-2011) of 695 deliveries involving 561 HIV-infected women in Philadelphia. Multivariable logistic regression evaluated facto...

CONTEXT Postpartum psychosis occurs in 1 to 2 cases per 1000 live births. Most studies have not distinguished postpartum psychosis from bipolar disorder or the proportion of the incidence attributable to prepregnancy psychiatric morbidity. OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder attributable to previous psychiatric hospitalization. DESIGN Population...

background & aim: breastfeeding self-efficacy is an important factor affecting the success and duration of breastfeeding. self-efficacy of people is influenced by four sources including performance accomplishments, vicarious experiences, verbal persuasion and the physiological responses which seem to be modified by breastfeeding intervention.  this study was conducted to compare the effect of p...

Efforts to prevent postpartum weight retention in extant clinical trials of African American women have proven exceedingly challenging. The primary purpose of this pilot study was to determine whether a behavioral intervention implemented in early pregnancy through 6 months postpartum could increase the proportion of African American women who were at or below their early pregnancy weights by 6...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the rate of non-exclusive breastfeeding and associated factors among Thai women under the Breastfeeding Promotion Program. METHODS This was a prospective descriptive study that involved term postpartum women who attended the Breastfeeding Clinic at Srinagarind Hospital in Thailand, from April to December 2016. Abstracted data included baseli...

The effect of bull exposure on the resumption of estrous activity following parturition was studied in an experiment using mature Hereford and Hereford X Angus beef cows. In the spring of 1981 and 1982, cows were assigned by breed and calving date to one of two treatment groups. Cows were exposed to bulls either from 3 to 85 d postpartum (BE; n = 45, 1981; n = 35, 1982) or from 53 to 85 d postp...

background: assessment of quality of life (qol) is of paramount importance for improving postpartum qol which will in turn enhance qol of mothers, children, individuals, and the community. the present study aimed to evaluate and compare postpartum qol after cesarean section (cs), normal vaginal delivery (nvd), and water birth delivery. methods: this descriptive analytical, cross-sectional study...

abstract background: risk for anxiety and depression is increased in women with high‑risk pregnancy. the aim of this study was to evaluate anxiety and depression in women with mild and severe preeclampsia at admission and 6 weeks postpartum. materials and methods: in this cohort study, 122 preeclamptic women who were admitted to the public hospital and tamin ejtemaee hospital of mashhad were in...