OBJECTIVE To estimate in a cohort of nulliparous women in labor at term whether cesarean delivery rates are increased in first and second stages of labor in overweight and obese women and whether being overweight or obese is an independent risk factor for cesarean delivery. METHODS Nulliparous women recruited to the prospective Screening for Pregnancy Endpoints study who went into labor after...

INTRODUCTION Complementary and alternative medicines have been used to decrease labor pain for many years. Despite reports that some of these methods reduce pain, increase maternal satisfaction, and improve other obstetric outcomes, they have received limited attention in the US medical literature. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of LI4 acupressure on labor pain in the fir...

introduction: the aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of epidural versus entonox methods for labor analgesia in nulliparous women.  methods: this randomized controlled trial was performed on 84 nulliparous women with - pregnancy admitted to imam reza hospital in 10 may 2010- 10 may 2011.  they were randomly divided into two groups 42 women inhaled entonox in active phase at the beginni...

Background and Objective: Pain is a normal and inevitable phenomenon in childbirth. The present study aimed to compare the effects of brewed dill seeds and oxytocin on the intensity of labor pain. Materials and Methods: This clinical trial was performed on 100 participants. A total of 100 cards labeled A or B were prepared and placed in a container; each participant randomly picked one card; t...

The aim of this case control study was to evaluate the thus far controversially discussed influence of acupuncture (AP) on the duration of labor. Fifty-seven women with AP treatment (group A) were included in our study after spontaneous vaginal full-term delivery. The control group included 63 women (group B). Median duration of the first stage of labor was 196 min in group A and 321 min in gro...

The first stage of labor is the longest duration compared to second, third, and fourth stages. At this time requires extra energy because contractions occur that cause feelings fear, anxiety, excessive stress, triggering release non-epinephrine hormones inhibit work oxytocin so it can prolong labor. purpose study was investigate relationship between family support midwives’s motivation for prog...

abstract background: labor is a physiologic process, and consideration of labor pain and relieving that is among the major components of maternal care. application of some labor position can lay the fetus better in pelvic canal direction. the present study aimed to investigate the effect of laying the mother in three labor positions on the pain severity in the second, third, and fourth stages o...