Background & aim: Dysmenorrhea also known as menstrual cramp or painful period is one of the most prevalent health issues among women. There are contradictory evidence regarding the impact of childbirth on the occurrence of dysmenorrhea. Also, only pain severity has been examined, as one of the clinical features of dysmenorrea in most related literature and the other characteristics of pain inc...

What is the best way for first-time parents to prepare for childbirth? Overwhelmingly, women and their partners value formal childbirth education classes, books, and the emerging Internetbased resources. Do these sources meet the needs of first-time parents? We conducted an online survey of 120 participants. We found that participants that had nobody present for continuous support during labor ...

In this era of overnight successes and fast fading fads the philosophy of childbirth conditioning (or natural childbirth), as it is more commonly known, has taken almost thirty years to get to its present point of recognition. It was an over-powering zealist, Grantly Dick Read of England, who developed the idea and by his persistence and enthusiasm against a great deal of opposition, has made t...

background: labor pain is one of the most severe pains which has ever evaluated and its fear is one of the reasons women wouldn't go for natural delivery. considering different factors which affect experiencing pain, this study aimed to explain women's experiences of pain during childbirth. methods: this was a qualitative phenomenological study. the study population was composed of 14 women in ...

The control of labor pain and prevention of suffering are major concerns of clinicians and their clients. Nonpharmacologic approaches toward these goals are consistent with midwifery management and the choices of many women. We undertook a literature search of scientific articles cataloged in CINAHL, PUBMED, the Cochrane Library, and AMED databases relating to the effectiveness of 13 non-pharma...

Almost every woman in their lifetime bears the pain of parturition since the birth of mankind. The belief that bearing the pain of parturition and delivering a healthy baby makes a woman 'complete' in all aspects is a myth. Given a chance, every woman experiencing the dynamicity of childbirth will want to get rid of the labour pain as soon as possible. History is full of myths and controversies...

background & aim: to decrease the rate of caesarean section, complicated intervention for changing behaviors are required. the present study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness education on anxiety, fear of delivery, pain catastrophizing, and selecting caesarean section as the delivery method among nulliparous pregnant women who referred to ziaeian hospital. methods & mat...

objectives comparing the effects of spontaneous pushing in the lateral position with the valsalva maneuver during the second stage of labor on maternal and fetal outcomes. methods inclusion criteria in this randomized clinical trial conducted in iran were as follows: nulliparous mothers, live fetus with vertex presentation, gestational age of 37 - 40 weeks, spontaneous labor, and no complicatio...

This cross-sectional study compared cognitive-related variables for caesarean delivery in a private and public hospital in Tehran and assessed their association with maternal preference for delivery mode. A sample of 300 pregnant women in their final trimester of uncomplicated pregnancy was recruited from 1 private and 1 public hospital. They completed the Fear of Pain, Childbirth Attitude and ...