OBJECTIVES To determine the reliability and the content and construct validity of the Mackey Childbirth Satisfaction Rating Scale to measure women's satisfaction with labor and delivery. METHODS The translation-back translation method was used to obtain an adapted version of the scale. For the validation study, a sample of 325 women who had delivered a healthy neonate through the vaginal rout...

The benefits of epidural anesthesia for the relief of pain associated with childbirth has long been recognized. Although epidurals are widely used for pain relief during the labor process, side effects and complications associated with epidurals do occur. The purpose of this review is to summarize the benefits, as well as the disadvantages of epidurals, in an effort to minimize those complicati...

Background & aim: The enhancement of childbirth self-efficacy to manage the labor pain can help the nulliparous pregnant women to make informed choice about vaginal delivery. Regarding the relationship of the childbirth self-efficacy with psychological antecedents, the present study aimed to explore the meditating role of alexithymia in the relationship of attachment styles and childbirth self-...

Introduction Systematic reviews that evaluate the perineal cryotherapy to reduce pain in the vaginal postpartum are inconclusive. Purpose To evaluate clinical effectiveness of cryotherapy in the management of humanized postpartum perineal pain and vaginal edema. Methods A double-bind randomized controlled clinical trial (UTN number: U1111-1131-8433) was conducted in a hospital in Northeastern, ...

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating mental health disorder. Certain drugs, such as morphine and nitrous oxide gas (N2O), are administered to individuals who just experienced traumatic event (e.g., soldiers, injured civilians). It therefore crucial understand if they incidentally affect PTSD symptom development. Furthermore, observations could pave the way for development of p...

OBJECTIVE The etiology and pathology of pain in the lumbosacral region and pelvis of pregnant women during and after pregnancy have not been fully determined. This study evaluated if lower back pain during pregnancy and after childbirth is connected with static alterations in the alignment of the pelvis, dysfunction of sacroiliac joints, and irritation of the pelvic ligaments and spine in the l...

With reason, women at the beginning of the century were terrified by the pain and danger of childbirth until Twilight Sleep, introduced to America from Germany in 1914, promised deliverance. The aim of the method was amnesia, not anaesthesia. Mothers were supposed to "drift into motherhood lightly and imperceptibly.. .wiping the whole incident of birth-giving out of a woman's life." This state ...