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3 days ago · 5. Prepare Your Partner. 6. Communicate Your Preferences. Click HERE to get your free Birth Plan Blueprint! 1. Choose Your Birth Location Wisely. The first step in advocating for a peaceful birth environment is selecting the right place to give birth. Consider what setting makes you feel most comfortable and safe.
1 day ago · Background and aims Childbirth experience is an event in a woman’s life with short- and long-term effects on her physical and mental health. This study aimed to investigate different dimensions of women’s childbirth experiences and its predictors. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted on 430 postnatal women with vaginal delivery in 2021 in Northern Iran. Data were collected ...
2 days ago · The key difference between positive and negative feedback is their response to change: positive feedback amplifies change while negative feedback reduces change. This means that positive feedback will result in more of a product: more apples, more contractions, or more clotting platelets.
5 days ago · Childbirth can be an intense event and strong emotions, both positive and negative, can be brought to the surface. Abnormal and persistent fear of childbirth is known as tokophobia . The prevalence of fear of childbirth around the world ranges between 4–25%, with 3–7% of pregnant women having clinical fear of childbirth.
3 days ago · The National Maternal Mental Health Hotline offers free, confidential mental health support during and after pregnancy. Call or text 1-833-9-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262) to connect with counselors 24 ...
1 day ago · Background Major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders are highly prevalent and comorbid during the perinatal period. Although research and clinicians agree that emotion regulation (ER) is an important transdiagnostic factor underlying both disorders in the general population, ER during the perinatal period has received less research attention. The aim of this systematic review was to ...
2 days ago · Ceronsky and colleagues 14 surveyed 272 parents regarding holding versus seeing their stillborn baby. Of these, 196 (72.1%) held their baby and 27.9% did not. Of the ones who did not hold their baby, 73.7% saw the baby without holding them. The majority felt that holding the baby was a positive experience.
