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    Birth: Volume 25, Issue 4

    213-267
    December 1998
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Editorial

Doulas: Into the Mainstream of Maternity Care

  • Pages: 213-214
  • First Published: 04 January 2002

Original Article

Can Midwives Reduce Postpartum Psychological Morbidity? A Randomized Trial

Tina Lavender MSc, RM, RGN,  Stephen A. Walkinshaw BSc, MRCOG, MD,  Tina Lavender is a Research Midwife and Stephen Walkinshaw is a Consultant in Feto-Maternal Medicine at the Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Merseyside, England. , 
  • Pages: 215-219
  • First Published: 04 January 2002

Commentary: Reducing Distress After Normal Childbirth

Simon Wessely MA, BM, BCh, MSc, MD, FRCP, FRCPsych,  Simon Wessely is a Professor in the Department Psychological Medicine, King's College School of Medicine and Institute of Psychiatry, 103 Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom. , 
  • Pages: 220-221
  • First Published: 04 January 2002

Early Postpartum Discharge and Subsequent Breastfeeding

Staffan Janson MD, PhD,  Britta Rydberg RN,  Staffan Janson and Britta Rydberg are in the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Central Hospital, Karlstad, Sweden. , 
  • Pages: 222-225
  • First Published: 04 January 2002

Perineal Outcomes in a Home Birth Setting

Patricia Aikins Murphy CNM, DrPH,  Julie Baker Feinland CNM, MS, MPH,  Patricia Aikins Murphy is an Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. Julie Baker Feinland is with Hampshire Obstetrical and Gynecological Associates, Inc., of Northampton, Massachusetts. , 
  • Pages: 226-234
  • First Published: 04 January 2002

Labor Concerns of Women Two Months After Delivery

Eileen R. Fowles PhD, RNC,  Eileen Fowles is an Assistant Professor in Maternal-Child Nursing at Southern Illinois University, School of Nursing, Edwardsville, Illinois. , 
  • Pages: 235-240
  • First Published: 04 January 2002

First Stage Labor Management: An Examination of Patterned Breathing and Fatigue

Linda C. Pugh PhD, RNC,  Renee A. Milligan PhD, RNC,  Sarah Gray BS,  Ora L. Strickland PhD, RN, FAAN,  Linda C. Pugh is Director, Center for Nursing Research, Penn State Geisinger Health System, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, and Associate Professor, Department of Health Evaluation Sciences College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania; Renee A. Milligan is Associate Professor at Georgetown University, School of Nursing, Washington, DC; Sarah Gray is a graduate student, Biostatistics Department, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; and Ora L. Strickland is Professor and Independence Foundation Research Chair, Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, Georgia. , 
  • Pages: 241-245
  • First Published: 04 January 2002

Experiences of Emergency Cesarean Section: A Phenomenological Study of 53 Women

Elsa Lena Ryding MD,  Klaas Wijma PhD,  Barbro Wijma MD, PhD,  Elsa Lena Ryding is a consultant at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Central Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden. Klaas Wijma is a clinical psychologist and associate professor, and Barbro Wijma is a senior consultant and an associate professor, both at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden. , 
  • Pages: 246-251
  • First Published: 04 January 2002

Perceptions of Bed Rest by Women with High-Risk Pregnancies: A Comparison Between Home and Hospital

Maureen Heaman RN, MN,  Annette Gupton RN, PhD,  Maureen Heaman is Director of Research, Winnipeg Community and Long-Term Care Authority, and Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba; Annette Gupton is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. , 
  • Pages: 252-258
  • First Published: 04 January 2002

Technical Note

Decline in U.S. Cesarean Delivery Rate Appears to Stall

Sally C. Curtin MA,  Lola Jean Kozak PhD,  Sally Curtin is a statistician in the Reproductive Statistics Branch, Division of Vital Statistics, and Lola Jean Kozak is a health statistician in the Hospital Care Statistics Branch, Division of Health Care Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hyattsville, Maryland. , 
  • Pages: 259-262
  • First Published: 04 January 2002

Miscellaneous

IN THE LITERATURE: Macrosomia: Can We Prevent Big Problems with Big Babies?

Herbert F. Sandmire MD,  Robert J. Woolley MD,  Herbert Sandmire is in practice with Ob/Gyn Associates of Green Bay, Ltd, 704 S. Webster Ave., Green Bay, Wisconsin 54301; and Robert Woolley is at the Boynton Health Service, University of Minnesota, 410 Church Street, SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455. , 
  • Pages: 263-267
  • First Published: 04 January 2002