Birth-Issues in Perinatal Care

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The association of doula support and patient experiences with hospital staff during birth in a sample of California women: An exploratory analysis	77
A response to: Weekend delivery and maternal–neonatal adverse outcomes in low‐risk pregnancies in the United States: A population‐based analysis of 3 million live births	54
Influence on operative time of immediate skin‐to‐skin care in low‐risk primary cesarean births for breech presentation: Retrospective cohort study	54
The effect of offering a third‐trimester routine ultrasound on pregnancy‐specific anxiety and mother‐to‐infant bonding in low‐risk women: A pragmatic cluster‐randomized controlled trial	45
Perinatal psychiatric practitioner consultation program delivers rapid response to OB/GYN practitioners	43
Modifiable predictors of breastfeeding status and duration at 6 and 12 months postpartum	35
Visualization of contractions: Evaluation of a new experience design concept to enhance the childbirth experience	34
Wait, What? What's Going On?— Pregnancy Experiences of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Mothers Who Do Not Sign	33
The role of doulas in respectful care for communities of color and Medicaid recipients	32
In‐hospital supplementation and subsequent breastfeeding practices in Finland: A cross‐sectional population‐level study	32
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Discrimination during childbirth and postpartum care utilization among Black birthing people in California, United States	24
Labor unit culture and attitudes toward supporting vaginal birth—The Swedish version of the labor culture survey (S‐LCS)—Psychometric properties	24
Between “a lot of room for it” and “it doesn't exist”—Advancing and limiting factors of autonomy in birth as perceived by perinatal care practitioners: An interview study in Switzerland	22
Midwifery continuity of care for women with perinatal mental health conditions: A cohort study from Australia	22
Factors leading to satisfaction with counseling for Labor after Cesarean among Latina women in the United States	20
Nonpharmacological labor pain management methods and risk of cesarean birth: A retrospective cohort study	18
Validity and reliability of an Arabic‐language version of the postpartum specific anxiety scale research short‐form in Jordan	18
What is known about midwives' well‐being and resilience? An integrative review of the international literature	17
Mediating processes underlying the associations between maternal obesity and the likelihood of cesarean birth	17
Cultural Brokering in Pregnancy Care: A Qualitative Study	17
Low Social Support is Associated With Postpartum Depression Symptoms Among Illinois Postpartum Women	16
One Hundred Years of Seeking Respectful Maternity Care: History and Evolution	16
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Assessing patient autonomy in the context of TeamBirth, a quality improvement intervention to improve shared decision‐making during labor and birth	15

From Midwife to Lead Perinatal Practitioner: A Utopian Vision	15
Decision‐making experiences and the need for decision aids in women considering vaginal birth after cesarean: A qualitative meta‐synthesis	14
Labor outcomes in caseload midwifery compared with standard midwifery care: A cohort study	14
Experiences of attending prenatal ultrasounds during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Australia: A cross‐sectional survey	14
Self‐Advocacy Among Black Women During the Perinatal Period: Prevalence and Relationship to Patient Experiences	12
Changes in the live birth profile in Henan, China: A hospital registry‐based study	12
Characterizing uterine responsiveness to oxytocin augmentation across four labor patterns in maternal obesity	12
Upright breech birth: New video research risks reviving Friedman’s curse	12
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Organizational strategies to optimize women’s safety during labor and birth: A scoping review	11
Fear of childbirth, nonurgent obstetric interventions, and newborn outcomes: A randomized controlled trial comparing mindfulness‐based childbirth and parenting with enhanced care as usual	11
Birth during the Covid‐19 pandemic: What childbearing people in the United States needed to achieve a positive birth experience	11
VBAC calculator 2.0: Recent evidence	10
Peer support and mobile health for perinatal mental health: A scoping review	10
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“I just want the best for him.” Pregnancy in the context of substance use disorders: Perspectives of postpartum women	10
Predictive value of new onset versus primary meconium‐stained amniotic fluid	10
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Effects of the COVID‐19 early pandemic on delivery outcomes among women with and without COVID‐19 at birth	10
Exposure to night‐time light pollution and risk of prolonged duration of labor: A nationwide cohort study	10
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Remembering Marian MacDorman	9
Racial inequities in the course of treating perinatal mental health challenges: Results from listening to mothers in California	9
Factors associated with exclusive formula feeding among individuals with low‐risk pregnancies in the United States	9
Pregnant Women's Care Needs During Early Labor–A Scoping Review	8
Health care provider support and factors associated with breastfeeding beyond infancy: A cross‐national study	8
Is a randomized controlled trial of waterbirth possible? An Australian feasibility study	8
COVID‐19 and the adequacy of antenatal care among Indigenous women: A retrospective crossover analysis	8
Revisiting the Mackey Childbirth Satisfaction Rating Scale: Spanish adaptation, factor analysis, and sources of construct validity	8
Does breastfeeding influence sleep? A longitudinal study across the first two postpartum years	8
Let complete numbers speak for themselves	8
Breastfeeding outcomes at 3 months for women with diabetes in pregnancy: Findings from the Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expressing randomized controlled trial	8
Factors influencing birth setting decision making in the United States: An integrative review	8
Prenatal and postpartum care during the COVID‐19 pandemic: An increase in barriers from early to mid‐pandemic in the United States	7
Maternal height, and ethnicity and birth weight: A retrospective cohort study of uncomplicated term vaginal deliveries in Malaysia	7
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Race, ethnicity, and indications for primary cesarean birth: Associations within a national birth center registry	7
The design of “TeamBirth”: A care process to improve communication and teamwork during labor	7
Preferences of pregnant individuals to undergo labor after one cesarean in southern China	7
Factors associated with respectful maternity care and influence of HIV status among women giving birth in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania	7
Beyond “patient‐provider race matching.” Black midwives clarify a vision for race‐concordant care to achieve equity in Black perinatal health: A commentary on “Do Black birthing persons prefer a Black	7
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Translating Priorities Into Practice: Midwifery Care for Uninsured Migrant Populations Across Canada	6
Weekend delivery and maternal–neonatal adverse outcomes in low‐risk pregnancies in the United States: A population‐based analysis of 3‐million live births	6
Men as Midwifery Professionals: A Scoping Review	6
The enduring impact of birth: Women’s birth perceptions, postpartum depressive symptoms, and postpartum depression risk	6
Toward a semiotics of midwifery: Multimodal communication's effects on accessibility, equity, and power dynamics	6
Factors associated with cesarean birth in nulliparous women: A multicenter prospective cohort study	6
Community midwives' perspectives on perinatal care for asylum seekers and refugees in the Netherlands: A survey study	6

Vaginal delivery rate by near delivery sonographic weight estimation and maternal stature among nulliparous women	6
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A call for critical midwifery studies: Confronting systemic injustice in sexual, reproductive, maternal, and newborn care	6
Mental Health Profile Relating to Suicide Crises Among Women in and Around Pregnancy and Surgical Termination of Pregnancy: A Data Linkage Study	6
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Preferences for labor and childbirth, expressed orally or as a written birth plan: Prevalence and determinants from a nationwide population‐based study	5
Mode of birth and long‐term maternal mental health: A follow‐up study in the Danish National Birth Cohort	5
Psychometric validation of a patient‐reported experience measure of obstetric racism© (The PREM‐OB Scale™ suite)	5
Induction of labor and cesarean birth in lower‐risk nulliparous women at term: A retrospective cohort study	5
Cost‐effectiveness of mental health interventions during and after pregnancy: A systematic review	5
Perinatal outcome and long‐term hospitalization of triplets according to birth order	5
Bibliometric analysis of published articles on perinatal depression from 1920 to 2020	5
CenteringPregnancy in the Netherlands: Who engages, who doesn’t, and why	5
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Midwifery Continuity of Care During Pregnancy, Birth, and the Postpartum Period: A Matched Cohort Study	5
Reduction of Noise Levels During Caesarean Births Through Audiovisual Feedback is Associated With Lower Stress Levels for Patients	5
Unveiling injustice: Disrupting child removal policies and upholding breastfeeding: An emancipatory framework	5
Men's experiences of antenatal care services in low‐income and middle‐income countries: A qualitative systematic review	5
Parity, mode of birth, and long‐term gynecological health: A follow‐up study of parous and nonparous women in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health cohort	4
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Intrapartum Care Experiences Associated With Postpartum Visit Attendance	4
The birth center model of care: Staffing, business characteristics, and core clinical outcomes	4
Are perinatal quality collaboratives collaborating enough? How including all birth settings can drive needed improvement in the United States maternity care system	4
The double burden of maternal overweight and short stature and the likelihood of cesarean deliveries in South Asia: An analysis of national datasets from Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Pakist	4
Return‐on‐Investment Analysis of an Enhanced Community Doula Program: Pre‐ and Post‐COVID‐19 Considerations	4
Pregnancy experiences of transgender and gender‐expansive individuals: A systematic scoping review from a critical midwifery perspective	4
From “disappointing” to “fantastic”: Women's experiences with labor induction in a U.S. tertiary hospital	4
Preterm and low birthweight birth in the United States: Black midwives speak of causality, prevention, and healing	4
Outcomes of attempted vaginal births after previous recurrent operative vaginal deliveries: An individual cumulative risk analysis	4
Maternal and Neonatal Consequences of Early Augmentation of Labor Among Women With Spontaneous Onset of Labor: A National Population‐Based Study	4
Intrapartum pudendal nerve block analgesia and childbirth experience in primiparous women with vaginal birth: A cohort study	4
Inequitable use of health services for Indigenous mothers who experience stillbirth in Australia	4
(Un)warranted variation in local hospital protocols for neonatal referral to the pediatrician: An explorative study in the Netherlands	4
Racial Disparities in Nulliparous Singleton Term Vertex Cesarean Deliveries: Rates, Reasons, and Time to Delivery	4
Introducing the fragility index—A case study using the Term Breech Trial	4
LGBTQ+ new and expectant parents' experiences of perinatal services during the UK's first COVID‐19 lockdown	4
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The impact of family physicians in rural maternity care	4
Validating the Quality Maternal and Newborn Care Framework Index: A Global Tool for Quality‐of‐Care Evaluations	4
Evidence‐based guidelines for intrapartum maternal hydration assessment and management: A scoping review	3
Cord clamping beyond 3 minutes: Neonatal short‐term outcomes and maternal postpartum hemorrhage	3
Comparing maternal factors associated with postpartum depression between primiparous adolescents and adults: A large retrospective cohort study	3
Integrated review of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of maternity health care professionals concerning umbilical cord clamping	3
Cephalic marks and well‐being in newborns after operative vaginal delivery	3
Birth Outcomes and Prenatal Care Use in the U.S. During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in 2020 and 2021	3
A case study analysis of a successful birth center in northern Uganda	3
Antibody levels to SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein in mothers and children from delivery to six months later	3
Parents' and healthcare providers' perceptions, experiences, knowledge of, and attitudes toward kangaroo care of preterm babies in hospital settings: Mixed‐methods systematic review	3
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID‐19 among pregnant women in Jordan during the COVID‐19 outbreak	3
Changes in attitudes to childbirth in modern times illustrated over three generations in Iraq	3
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The Benefits of Licensed Midwifery and Community Birth Among BIPOC Birthing People in New Mexico	3
The structure of breech revolutions, a response to: “Upright breech birth: New video research risks reviving Friedman’s curse”	3
Perceptions of women and partners on labor and birth positions: A meta‐synthesis	3
Work as a social risk factor in pregnancy: A systematic review of screening practices related to working conditions and family leave among pregnant adults	3
Identification of racial/ethnic disparities associated with severe maternal morbidity using the Arkansas All‐Payer Claims Database (2013‐2017)	3
The Association Between Women's Perception of Birth During the Pandemic, Companion of Choice and Support From Health Professionals: A Cross‐Sectional Study in 20 Countries in the WHO Europe	3
Supporting birth companions for women in labor, the views and experiences of birth companions, women and midwives: A mixed methods systematic review	3
Maternity clinician use of shared decision‐making in antenatal care: A scoping review	3
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Sociodemographic and Health‐Related Risk Factors Associated With Planned and Emergency Cesarean Births in Mexico	3
The economic burden associated with stillbirth: A systematic review	3
Influence of the COVID‐19 pandemic on prenatal and postpartum patient experiences and well‐being	3
Bypassing of nearest labor & delivery unit is contingent on rurality, wealth, and race	3
Posttraumatic growth and its associations with perceived stress and core beliefs in women after traumatic childbirth during the COVID‐19 pandemic	3
Parity Moderates the Socioeconomic Predictors of Birth Setting Choice	3
COVID‐19 pandemic and perinatal mental health: A commentary on the impact, risk factors, and protective factors	2
Birth during off‐hours: Impact of time of birth, staff´s seniority, and unit volume on maternal adverse outcomes—a population‐based cross‐sectional study of 87 065 deliveries	2
Meal patterning and the onset of spontaneous labor	2
Cultural competence and experiences of maternity health care providers on care for migrant women: A qualitative meta‐synthesis	2
Excess of cesarean births in pregnant women with COVID‐19: A meta‐analysis	2
The midwifery capabilities theory: How midwives enact woman‐centered care to address systemic inequity	2
Facilitators and Barriers to Access to Midwife‐Led Birth Settings for Racialized Women in the UK: A Scoping Review	2
Physician personal breastfeeding experience and clinical care of the breastfeeding dyad	2
Early readmission of exclusively breastmilk‐fed infants born by means of normal birth or cesarean is multifactorial and associated with perinatal maternal mental health concerns	2
An exploratory review on the empirical evaluation of the quality of reporting and analyzing labor duration	2
Drivers of variation in postpartum opioid prescribing across hospitals participating in a statewide maternity care quality collaborative	2
Mediating expectations and experiences that influence birth experiences in Canada's first Alongside Midwifery Unit	2
Characteristics of Women, Intrapartum Interventions, and Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes Among Users of Intrapartum Water Immersion: The UK POOL Cohort Study	2

Fear of Childbirth After Major Orthopedic Traumas: A Nationwide Multi‐Register Analysis	2
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Racial disparities in low‐risk cesarean birth rates across hospitals	2
Systematic review and meta‐analysis examining the effects of midwife care on cesarean birth	2
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Withdrawal: Through our eyes: A birth mom and adoptive parent share their perspectives on bias in obstetric care: Commentary	2
Reasons for Neonatal Presentations to Pediatric Emergency Departments in Catania: Multicentric Cross‐Sectional Analysis and Exhaustive Review of the Literature	2
Expanding certified professional midwife services during the COVID‐19 pandemic	2
Response to commentary Beyond “patient‐provider race matching.” Black midwives clarify a vision for race‐concordant care to achieve equity in Black perinatal health: A commentary on “Do Black birthing	2
Experiences of birthing people during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Analysis of comments from the 2020 Wisconsin Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)	2
Expanding midwifery care in the United States: Implications for clinical outcomes and cost	2
Contributing indications to intrapartum and prelabor cesarean births in Iceland 1997‐2015	2
Cesarean birth, obstetric emergencies, and adverse neonatal outcomes in Iceland during a period of increasing labor induction	2
The Family and Pregnancy Pop‐Up Village: Developing a one‐stop shop of services to reduce pregnancy care‐related inequities in San Francisco	2
AMBAR: A midwifery‐led training program to improve obstetric and neonatal practices among low‐risk births in Mexico	2
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Path analysis model of epidural/spinal anesthesia on breastfeeding among healthy nulliparous women: Secondary analysis of the United States Certificate of Live Births 2016	2
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A History of Cesarean Birth as a Risk Factor for Postpartum Hemorrhage Even After Successful Planned Vaginal Birth	2
Midwives’ recognition and response to maternal deterioration: A national cross‐sectional study	2
Feasibility of a Community‐Developed Survey Measuring Experiences of Pregnancy Care for LGBTQ2S+ Families	2
Association between inter‐pregnancy interval and risk of adverse birth outcomes in subsequent pregnancy: A retrospective study from Jordan	2
When facts become feelings	1
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Pregnancy and birth in the United States during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The views of doulas	1
Cesarean reduction efforts undercut by not attempting vaginal birth	1
Successful vertical transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 antibodies after maternal vaccination	1
Tasks and responsibilities of clinical midwives in Dutch hospitals	1
Breech specialist midwives and clinics in the OptiBreech Trial feasibility study: An implementation process evaluation	1
Impact of COVID‐19 on perinatal care: Perceptions of family physicians in the United States	1
Improved obstetric management after implementation of a scaled‐up quality improvement intervention: A nested before‐after study in three public hospitals in Nepal	1
Achieving an appropriate cesarean birth (CB) rate and analyzing the changes using the Robson Ten‐Group Classification System (TGCS): Lessons from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Italy	1
Cesarean birth rates among migrants in Europe: A systematic review	1
Influence of social determinants of health on breastfeeding intent in the United States	1
The “cascade of interventions”: Does it really exist?	1
Changes in Fear of Childbirth and Its Predictors Over Three COVID‐19 Pandemic Waves in Poland	1
Perinatal mental health screening for women of refugee background: Addressing a major gap in pregnancy care	1
Women, Infants, and Children enrollment and pregnancy‐related behaviors and outcomes among Medicaid recipients in the United States	1
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Australian women's experiences of receiving maternity care during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional national survey	1
Facilitating positive birth experience when preferences are not met: A qualitative analysis	1
Settler Midwifery: A Colonial Tool in Canada's Reproductive Healthcare System	1
Improving communication and teamwork during labor: A feasibility, acceptability, and safety study	1
Neonatal morbidity and mortality in birth centers in the United States 2018–2021: An observational study of low‐risk birthing individuals	1
Preconception health status and associated disparities among rural, Midwestern women in the United States	1
Just go with your body? A conversation analytic study of the transition from first to second stage of labor in UK midwife‐led care	1
Client‐centered flexible planning of home‐based postpartum care: A randomized controlled trial on the quality of care	1
The Efficacy of Psycho‐Educational Interventions to Optimize Women's Sleep in Pregnancy: An Integrative Review	1
Decreased incidence of cesarean surgical site infection rate with hospital‐wide perioperative bundle	1
Conservative management versus systematic suture of isolated vaginal or first‐degree perineal tears after delivery: A preliminary randomized efficacy trial	1
Prenatal care in US birth centers: Midwives' perceptions of contributors to birthing People's confidence in physiologic birth	1
A maternity care home model of enhanced prenatal care to reduce preterm birth rate and NICU use	1
Do Antenatal Interventions Improve Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes for Migrant Women Living in High‐Income Countries and What Guidelines Exist for Migrant Women? A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis	1
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Association between maternity care practitioner type and postpartum depression screening	1
The impact on midwives and their practice after caring for women who have a traumatic childbirth: A systematic review	1
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Digital health's influence on the association between birth preference and vaginal birth	1
Outpatient Foley catheter induction protocol provides clinical and cost benefits	1
Do specific maternal sensations experienced in late pregnancy correlate to a breech presenting baby? Evaluation of a simple maternal questionnaire	1
Access to maternity and prenatal care services in rural Michigan	1
Incidence changes in risk factors associated with the decreasing number of birth‐related clavicle fractures in Finland: A nationwide retrospective birth cohort from 2004 to 2017	1
Latent class analysis of health, social, and behavioral profiles associated with psychological distress among pregnant and postpartum women during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the United States	1
Abuse and Disrespect in Obstetric Care in the United States: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Nurse Experiences	1
Enhancing Perinatal Cannabis Use Counseling: Insights From Taiwan's Addiction Treatment Practice	1
“I had no choice”: A mixed‐methods study on access to care for vaginal breech birth	1
Effect of Maternity Units' Organizational Levels on Maternal Birth Satisfaction: A Multicentric Cohort Study	1
The outcomes for women planning aVBACat a private hospital in Australia	1
Counseling About Cannabis Use During Pregnancy and Lactation: A Qualitative Study of Patient and Clinician Perspectives	1
Providing a service or seeking a favor? The role of private prenatal care on the continuity of care in Serbian public maternity hospitals	1
Implementing Essential Coaching for Every Mother during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A pre‐post intervention study	1
Midwives' perceptions of and experiences with normal physiologic birth: A qualitative systematic review	1
Why Aren't We Using Family Medicine to Help Confront the Maternal Mortality Crisis in the United States?	1
Effectiveness of remote monitoring for glycemic control on maternal–fetal outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: A meta‐analysis	1
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Normal birth rates before and after the merging of mixed‐risk and low‐risk maternity wards in Iceland: A retrospective cohort study on the impact of inter‐professional preventative measures	1
Maternal perceptions of cesarean birth care: A qualitative study to inform ERAS guideline development	1
Physiological plateaus during normal labor and birth: A novel definition	1
Implementation strategies within a complex environment: A qualitative study of a shared decision‐making intervention during childbirth	1
Associations between prepregnancy body mass index, gestational weight gain, and pregnancy outcomes in women with twin pregnancies: A five‐year prospective study	1
Decolonizing the midwifery curriculum: Jettisoning the Caldwell–Moloy pelvic types	1