Background: Studies of planned home births attended by registered midwives have been
limited by incomplete data, nonrepresentative sampling, inadequate statistical power and the …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to measure the prevalence of exposure to intimate
partner violence during pregnancy and to determine whether such exposure is associated …

Objective. Childhood weight-bearing physical activity is recognized as an important determinant
of peak bone mass, and physical activity intervention may represent a feasible strategy …

Objective: To develop a multifactorial predictive model of depressive symptomatology in the
first week postpartum in order to assist in targeted screening procedures. Method: As part of …

Background: The choice to give birth at home with a regulated midwife in attendance became
available to expectant women in British Columbia in 1998. The purpose of this study was …

Background Much attention has been given to the adequacy of prenatal care use in promoting
healthy outcomes for women and their infants. Adequacy of use takes into account the …

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of rooming-in (rather than standard nursery care) on the
incidence and severity of neonatal abstinence syndrome among opioid-exposed newborns …

Background The diagnosis of labor onset has been described as one of the most important
judgments in maternity care. There is compelling evidence that the duration of both latent and …

A majority of women experience some nausea and/or vomiting during pregnancy. This
condition can range from mild nausea to extreme nausea and vomiting, with 1–2% of women …

Objective. The use of antibacterial agents to clean and dry the stump of the newborn’s umbilical
cord after birth has recently been abandoned by many neonatal units in favor of dry cord …