Birth-Issues in Perinatal Care

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Australian women's experiences of receiving maternity care during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional national survey	48
Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of traumatic childbirth experiences: A discussion paper	46
Psychometric validation of a patient‐reported experience measure of obstetric racism© (The PREM‐OB Scale™ suite)	43
Mental health among pregnant women with COVID‐19–related stressors and worries in the United States	37
Perinatal depression in Pakistan: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	32
The role of pandemic‐related pregnancy stress in preference for community birth during the beginning of the COVID‐19 pandemic in the United States	32
Coercion and non‐consent during birth and newborn care in the United States	29
Giving birth during the COVID‐19 pandemic, perspectives from a sample of the United States birthing persons during the first wave: March‐June 2020	29
“I had to fight for my VBAC”: A mixed methods exploration of women’s experiences of pregnancy and vaginal birth after cesarean in the United States	24
Racial inequities in the course of treating perinatal mental health challenges: Results from listening to mothers in California	24
United States community births increased by 20% from 2019 to 2020	24
Influence of parity and infant age on maternal self‐efficacy, social support, postpartum anxiety, and postpartum depression in the first six months in the Maritime Provinces, Canada	23
Usability, acceptability, and feasibility of the World Health Organization Labour Care Guide: A mixed‐methods, multicountry evaluation	22
Birth during the Covid‐19 pandemic: What childbearing people in the United States needed to achieve a positive birth experience	20
Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of positive childbirth experiences: A discussion paper	20
Parents’ experiences of care offered after stillbirth: An international online survey of high and middle‐income countries	20
Fear of childbirth, nonurgent obstetric interventions, and newborn outcomes: A randomized controlled trial comparing mindfulness‐based childbirth and parenting with enhanced care as usual	18
A realist review to explore how midwifery continuity of care may influence preterm birth in pregnant women	17
Perinatal and postpartum care during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A nationwide cohort study	17
Cultural competence and experiences of maternity health care providers on care for migrant women: A qualitative meta‐synthesis	16
Pregnancy and birth in the United States during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The views of doulas	16
Physiological breech birth training: An evaluation of clinical practice changes after a one‐day training program	15
The role of doulas in respectful care for communities of color and Medicaid recipients	14
Mode of birth and development of maternal postnatal post‐traumatic stress disorder: A mixed‐methods systematic review and meta‐analysis	14
Women’s childbirth experiences: A content analysis from the Listening to Mothers in California survey	13

Obstetric factors associated with postpartum post‐traumatic stress disorder after spontaneous vaginal birth	13
The definition, screening, and treatment of postpartum anemia: A systematic review of guidelines	13
Do Black birthing persons prefer a Black health care provider during birth? Race concordance in birth	13
Rural resilience: The role of birth centers in the United States	12
Modifiable predictors of breastfeeding status and duration at 6 and 12 months postpartum	12
Relationships and trust: Two key pillars of a well‐functioning freestanding midwifery unit	12
More home births during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the Netherlands	12
Maternal and neonatal outcomes among incarcerated women who gave birth in custody	10
Is the increase in postpartum hemorrhage after vaginal birth because of altered clinical practice?: A register‐based cohort study	10
Cost‐effectiveness of mental health interventions during and after pregnancy: A systematic review	10
Mental health problems and fear of childbirth: A cohort study of women in an inner‐city maternity service	10
Accessibility and utilization of antenatal care services insub‐SaharanAfrica during theCOVID‐19 pandemic: A rapid review	10
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on perinatal care and outcomes in the United States: An interrupted time series analysis	10
Access to maternity and prenatal care services in rural Michigan	10
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	10
Health care system barriers and facilitators to early prenatal care among diverse women in Florida	10
Experiences of midwifery care in English prisons	9
Impact of COVID‐19 on pregnancy worry in the United States	9
Improving communication and teamwork during labor: A feasibility, acceptability, and safety study	9
The impact of family physicians in rural maternity care	9
Exposure to night‐time light pollution and risk of prolonged duration of labor: A nationwide cohort study	9
Kairos care in a Chronos world: Midwifery care as model of resistance and accountability in public health settings	9
Factors associated with person‐centered care during pregnancy and birth for Black women and birthing people in California	9
HIV infection as a risk factor for vaginal dysbiosis, bacterial vaginosis, and candidosis in pregnancy: A matched case‐control study	9
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	9
A call for critical midwifery studies: Confronting systemic injustice in sexual, reproductive, maternal, and newborn care	8
Breech specialist midwives and clinics in the OptiBreech Trial feasibility study: An implementation process evaluation	8
Spontaneous vaginal birth varies significantly across US hospitals	8
The design of “TeamBirth”: A care process to improve communication and teamwork during labor	8
Childbearing at the margins: A systematic metasynthesis of sexual and gender diverse childbearing experiences	8
A cascade of interventions: A classification tree analysis of the determinants of primary cesareans in Australian public hospitals	8
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	8
Factors influencing birth setting decision making in the United States: An integrative review	8
Implementation strategies within a complex environment: A qualitative study of a shared decision‐making intervention during childbirth	8
CenteringPregnancy in the Netherlands: Who engages, who doesn’t, and why	7
Experience predicts the duration of exclusive breastfeeding: The serial mediating roles of attitude and self‐efficacy	7
A maternity care home model of enhanced prenatal care to reduce preterm birth rate and NICU use	7
Examining obstetric interventions and respectful maternity care in Hungary: Do informal payments for continuity of care link to quality?	6
Implementing Essential Coaching for Every Mother during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A pre‐post intervention study	6
Questionnaire‐based vs universal PCR testing for SARS‐CoV‐2 in women admitted for delivery	6
The quantification of midwifery research: Limiting midwifery knowledge	6
Is a randomized controlled trial of waterbirth possible? An Australian feasibility study	6
Perceptions of women and partners on labor and birth positions: A meta‐synthesis	6
Excess of cesarean births in pregnant women with COVID‐19: A meta‐analysis	6
Cord clamping beyond 3 minutes: Neonatal short‐term outcomes and maternal postpartum hemorrhage	6
Antibody levels to SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein in mothers and children from delivery to six months later	6
Women’s dissatisfaction with inappropriate behavior by health care workers during childbirth care in France: A survey study	6
The first alongside midwifery unit in Spain: A retrospective cohort study of maternal and neonatal outcomes	6
Making informed choices about cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation: A qualitative study of information use	6
A two‐generation approach to postpartum care: Building on the well‐baby visit	6

Midwifery knowledge of equitable and culturally safe maternity care for Aboriginal women	6
Second‐trimester and early third‐trimester spontaneous uterine rupture: A 32‐year single‐center survey	5
Birth includes us: Development of a community‐led survey to capture experiences of pregnancy care among LGBTQ2S+ families	5
Weekend delivery and maternal–neonatal adverse outcomes in low‐risk pregnancies in the United States: A population‐based analysis of 3‐million live births	5
Neurodevelopmental outcome at 24 months of healthy infants at birth with an umbilical artery blood pH ≤ 7 and/or hyperlactacidemia ≥ 7 mmol/L	5
Disparities in the provision of perinatal care based on patient race in the United States	5
Does breastfeeding influence sleep? A longitudinal study across the first two postpartum years	5
Contemporary duration of spontaneous labor and association with maternal characteristics: A French national population‐based study	5
Perspectives on cultural competency and race concordance from perinatal patients and community‐based doulas	5
Maternity care for refugees living in Greek refugee camps: What are the challenges to provision?	5
Birth equity on the front lines: Impact of a community‐based doula program in Brooklyn, NY	5
Maternal perceptions of cesarean birth care: A qualitative study to inform ERAS guideline development	4
Preconception health status and associated disparities among rural, Midwestern women in the United States	4
“I felt like I was left on my own”: A mixed‐methods analysis of maternal experiences of cesarean birth and mental distress in the United States	4
Host‐country language proficiency and migrant‐native disparities in prenatal care utilization: A nationwide study in Portugal	4
Value in maternal care: Using the Learning Health System to facilitate action	4
Successful vertical transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 antibodies after maternal vaccination	4
Preterm and low birthweight birth in the United States: Black midwives speak of causality, prevention, and healing	4
Use of pain management in childbirth among migrant women in Iceland: A population‐based cohort study	4
The opportunity costs of birth in Australia: Hospital resource savings for a post–COVID‐19 era	4
A survey of health care practitioners’ attitudes toward shared decision‐making for choice of next birth after cesarean	4
Physiological plateaus during normal labor and birth: A scoping review of contemporary concepts and definitions	4
Self‐rated health before pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes in Sweden: A population‐based register study	4
In‐hospital supplementation and subsequent breastfeeding practices in Finland: A cross‐sectional population‐level study	4
Women's decision‐making autonomy in Dutch maternity care	4
Conservative management versus systematic suture of isolated vaginal or first‐degree perineal tears after delivery: A preliminary randomized efficacy trial	4
Outpatient Foley catheter induction protocol provides clinical and cost benefits	4
Does the ARRIVE trial merit changing obstetric practice? Some reflections four‐year postrelease	4
Cesarean birth and risk of obesity from birth to adolescence: A cohort study	4
Women’s satisfaction with childbirth in a public hospital in Brazil	4
Perceived social support and postpartum depression symptoms across geographical contexts: Findings from the 2016 Ohio Pregnancy Assessment survey	4
Exploring vaccination practices of midwives in British Columbia	4
Health care provider support and factors associated with breastfeeding beyond infancy: A cross‐national study	4
Preferences of women with low obstetric risk for cesarean or vaginal birth in Poland: Areas for intervention	4
Influence of social determinants of health on breastfeeding intent in the United States	3
Perinatal outcomes of planned home birth after cesarean and planned hospital vaginal birth after cesarean at term gestation in British Columbia, Canada: A retrospective population‐based cohort study	3
Healing trauma with interprofessional collaboration and trauma‐informed perinatal care: A qualitative case study	3
Changes in the live birth profile in Henan, China: A hospital registry‐based study	3
Providing a service or seeking a favor? The role of private prenatal care on the continuity of care in Serbian public maternity hospitals	3
The impact on midwives and their practice after caring for women who have a traumatic childbirth: A systematic review	3
What is known about midwives' well‐being and resilience? An integrative review of the international literature	3
Unlocking big data to understand health services usage and government funding during pregnancy and early childhood, evidence in Australia	3
Nomograms for predicting adverse obstetric outcome in IVF pregnancy: A preliminary study	3
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	3
Skin‐to‐skin contact in mothers with suspected, probable, or confirmed COVID‐19	3
“Ultimately, the choice is theirs”: Informed choice vaccine conversations and Canadian midwives	3
Induction of labor or expectant management? Birth outcomes for nulliparous individuals choosing midwifery care	3
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Bypassing of nearest labor & delivery unit is contingent on rurality, wealth, and race	3
Integrated review of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of maternity health care professionals concerning umbilical cord clamping	3
Providing doula support to publicly insured women in central Texas: A financial cost–benefit analysis	3
Midwives’ recognition and response to maternal deterioration: A national cross‐sectional study	3
VBAC calculator 2.0: Recent evidence	3
Preferences for labor and childbirth, expressed orally or as a written birth plan: Prevalence and determinants from a nationwide population‐based study	3
Sexual educational needs of Jordanian women after giving birth	3
Organizational strategies to optimize women’s safety during labor and birth: A scoping review	3
Outpatient versus inpatient cervical ripening with a slow‐release dinoprostone vaginal insert in term pregnancies on maternal, neonatal, and birth outcomes: A systematic review	3
Factors associated with cesarean birth in nulliparous women: A multicenter prospective cohort study	3
The economic burden associated with stillbirth: A systematic review	3
Reported information sharing and satisfaction with maternity care providers during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Associations with socioeconomic status and shifts to telehealth	3
Medication access and midwifery integration: An example of community midwifery advocacy for access in Washington State, USA	2
Upright breech birth: New video research risks reviving Friedman’s curse	2
Bibliometric analysis of published articles on perinatal depression from 1920 to 2020	2
The lasting impact of family and domestic violence on neonatal health outcomes	2
Preterm birth among Pacific Islanders in the United States and the US‐affiliated Pacific Islands: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	2
Barriers to labor after cesarean: A survey of United States midwives	2
Maternity clinician use of shared decision‐making in antenatal care: A scoping review	2
Intrapartum pudendal nerve block analgesia and childbirth experience in primiparous women with vaginal birth: A cohort study	2
The enduring impact of birth: Women’s birth perceptions, postpartum depressive symptoms, and postpartum depression risk	2
Are perinatal quality collaboratives collaborating enough? How including all birth settings can drive needed improvement in the United States maternity care system	2
Antenatal cardiotocography in primary midwife‐led care: Women's satisfaction	2
Maternal smoking during pregnancy: Trends and determinants in the conception to community study	2
Essential newborn care practices in Benin: Are there differences by birth location?	2
Qualitative evaluation of an innovative midwifery continuity scheme: Lessons from using a quality care framework	2
Outcomes of attempted vaginal births after previous recurrent operative vaginal deliveries: An individual cumulative risk analysis	2
The impact of exclusion due to COVID‐19 restrictions on partners' satisfaction with Swedish hospital postnatal ward care: A multi‐methods approach	2
Mediating processes underlying the associations between maternal obesity and the likelihood of cesarean birth	2
Perinatal outcomes of women with gestational breast cancer in Australia and New Zealand: A prospective population‐based study	2
Midwives' perceptions of and experiences with normal physiologic birth: A qualitative systematic review	2
Development and testing of a decision aid to achieve shared decision‐making for routine labor induction	2

Nonpharmacological labor pain management methods and risk of cesarean birth: A retrospective cohort study	2
Factors leading to satisfaction with counseling for Labor after Cesarean among Latina women in the United States	2
Cesarean birth, obstetric emergencies, and adverse neonatal outcomes in Iceland during a period of increasing labor induction	2
Drivers of variation in postpartum opioid prescribing across hospitals participating in a statewide maternity care quality collaborative	2
Systematic review and meta‐analysis examining the effects of midwife care on cesarean birth	2
Mediating expectations and experiences that influence birth experiences in Canada's first Alongside Midwifery Unit	2
LGBTQ+ new and expectant parents' experiences of perinatal services during the UK's first COVID‐19 lockdown	2
Influence on operative time of immediate skin‐to‐skin care in low‐risk primary cesarean births for breech presentation: Retrospective cohort study	2
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Evaluating definitions for maternal fever as diagnostic criteria for intraamniotic infection in low‐risk pregnancies	2
Decolonizing the midwifery curriculum: Jettisoning the Caldwell–Moloy pelvic types	2
Prediction of successful labor induction in persons with a low Bishop score using machine learning: Secondary analysis of two randomized controlled trials	2
“How am I going to make it through pregnancy?” A qualitative examination of prenatal maternal stress	2
Trends and motivations for freebirth: A scoping review	2
Community midwives' perspectives on perinatal care for asylum seekers and refugees in the Netherlands: A survey study	2
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	2
Inequitable use of health services for Indigenous mothers who experience stillbirth in Australia	2
Expanding midwifery care in the United States: Implications for clinical outcomes and cost	2
The intersection of traumatic childbirth and obstetric racism: A qualitative study	2
Associations between prepregnancy body mass index, gestational weight gain, and pregnancy outcomes in women with twin pregnancies: A five‐year prospective study	2
Measuring the attitudes of midwives toward sexual and gender minority clients: Results from a Cross‐Sectional survey in Ontario	2
A dose–response relationship found between the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding indicators and in‐hospital exclusive breastfeeding in US hospitals	2
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Discrimination during childbirth and postpartum care utilization among Black birthing people in California, United States	1
Racial disparities in low‐risk cesarean birth rates across hospitals	1
Vaginal delivery rate by near delivery sonographic weight estimation and maternal stature among nulliparous women	1
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Transforming the Quality Maternal Newborn Care Framework into an index to measure the quality of maternity care	1
Gender‐inclusive language in midwifery and perinatal services: A guide and argument for justice	1
The prevalence of perinatal mental health disorders and psychosocial characteristics of women in Malta: A cross‐sectional study	1
An intrapartum calculator for predicting cesarean birth due to dystocia: Preliminary findings from a single‐center study in Korea	1
Induction of labor and cesarean birth in lower‐risk nulliparous women at term: A retrospective cohort study	1
Meal patterning and the onset of spontaneous labor	1
Time trends, projections, and spatial distribution of low birthweight in Australia, 2009–2030: Evidence from the National Perinatal Data Collection	1
Men's experiences of antenatal care services in low‐income and middle‐income countries: A qualitative systematic review	1
Supporting birth companions for women in labor, the views and experiences of birth companions, women and midwives: A mixed methods systematic review	1
“Black Women Should Not Die Giving Life”: The lived experiences of Black women diagnosed with severe maternal morbidity in the United States	1
Giving birth in a good way when it must take place away from home: Participatory research into visions of Inuit families and their Montreal‐based medical providers	1
Comparing maternal factors associated with postpartum depression between primiparous adolescents and adults: A large retrospective cohort study	1
Breastfeeding outcomes at 3 months for women with diabetes in pregnancy: Findings from the Diabetes and Antenatal Milk Expressing randomized controlled trial	1
“Things changed very quickly”: Maternal intentions and decision‐making about infant sleep surface, location, and position	1
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	1
Identification of racial/ethnic disparities associated with severe maternal morbidity using the Arkansas All‐Payer Claims Database (2013‐2017)	1
The birth center model of care: Staffing, business characteristics, and core clinical outcomes	1
Facilitating positive birth experience when preferences are not met: A qualitative analysis	1
Financial toxicity in pregnancy and postpartum	1
Association between inter‐pregnancy interval and risk of adverse birth outcomes in subsequent pregnancy: A retrospective study from Jordan	1
Unpacking cesarean in rural Bangladesh: Who, what, when, and where	1
Cephalic marks and well‐being in newborns after operative vaginal delivery	1
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Health care use and health consequences of geographic lack of access to abortion and maternity care	1
Evidence‐based guidelines for intrapartum maternal hydration assessment and management: A scoping review	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
Birth environment interventions and outcomes: A scoping review	1
Prenatal care in US birth centers: Midwives' perceptions of contributors to birthing People's confidence in physiologic birth	1
Outcomes of vertex‐vertex vs. vertex‐breech presentation in twin pregnancy after vaginal delivery in China	1
Perinatal mental health screening for women of refugee background: Addressing a major gap in pregnancy care	1
User satisfaction with antenatal care in Norway	1
Determinants of elevated depressive symptoms in Chinese women with gestational diabetes mellitus	1
“I just want the best for him.” Pregnancy in the context of substance use disorders: Perspectives of postpartum women	1
Group prenatal care for pregnant women with opioid use disorder: Preliminary evidence for acceptability and benefits compared with individual prenatal care	1
Vaginal birth after cesarean in women with no prior vaginal delivery carrying a large for gestational age baby	1
Process lessons from evaluating a combined continuity of carer and home birth scheme	1
Mechanics of vaginal breech birth: Factors influencing obstetric maneuver rate, duration of active second stage of labor, and neonatal outcome	1
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	1
Effectiveness of remote monitoring for glycemic control on maternal–fetal outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: A meta‐analysis	1
Factors associated with respectful maternity care and influence of HIV status among women giving birth in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania	1
Physician personal breastfeeding experience and clinical care of the breastfeeding dyad	1
Postpartum care for parent–infant dyads: A community midwifery model	1
Assessing the relationship between psychosocial risk and pregnancy outcomes using the perinatal integrated psychosocial assessment (PIPA) tool	1
Personas of pregnant and parenting women with substance use and their barriers and pathways to system engagement	1
Barriers to access adequate maternal care in Romania, Bulgaria, and Moldova: A cross‐country comparison	1
Labor unit culture and attitudes toward supporting vaginal birth—The Swedish version of the labor culture survey (S‐LCS)—Psychometric properties	1