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	37
Psychometric validation of a patient‐reported experience measure of obstetric racism© (The PREM‐OB Scale™ suite)	34
Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of traumatic childbirth experiences: A discussion paper	32
Mental health among pregnant women with COVID‐19–related stressors and worries in the United States	31
The role of pandemic‐related pregnancy stress in preference for community birth during the beginning of the COVID‐19 pandemic in the United States	28
Giving birth during the COVID‐19 pandemic, perspectives from a sample of the United States birthing persons during the first wave: March‐June 2020	25
Perinatal depression in Pakistan: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	25
The role of midwifery and other international insights for maternity care in the United States: An analysis of four countries	24
United States community births increased by 20% from 2019 to 2020	21
“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	21
Racial inequities in the course of treating perinatal mental health challenges: Results from listening to mothers in California	18
Birth during the Covid‐19 pandemic: What childbearing people in the United States needed to achieve a positive birth experience	17
Coercion and non‐consent during birth and newborn care in the United States	17
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	17
Parents’ experiences of care offered after stillbirth: An international online survey of high and middle‐income countries	17
Usability, acceptability, and feasibility of the World Health Organization Labour Care Guide: A mixed‐methods, multicountry evaluation	14
Pregnancy and birth in the United States during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The views of doulas	13
Physiological breech birth training: An evaluation of clinical practice changes after a one‐day training program	13
Fear of childbirth, nonurgent obstetric interventions, and newborn outcomes: A randomized controlled trial comparing mindfulness‐based childbirth and parenting with enhanced care as usual	12
Systematic review of barriers to, and facilitators of, the provision of high‐quality midwifery services in India	12
Perinatal and postpartum care during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A nationwide cohort study	12
A realist review to explore how midwifery continuity of care may influence preterm birth in pregnant women	11
Rural resilience: The role of birth centers in the United States	10
The role of doulas in respectful care for communities of color and Medicaid recipients	10
Cultural competence and experiences of maternity health care providers on care for migrant women: A qualitative meta‐synthesis	10

Modifiable predictors of breastfeeding status and duration at 6 and 12 months postpartum	10
Is the increase in postpartum hemorrhage after vaginal birth because of altered clinical practice?: A register‐based cohort study	10
Relationships and trust: Two key pillars of a well‐functioning freestanding midwifery unit	9
Women’s agenda for the improvement of childbirth care: Evaluation of the Babies Born Better survey data set in Spain	9
Our life at home: Photos from families inform discharge planning for medically complex children	9
Mental health problems and fear of childbirth: A cohort study of women in an inner‐city maternity service	9
HIV infection as a risk factor for vaginal dysbiosis, bacterial vaginosis, and candidosis in pregnancy: A matched case‐control study	9
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on perinatal care and outcomes in the United States: An interrupted time series analysis	9
Do Black birthing persons prefer a Black health care provider during birth? Race concordance in birth	9
Exposure to night‐time light pollution and risk of prolonged duration of labor: A nationwide cohort study	9
Access to maternity and prenatal care services in rural Michigan	9
More home births during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the Netherlands	9
Obstetric factors associated with postpartum post‐traumatic stress disorder after spontaneous vaginal birth	8
Fetal macrosomia in home and birth center births in the United States: Maternal, fetal, and newborn outcomes	8
Women’s childbirth experiences: A content analysis from the Listening to Mothers in California survey	8
Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of positive childbirth experiences: A discussion paper	8
Health care system barriers and facilitators to early prenatal care among diverse women in Florida	8
The definition, screening, and treatment of postpartum anemia: A systematic review of guidelines	8
State of the breech in 2020: Guidelines support maternal choice, but skills are lost….	8
Kairos care in a Chronos world: Midwifery care as model of resistance and accountability in public health settings	8
Factors influencing birth setting decision making in the United States: An integrative review	7
Cost‐effectiveness of mental health interventions during and after pregnancy: A systematic review	7
Implementation strategies within a complex environment: A qualitative study of a shared decision‐making intervention during childbirth	7
The design of “TeamBirth”: A care process to improve communication and teamwork during labor	7
Maternal and neonatal outcomes among incarcerated women who gave birth in custody	7
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	7
Examining obstetric interventions and respectful maternity care in Hungary: Do informal payments for continuity of care link to quality?	6
Breech specialist midwives and clinics in the OptiBreech Trial feasibility study: An implementation process evaluation	6
Questionnaire‐based vs universal PCR testing for SARS‐CoV‐2 in women admitted for delivery	6
Experience predicts the duration of exclusive breastfeeding: The serial mediating roles of attitude and self‐efficacy	6
Factors associated with person‐centered care during pregnancy and birth for Black women and birthing people in California	6
Spontaneous vaginal birth varies significantly across US hospitals	6
Midwives’ and obstetricians’ level of knowledge of appropriate gestational weight gain recommendations for pregnancy: A systematic review	6
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	6
The impact of family physicians in rural maternity care	6
Impact of COVID‐19 on pregnancy worry in the United States	6
Mode of birth and development of maternal postnatal post‐traumatic stress disorder: A mixed‐methods systematic review and meta‐analysis	6
CenteringPregnancy in the Netherlands: Who engages, who doesn’t, and why	6
Contemporary duration of spontaneous labor and association with maternal characteristics: A French national population‐based study	5
Excess of cesarean births in pregnant women with COVID‐19: A meta‐analysis	5
A cascade of interventions: A classification tree analysis of the determinants of primary cesareans in Australian public hospitals	5
Is a randomized controlled trial of waterbirth possible? An Australian feasibility study	5
Maintaining certainty in the most uncertain of times	5
Implementing Essential Coaching for Every Mother during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A pre‐post intervention study	5
Childbearing at the margins: A systematic metasynthesis of sexual and gender diverse childbearing experiences	5
A maternity care home model of enhanced prenatal care to reduce preterm birth rate and NICU use	5
Women’s dissatisfaction with inappropriate behavior by health care workers during childbirth care in France: A survey study	5
The association between longer durations of the latent phase of labor and subsequent perinatal processes and outcomes among midwifery patients	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
Accessibility and utilization of antenatal care services in sub‐Saharan Africa during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A rapid review	5

Antibody levels to SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein in mothers and children from delivery to six months later	5
Health care provider support and factors associated with breastfeeding beyond infancy: A cross‐national study	4
Successful vertical transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 antibodies after maternal vaccination	4
Making informed choices about cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation: A qualitative study of information use	4
Preterm and low birthweight birth in the United States: Black midwives speak of causality, prevention, and healing	4
The quantification of midwifery research: Limiting midwifery knowledge	4
A call for critical midwifery studies: Confronting systemic injustice in sexual, reproductive, maternal, and newborn care	4
Experiences of midwifery care in English prisons	4
Preferences of women with low obstetric risk for cesarean or vaginal birth in Poland: Areas for intervention	4
Second‐trimester and early third‐trimester spontaneous uterine rupture: A 32‐year single‐center survey	4
A survey of health care practitioners’ attitudes toward shared decision‐making for choice of next birth after cesarean	4
Menstrual symptoms and risk of preterm birth: A population‐based longitudinal study	4
High blood pressure in pregnancy, DNA methylation, and later blood pressure in African American women enrolled in the InterGEN Study	4
Effects of cord milking in late preterm infants and full‐term infants: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	4
The opportunity costs of birth in Australia: Hospital resource savings for a post–COVID‐19 era	4
Exploring vaccination practices of midwives in British Columbia	4
Maternal perceptions of cesarean birth care: A qualitative study to inform ERAS guideline development	4
Cord clamping beyond 3 minutes: Neonatal short‐term outcomes and maternal postpartum hemorrhage	4
Preconception health status and associated disparities among rural, Midwestern women in the United States	3
Cesarean birth and risk of obesity from birth to adolescence: A cohort study	3
Weekend delivery and maternal–neonatal adverse outcomes in low‐risk pregnancies in the United States: A population‐based analysis of 3‐million live births	3
Does breastfeeding influence sleep? A longitudinal study across the first two postpartum years	3
Use of pain management in childbirth among migrant women in Iceland: A population‐based cohort study	3
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	3
Perceptions of women and partners on labor and birth positions: A meta‐synthesis	3
Does the ARRIVE trial merit changing obstetric practice? Some reflections four‐year postrelease	3
Outpatient Foley catheter induction protocol provides clinical and cost benefits	3
A two‐generation approach to postpartum care: Building on the well‐baby visit	3
Self‐rated health before pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes in Sweden: A population‐based register study	3
“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	3
The economic burden associated with stillbirth: A systematic review	3
Face‐to‐pubes rotational maneuver for bilateral nuchal arms in a vaginal breech birth, resolved in an upright maternal position: A case report	3
Nomograms for predicting adverse obstetric outcome in IVF pregnancy: A preliminary study	3
Induction of labor or expectant management? Birth outcomes for nulliparous individuals choosing midwifery care	3
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Improving communication and teamwork during labor: A feasibility, acceptability, and safety study	3
Midwifery knowledge of equitable and culturally safe maternity care for Aboriginal women	3
Maternity care for refugees living in Greek refugee camps: What are the challenges to provision?	3
Birth equity on the front lines: Impact of a community‐based doula program in Brooklyn, NY	3
Women’s satisfaction with childbirth in a public hospital in Brazil	3
Factors affecting third‐stage management and postpartum hemorrhage in planned midwife‐led home and birth center births in the United States	3
Sexual educational needs of Jordanian women after giving birth	3
VBAC calculator 2.0: Recent evidence	2
Birth includes us: Development of a community‐led survey to capture experiences of pregnancy care among LGBTQ2S+ families	2
Providing a service or seeking a favor? The role of private prenatal care on the continuity of care in Serbian public maternity hospitals	2
Preterm birth among Pacific Islanders in the United States and the US‐affiliated Pacific Islands: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	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
Mediating expectations and experiences that influence birth experiences in Canada's first Alongside Midwifery Unit	2
Perceived social support and postpartum depression symptoms across geographical contexts: Findings from the 2016 Ohio Pregnancy Assessment survey	2
In‐hospital supplementation and subsequent breastfeeding practices in Finland: A cross‐sectional population‐level study	2
Cesarean birth, obstetric emergencies, and adverse neonatal outcomes in Iceland during a period of increasing labor induction	2
Maternal smoking during pregnancy: Trends and determinants in the conception to community study	2
Medication access and midwifery integration: An example of community midwifery advocacy for access in Washington State, USA	2
Conservative management versus systematic suture of isolated vaginal or first‐degree perineal tears after delivery: A preliminary randomized efficacy trial	2
Skin‐to‐skin contact in mothers with suspected, probable, or confirmed COVID‐19	2
Barriers to labor after cesarean: A survey of United States midwives	2
The impact on midwives and their practice after caring for women who have a traumatic childbirth: A systematic review	2
Factors associated with cesarean birth in nulliparous women: A multicenter prospective cohort study	2
Value in maternal care: Using the Learning Health System to facilitate action	2
Risk factors for emergency room use and rehospitalization among opioid‐exposed newborns in Massachusetts	2
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Are perinatal quality collaboratives collaborating enough? How including all birth settings can drive needed improvement in the United States maternity care system	2
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	2
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Upright breech birth: New video research risks reviving Friedman’s curse	2
Healing trauma with interprofessional collaboration and trauma‐informed perinatal care: A qualitative case study	2
Perinatal outcomes of women with gestational breast cancer in Australia and New Zealand: A prospective population‐based study	2
Factors leading to satisfaction with counseling for Labor after Cesarean among Latina women in the United States	2
The enduring impact of birth: Women’s birth perceptions, postpartum depressive symptoms, and postpartum depression risk	2
Essential newborn care practices in Benin: Are there differences by birth location?	2
Associations between prepregnancy body mass index, gestational weight gain, and pregnancy outcomes in women with twin pregnancies: A five‐year prospective study	2
Host‐country language proficiency and migrant‐native disparities in prenatal care utilization: A nationwide study in Portugal	2
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	2
Qualitative evaluation of an innovative midwifery continuity scheme: Lessons from using a quality care framework	2
The lasting impact of family and domestic violence on neonatal health outcomes	1
Preferences for labor and childbirth, expressed orally or as a written birth plan: Prevalence and determinants from a nationwide population‐based study	1
Prenatal care in US birth centers: Midwives' perceptions of contributors to birthing People's confidence in physiologic birth	1
Physiological plateaus during normal labor and birth: A scoping review of contemporary concepts and definitions	1
Trends in cesarean birth rates in Iceland over a 19‐year period	1
Outpatient versus inpatient cervical ripening with a slow‐release dinoprostone vaginal insert in term pregnancies on maternal, neonatal, and birth outcomes: A systematic review	1

Outcomes of attempted vaginal births after previous recurrent operative vaginal deliveries: An individual cumulative risk analysis	1
Bypassing of nearest labor & delivery unit is contingent on rurality, wealth, and race	1
Transforming the Quality Maternal Newborn Care Framework into an index to measure the quality of maternity care	1
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LGBTQ+ new and expectant parents' experiences of perinatal services during the UK's first COVID‐19 lockdown	1
Providing doula support to publicly insured women in central Texas: A financial cost–benefit analysis	1
Vaginal birth after cesarean in women with no prior vaginal delivery carrying a large for gestational age baby	1
Cephalic marks and well‐being in newborns after operative vaginal delivery	1
Informed consent in episiotomy: Co‐analysis with midwives and distillation of best practice	1
Unpacking cesarean in rural Bangladesh: Who, what, when, and where	1
Evaluating definitions for maternal fever as diagnostic criteria for intraamniotic infection in low‐risk pregnancies	1
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“I had no choice”: A mixed‐methods study on access to care for vaginal breech birth	1
Racial disparities in low‐risk cesarean birth rates across hospitals	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
Barriers to access adequate maternal care in Romania, Bulgaria, and Moldova: A cross‐country comparison	1
Discrimination during childbirth and postpartum care utilization among Black birthing people in California, United States	1
Influence of social determinants of health on breastfeeding intent in the United States	1
Nonpharmacological labor pain management methods and risk of cesarean birth: A retrospective cohort study	1
Systematic review and meta‐analysis examining the effects of midwife care on cesarean birth	1
Unlocking big data to understand health services usage and government funding during pregnancy and early childhood, evidence in Australia	1
Women's decision‐making autonomy in Dutch maternity care	1
Meal patterning and the onset of spontaneous labor	1
The first alongside midwifery unit in Spain: A retrospective cohort study of maternal and neonatal outcomes	1
Influence on operative time of immediate skin‐to‐skin care in low‐risk primary cesarean births for breech presentation: Retrospective cohort study	1
Time trends, projections, and spatial distribution of low birthweight in Australia, 2009–2030: Evidence from the National Perinatal Data Collection	1
“Ultimately, the choice is theirs”: Informed choice vaccine conversations and Canadian midwives	1
Midwives' perceptions of and experiences with normal physiologic birth: A qualitative systematic review	1
Why are women buying GOOP? Women’s health and the wellness movement	1
Personas of pregnant and parenting women with substance use and their barriers and pathways to system engagement	1
Assessing the relationship between psychosocial risk and pregnancy outcomes using the perinatal integrated psychosocial assessment (PIPA) tool	1
Intrapartum pudendal nerve block analgesia and childbirth experience in primiparous women with vaginal birth: A cohort study	1
Trends and motivations for freebirth: A scoping review	1
Inequitable use of health services for Indigenous mothers who experience stillbirth in Australia	1
Vaginal delivery rate by near delivery sonographic weight estimation and maternal stature among nulliparous women	1
Measuring the attitudes of midwives toward sexual and gender minority clients: Results from a Cross‐Sectional survey in Ontario	1
Determinants of elevated depressive symptoms in Chinese women with gestational diabetes mellitus	1
The intersection of traumatic childbirth and obstetric racism: A qualitative study	1
Integrated review of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of maternity health care professionals concerning umbilical cord clamping	1
Midwives’ recognition and response to maternal deterioration: A national cross‐sectional study	1
An intrapartum calculator for predicting cesarean birth due to dystocia: Preliminary findings from a single‐center study in Korea	1
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Reported information sharing and satisfaction with maternity care providers during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Associations with socioeconomic status and shifts to telehealth	1
Perspectives on cultural competency and race concordance from perinatal patients and community‐based doulas	1
Organizational strategies to optimize women’s safety during labor and birth: A scoping review	1
Changes in the live birth profile in Henan, China: A hospital registry‐based study	1