Birth-Issues in Perinatal Care

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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	100
The association of doula support and patient experiences with hospital staff during birth in a sample of California women: An exploratory analysis	67
Perinatal psychiatric practitioner consultation program delivers rapid response to OB/GYN practitioners	56
Influence on operative time of immediate skin‐to‐skin care in low‐risk primary cesarean births for breech presentation: Retrospective cohort study	48
Wait, What? What's Going On?— Pregnancy Experiences of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Mothers Who Do Not Sign	44
Exploring Maternity Related Emergencies in Prehospital Settings and Available Obstetric Training for Emergency Medical Services Personnel: An Integrative Review of Literature	39
Interventions and Strategies for Reducing Episiotomy Rates Globally: A Systematic Review	28
The role of doulas in respectful care for communities of color and Medicaid recipients	27
In‐hospital supplementation and subsequent breastfeeding practices in Finland: A cross‐sectional population‐level study	24
Discrimination during childbirth and postpartum care utilization among Black birthing people in California, United States	21
Visualization of contractions: Evaluation of a new experience design concept to enhance the childbirth experience	21
Labor unit culture and attitudes toward supporting vaginal birth—The Swedish version of the labor culture survey (S‐LCS)—Psychometric properties	19
The Impact of Lunar Phases During Day and Night Cycles on Perinatal Outcomes: A Nationwide Cohort Study	19
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Validity and reliability of an Arabic‐language version of the postpartum specific anxiety scale research short‐form in Jordan	18
Nonpharmacological labor pain management methods and risk of cesarean birth: A retrospective cohort study	18
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	17
Midwifery continuity of care for women with perinatal mental health conditions: A cohort study from Australia	16
What is known about midwives' well‐being and resilience? An integrative review of the international literature	16
Cultural Brokering in Pregnancy Care: A Qualitative Study	15
Mediating processes underlying the associations between maternal obesity and the likelihood of cesarean birth	14
Birth Outcomes After Sexual Violence and the Role of Disclosure to the Maternity Care Provider	14
One Hundred Years of Seeking Respectful Maternity Care: History and Evolution	14
Assessing patient autonomy in the context of TeamBirth, a quality improvement intervention to improve shared decision‐making during labor and birth	14
Adopting Early Essential Newborn Care (EENC) in the Delivery Room: An Implementation Study From China	13

Experiences of attending prenatal ultrasounds during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Australia: A cross‐sectional survey	12
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Characterizing uterine responsiveness to oxytocin augmentation across four labor patterns in maternal obesity	12
Low Social Support is Associated With Postpartum Depression Symptoms Among Illinois Postpartum Women	12
Unraveling the Tapestry: Variations in Midwifery and Community Birth Utilization Among Asian Subgroups	12
Changes in the live birth profile in Henan, China: A hospital registry‐based study	12
Childbirth in Women Infected or in Close Contact With SARS ‐ CoV ‐2 in Spain: A Qualitative Study	12
Labor outcomes in caseload midwifery compared with standard midwifery care: A cohort study	12
Women's Experience of Continuity During Antenatal Care: A Cross‐Sectional Study in The Netherlands	11
Self‐Advocacy Among Black Women During the Perinatal Period: Prevalence and Relationship to Patient Experiences	11
From Midwife to Lead Perinatal Practitioner: A Utopian Vision	11
Upright breech birth: New video research risks reviving Friedman’s curse	10
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Decision‐making experiences and the need for decision aids in women considering vaginal birth after cesarean: A qualitative meta‐synthesis	10
Birth during the Covid‐19 pandemic: What childbearing people in the United States needed to achieve a positive birth experience	10
Peer support and mobile health for perinatal mental health: A scoping review	9
“I just want the best for him.” Pregnancy in the context of substance use disorders: Perspectives of postpartum women	9
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VBAC calculator 2.0: Recent evidence	9
Predictive value of new onset versus primary meconium‐stained amniotic fluid	9
Effects of the COVID‐19 early pandemic on delivery outcomes among women with and without COVID‐19 at birth	9
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Factors influencing birth setting decision making in the United States: An integrative review	8
Revisiting the Mackey Childbirth Satisfaction Rating Scale: Spanish adaptation, factor analysis, and sources of construct validity	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 associated with exclusive formula feeding among individuals with low‐risk pregnancies in the United States	8
Prenatal and postpartum care during the COVID‐19 pandemic: An increase in barriers from early to mid‐pandemic in the United States	8
Remembering Marian MacDorman	8
COVID‐19 and the adequacy of antenatal care among Indigenous women: A retrospective crossover analysis	8
Pregnant Women's Care Needs During Early Labor–A Scoping Review	8
Professional Preferences Towards Vaginal Breech Delivery at Term: An International Discrete Choice Experiment	8
Preferences of pregnant individuals to undergo labor after one cesarean in southern China	7
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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
The enduring impact of birth: Women’s birth perceptions, postpartum depressive symptoms, and postpartum depression risk	7
Does breastfeeding influence sleep? A longitudinal study across the first two postpartum years	7
Race, ethnicity, and indications for primary cesarean birth: Associations within a national birth center registry	7
Is a randomized controlled trial of waterbirth possible? An Australian feasibility study	7
Maternal height, and ethnicity and birth weight: A retrospective cohort study of uncomplicated term vaginal deliveries in Malaysia	7
Factors associated with respectful maternity care and influence of HIV status among women giving birth in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania	7
Birthing Cultural Humility: A Transformation of Reproductive Justice in the Military Health System	7
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Men as Midwifery Professionals: A Scoping Review	6
Vaginal delivery rate by near delivery sonographic weight estimation and maternal stature among nulliparous women	6
Community midwives' perspectives on perinatal care for asylum seekers and refugees in the Netherlands: A survey study	6
Translating Priorities Into Practice: Midwifery Care for Uninsured Migrant Populations Across Canada	6
Patient Perceptions of Informed Consent for Operative Vaginal Birth: A Qualitative Analysis	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
A call for critical midwifery studies: Confronting systemic injustice in sexual, reproductive, maternal, and newborn care	6

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Toward a semiotics of midwifery: Multimodal communication's effects on accessibility, equity, and power dynamics	6
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Factors associated with cesarean birth in nulliparous women: A multicenter prospective cohort study	6
CenteringPregnancy in the Netherlands: Who engages, who doesn’t, and why	5
Reduction of Noise Levels During Caesarean Births Through Audiovisual Feedback is Associated With Lower Stress Levels for Patients	5
Perinatal outcome and long‐term hospitalization of triplets according to birth order	5
Preferences for labor and childbirth, expressed orally or as a written birth plan: Prevalence and determinants from a nationwide population‐based study	5
Bibliometric analysis of published articles on perinatal depression from 1920 to 2020	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
Cost‐effectiveness of mental health interventions during and after pregnancy: A systematic review	5
Childbirth Experiences in the United Kingdom Compared to the Netherlands: A Cross‐Sectional Survey Study	5
Midwifery Continuity of Care During Pregnancy, Birth, and the Postpartum Period: A Matched Cohort Study	5
Mental Health Profile Relating to Suicide Crises Among Women in and Around Pregnancy and Surgical Termination of Pregnancy: A Data Linkage Study	5
Psychometric validation of a patient‐reported experience measure of obstetric racism© (The PREM‐OB Scale™ suite)	5
A Concept Analysis on Failure to Rescue in Maternal Health: Implications for Practice and Policy	5
The Perinatal Experience of Women With a History of Intimate Partner Violence: The Birth Experience Study	5
Mode of birth and long‐term maternal mental health: A follow‐up study in the Danish National Birth Cohort	5
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The Benefits of Licensed Midwifery and Community Birth Among BIPOC Birthing People in New Mexico	4
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Maternal and Neonatal Consequences of Early Augmentation of Labor Among Women With Spontaneous Onset of Labor: A National Population‐Based Study	4
Return‐on‐Investment Analysis of an Enhanced Community Doula Program: Pre‐ and Post‐COVID‐19 Considerations	4
Introducing the fragility index—A case study using the Term Breech Trial	4
Induction of labor and cesarean birth in lower‐risk nulliparous women at term: A retrospective cohort study	4
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Parental Involvement in Decision‐Making About Planned Late Preterm and Early Term Birth (The “ PIP” Study): Part 1—A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of I	4
Pregnancy experiences of transgender and gender‐expansive individuals: A systematic scoping review from a critical midwifery perspective	4
(Un)warranted variation in local hospital protocols for neonatal referral to the pediatrician: An explorative study in the Netherlands	4
Validating the Quality Maternal and Newborn Care Framework Index: A Global Tool for Quality‐of‐Care Evaluations	4
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LGBTQ+ new and expectant parents' experiences of perinatal services during the UK's first COVID‐19 lockdown	4
Racial Disparities in Nulliparous Singleton Term Vertex Cesarean Deliveries: Rates, Reasons, and Time to Delivery	4
Preterm and low birthweight birth in the United States: Black midwives speak of causality, prevention, and healing	4
From “disappointing” to “fantastic”: Women's experiences with labor induction in a U.S. tertiary hospital	4
Pathways to Birth Trauma: Prenatal PTSD as a Mediator Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Childbirth‐Related PTSD Symptoms	4
The structure of breech revolutions, a response to: “Upright breech birth: New video research risks reviving Friedman’s curse”	4
Intrapartum pudendal nerve block analgesia and childbirth experience in primiparous women with vaginal birth: A cohort study	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
Birth Outcomes and Prenatal Care Use in the U.S. During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in 2020 and 2021	4
The Impact of Midwife Experience and Time of Birth on the Risk of Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries (OASIS)	4
Intrapartum Care Experiences Associated With Postpartum Visit Attendance	4
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
The birth center model of care: Staffing, business characteristics, and core clinical outcomes	4
The economic burden associated with stillbirth: A systematic review	3
Sociodemographic and Health‐Related Risk Factors Associated With Planned and Emergency Cesarean Births in Mexico	3
Maternity clinician use of shared decision‐making in antenatal care: A scoping review	3
Physician personal breastfeeding experience and clinical care of the breastfeeding dyad	3
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID‐19 among pregnant women in Jordan during the COVID‐19 outbreak	3
Cord clamping beyond 3 minutes: Neonatal short‐term outcomes and maternal postpartum hemorrhage	3
Bypassing of nearest labor & delivery unit is contingent on rurality, wealth, and race	3
A Simultaneous Concept Analysis to Provide Clarity Between Obstetric Violence and Birth Trauma	3
Integrated review of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of maternity health care professionals concerning umbilical cord clamping	3
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Changes in attitudes to childbirth in modern times illustrated over three generations in Iraq	3
Posttraumatic growth and its associations with perceived stress and core beliefs in women after traumatic childbirth during the COVID‐19 pandemic	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
Evidence‐based guidelines for intrapartum maternal hydration assessment and management: A scoping review	3
Comparing maternal factors associated with postpartum depression between primiparous adolescents and adults: A large retrospective cohort study	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
A case study analysis of a successful birth center in northern Uganda	3
Birth Outcomes for Obstetrician‐ or Midwife‐Led Intrapartum Care	3
Identification of racial/ethnic disparities associated with severe maternal morbidity using the Arkansas All‐Payer Claims Database (2013‐2017)	3
Characteristics and Outcomes Among Asian Birthing People in the American Association of Birth Centers Perinatal Data Registry	3
Reasons for Neonatal Presentations to Pediatric Emergency Departments in Catania: Multicentric Cross‐Sectional Analysis and Exhaustive Review of the Literature	3
Supporting birth companions for women in labor, the views and experiences of birth companions, women and midwives: A mixed methods systematic review	3
Parity Moderates the Socioeconomic Predictors of Birth Setting Choice	3
Antibody levels to SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein in mothers and children from delivery to six months later	3
Influence of the COVID‐19 pandemic on prenatal and postpartum patient experiences and well‐being	3
The midwifery capabilities theory: How midwives enact woman‐centered care to address systemic inequity	2
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Erratum	2
A History of Cesarean Birth as a Risk Factor for Postpartum Hemorrhage Even After Successful Planned Vaginal Birth	2
Fear of Childbirth After Major Orthopedic Traumas: A Nationwide Multi‐Register Analysis	2
Experiences of birthing people during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Analysis of comments from the 2020 Wisconsin Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)	2
Racial disparities in low‐risk cesarean birth rates across hospitals	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

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
Welcome to Birth's Special Issue on Critical Midwifery Studies	2
Midwives’ recognition and response to maternal deterioration: A national cross‐sectional study	2
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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Excess of cesarean births in pregnant women with COVID‐19: A meta‐analysis	2
Association between inter‐pregnancy interval and risk of adverse birth outcomes in subsequent pregnancy: A retrospective study from Jordan	2
Contributing indications to intrapartum and prelabor cesarean births in Iceland 1997‐2015	2
Characteristics of Women, Intrapartum Interventions, and Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes Among Users of Intrapartum Water Immersion: The UK POOL Cohort Study	2
An exploratory review on the empirical evaluation of the quality of reporting and analyzing labor duration	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
Facilitators and Barriers to Access to Midwife‐Led Birth Settings for Racialized Women in the UK: A Scoping Review	2
Parents' and healthcare providers' perceptions, experiences, knowledge of, and attitudes toward kangaroo care of preterm babies in hospital settings: Mixed‐methods systematic review	2
Withdrawal: Through our eyes: A birth mom and adoptive parent share their perspectives on bias in obstetric care: Commentary	2
COVID‐19 pandemic and perinatal mental health: A commentary on the impact, risk factors, and protective factors	2
Expanding certified professional midwife services during the COVID‐19 pandemic	2
Feasibility of a Community‐Developed Survey Measuring Experiences of Pregnancy Care for LGBTQ2S+ Families	2
Drivers of variation in postpartum opioid prescribing across hospitals participating in a statewide maternity care quality collaborative	2
AMBAR: A midwifery‐led training program to improve obstetric and neonatal practices among low‐risk births in Mexico	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
Systematic review and meta‐analysis examining the effects of midwife care on cesarean birth	2
Cesarean reduction efforts undercut by not attempting vaginal birth	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
Improved obstetric management after implementation of a scaled‐up quality improvement intervention: A nested before‐after study in three public hospitals in Nepal	1
Counseling About Cannabis Use During Pregnancy and Lactation: A Qualitative Study of Patient and Clinician Perspectives	1
Physiological plateaus during normal labor and birth: A novel definition	1
Influence of social determinants of health on breastfeeding intent in the United States	1
The impact on midwives and their practice after caring for women who have a traumatic childbirth: A systematic review	1
Implementation strategies within a complex environment: A qualitative study of a shared decision‐making intervention during childbirth	1
Disrespectful Maternity Care During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Cross‐Sectional Study in Chandigarh and Kalyani, West Bengal, India	1
Women, Infants, and Children enrollment and pregnancy‐related behaviors and outcomes among Medicaid recipients in the United States	1
Neonatal morbidity and mortality in birth centers in the United States 2018–2021: An observational study of low‐risk birthing individuals	1
Cesarean birth rates among migrants in Europe: A systematic review	1
Settler Midwifery: A Colonial Tool in Canada's Reproductive Healthcare System	1
Reducing Stigma Among Providers Caring for Pregnant Patients With Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review of Interventions	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
Mediating expectations and experiences that influence birth experiences in Canada's first Alongside Midwifery Unit	1
Association between maternity care practitioner type and postpartum depression screening	1
Inequities in Care During Pregnancy Loss: Empirical Insights From Experiences With Canadian Perinatal Care	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
The “cascade of interventions”: Does it really exist?	1
Development and testing of a decision aid to achieve shared decision‐making for routine labor induction	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
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
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
Impact of COVID‐19 on perinatal care: Perceptions of family physicians in the United States	1
Conservative management versus systematic suture of isolated vaginal or first‐degree perineal tears after delivery: A preliminary randomized efficacy trial	1
Do specific maternal sensations experienced in late pregnancy correlate to a breech presenting baby? Evaluation of a simple maternal questionnaire	1
Breech specialist midwives and clinics in the OptiBreech Trial feasibility study: An implementation process evaluation	1
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
Prenatal care in US birth centers: Midwives' perceptions of contributors to birthing People's confidence in physiologic birth	1
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Improving communication and teamwork during labor: A feasibility, acceptability, and safety study	1
Associations between prepregnancy body mass index, gestational weight gain, and pregnancy outcomes in women with twin pregnancies: A five‐year prospective study	1
Effectiveness of remote monitoring for glycemic control on maternal–fetal outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: A meta‐analysis	1
Developing a Co‐Designed Strategy to Improve Labor Monitoring and Management in India Using the World Health Organization Labour Care Guide: A Mixed‐Methods Formative Study	1
When facts become feelings	1
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User satisfaction with antenatal care in Norway	1
Preconception health status and associated disparities among rural, Midwestern women in the United States	1
Enhancing Perinatal Cannabis Use Counseling: Insights From Taiwan's Addiction Treatment Practice	1
Tasks and responsibilities of clinical midwives in Dutch hospitals	1
Implementing Essential Coaching for Every Mother during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A pre‐post intervention study	1
Why Aren't We Using Family Medicine to Help Confront the Maternal Mortality Crisis in the United States?	1
Abuse and Disrespect in Obstetric Care in the United States: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Nurse Experiences	1
The outcomes for women planning aVBACat a private hospital in Australia	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
Viability of Successful Vaginal Delivery in Triplet Pregnancies: A Retrospective Cohort Study Over 20 Years	1
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Midwives' perceptions of and experiences with normal physiologic birth: A qualitative systematic review	1
Digital health's influence on the association between birth preference and vaginal birth	1
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Facilitating positive birth experience when preferences are not met: A qualitative analysis	1
Decolonizing the midwifery curriculum: Jettisoning the Caldwell–Moloy pelvic types	1
Expanding midwifery care in the United States: Implications for clinical outcomes and cost	1
Changes in Fear of Childbirth and Its Predictors Over Three COVID‐19 Pandemic Waves in Poland	1
“I had no choice”: A mixed‐methods study on access to care for vaginal breech birth	1
Perinatal mental health screening for women of refugee background: Addressing a major gap in pregnancy care	1
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Neighborhood risk and prenatal care utilization in Rhode Island, 2005–2014	1