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Pain management for women in labour: an overview of systematic reviews.

Evidence suggests that epidural, combined spinal epidural (CSE) and inhaled analgesia effectively manage pain in labour, but may give rise to adverse effects.
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Advanced Maternal Age and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome: Evidence from a Large Contemporary Cohort

Advanced maternal age is associated with a range of adverse pregnancy outcomes and these risks are independent of parity and remain after adjusting for the ameliorating effects of higher socioeconomic status.
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A prospective study of women's views of factors contributing to a positive birth experience.

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‘Weighing up and balancing out’: a meta‐synthesis of barriers to antenatal care for marginalised women in high‐income countries

Background  In high‐resource settings around 20% of maternal deaths are attributed to women who fail to receive adequate antenatal care. Epidemiological evidence suggests many of these women belong…
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Can midwives reduce postpartum psychological morbidity? A randomized trial.

Women who received the intervention were less likely to have high anxiety and depression scores after delivery when compared with the control group and the support, counseling, understanding, and explanation given to women by midwives in the postnatal period provides benefits to psychological well-being.
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'Informed and uninformed decision making'--women's reasoning, experiences and perceptions with regard to advanced maternal age and delayed childbearing: a meta-synthesis.

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Advanced maternal age: delayed childbearing is rarely a conscious choice a qualitative study of women's views and experiences.

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Breastfeeding expectations versus reality: a clusterrandomised controlled trial

The aim is to evaluate the affect of an antenatal educational breastfeeding intervention on women's breastfeeding duration and to establish a baseline for this intervention.
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Recommendations from a European Roundtable Meeting on Best Practice Healthy Infant Skin Care

European roundtable meeting recommendations on bathing and cleansing of infants were published in 2009; a second meeting was held to update and expand these recommendations in light of new evidence…
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An exploration of midwives' views of the current system of maternity care in England.

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