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Open AccessThe association between intrapartum interventions and immediate and ongoing breastfeeding outcomes: an Australian retrospective population-based cohort study
The use of intrapartum interventions is becoming increasingly common globally. Interventions during birth, including caesarean section (CS), epidural analgesia and synthetic oxytocin infusion, can be important...
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Open AccessFetal monitoring from 39 weeks’ gestation to identify South Asian-born women at risk of perinatal compromise: a retrospective cohort study
To investigate whether earlier “post-term” monitoring of South Asian (SA) pregnancies from 39 weeks’ gestation with amniotic fluid index (AFI) and cardiotocography (CTG) detected suspected fetal compromise. Re...
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Open AccessPlanned private homebirth in Victoria 2000–2015: a retrospective cohort study of Victorian perinatal data
The outcomes for planned homebirth in Victoria are unknown. We aimed to compare the rates of outcomes for high risk and low risk women who planned to birth at home compared to those who planned to birth in hos...
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Open AccessThe meaning of labour pain: how the social environment and other contextual factors shape women’s experiences
The majority of women experience pain during labour and childbirth, however not all women experience it in the same way. In order to develop a more complete understanding of labour pain, this study aimed to ex...
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Ethnicity, Obesity, and Pregnancy Outcomes on Fetal Programming
A number of diseases over the life course such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, asthma, cancer, allergies, and neurocognitive impairment occur at differing rates among people of different ethnicities. Ther...
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Open AccessCaesarean section following induction of labour in uncomplicated first births- a population-based cross-sectional analysis of 42,950 births
The impact of elective induction of labour at term on the increasing caesarean section (CS) rate is unclear. A Cochrane Systematic Review that concluded that elective induction was associated with a reduction ...
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Open AccessPerinatal health outcomes of East African immigrant populations in Victoria, Australia: a population based study
Sub-Saharan African women are often treated as a single group in epidemiological studies of immigrant birth outcomes, potentially masking variations across countries.
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Open AccessContinuity of care by a primary midwife (caseload midwifery) increases women’s satisfaction with antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care: results from the COSMOS randomised controlled trial
Continuity of care by a primary midwife during the antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum periods has been recommended in Australia and many hospitals have introduced a caseload midwifery model of care. The aim...
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Open AccessProtocol for a randomised controlled trial of fetal scalp blood lactate measurement to reduce caesarean sections during labour: the Flamingo trial [ACTRN12611000172909]
The rate of caesarean sections around the world is rising each year, reaching epidemic proportions. Although many caesarean sections are performed for concerns about fetal welfare on the basis of abnormal card...
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Open AccessRinging Up about Breastfeeding: a randomised controlled trial exploring early telephone peer support for breastfeeding (RUBY) – trial protocol
The risks of not breastfeeding for mother and infant are well established, yet in Australia, although most women initiate breastfeeding many discontinue breastfeeding altogether and few women exclusively breastfe...
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Open AccessVery advanced maternal age and morbidity in Victoria, Australia: a population based study
In Australia, approximately 0.1% of births occur to women 45 years or older and this rate has been increasing in recent years. There are however, few population based studies examining perinatal outcomes among...
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Open AccessMaternal bodies and medicines: a commentary on risk and decision-making of pregnant and breastfeeding women and health professionals
The perceived risk/benefit balance of prescribed and over-the-counter (OTC) medicine, as well as complementary therapies, will significantly impact on an individual’s decision-making to use medicine. For women...
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Open AccessCOSMOS: COmparing Standard Maternity care with One-to-one midwifery Support: a randomised controlled trial
In Australia and internationally, there is concern about the growing proportion of women giving birth by caesarean section. There is evidence of increased risk of placenta accreta and percreta in subsequent pr...
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Open AccessStaffing in postnatal units: is it adequate for the provision of quality care? Staff perspectives from a state-wide review of postnatal care in Victoria, Australia
State-wide surveys of recent mothers conducted over the past decade in Victoria, one state of Australia, have identified that women are consistently less satisfied with the care they received in hospital follo...
