A study of 180 couples of 6-8 week babies, carried out in Guangzhou in China, has found that both mothers and fathers report feeling more competent and happy in their …
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To assist with the World Health Organisation’s new postnatal guideline, currently being developed, a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies of what women want in the postnatal period has been published, using …
A qualitative study involving 61 fathers in the UK has examined their experiences of a traumatic birth. The work was carried out by a team at New Bournemouth University, led …
Providing health information to immigrant families during pregnancy and childbirth poses particular challenges. A study from Melbourne, Australia, involving 16 mothers, 14 fathers and 34 health professionals, has identified a …
Fathers must manage their own intense grief after the death of their baby at the same time as supporting the physical and emotional wellbeing of the mother. Some fathers hide …
The presence of birth partners throughout hospitalisation was the most popular recommendation to improve maternal and newborn health care among 392 mothers in Italy. They were responding to a questionnaire study. 28% of the women recommended this improvement, responding to …
A study involving interviews with 45 Chinese mothers and fathers about their experience of childbirth found that mothers strongly appreciate their partner’s presence, but that most fathers felt unprepared to …
A questionnaire survey of 160 fathers in South Korea, who had babies on a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for 48 hours or more, found four factors that correlate with …
85% of women in rural Bangladesh want their husbands to attend the birth, according to a household survey of 1367 women. Only 45% of the women said that this had …
Rates of preterm birth, induced labour, caesarean section, low birth weight, low 5-minute Apgar score and labour complications are higher when the couple shows more negative conflict in the antenatal …