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 …
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A study involving 20 fathers on a neonatal unit in Verona suggests the need for additional support for fathers of a very preterm baby (less than 32 weeks). The researchers …
An Italian study involving 426 women late in their first pregnancy looked at fear of childbirth and found that a particular predictor of fear was a troubled couple relationship. In …
A small Italian study has found greater levels of stress among mothers of premature babies than among fathers. Mothers are more distressed by the alteration in their own role and …