Interfering with the normal physiological process of labor and birth in the absence of medical
necessity increases the risk of complications for mother and baby. Six evidence-based care …

Despite widespread use of epidural analgesia during labor, no consensus has been
reached among obstetric and anesthesia providers regarding its effects on breastfeeding …

This article describes a quality improvement project in which early skin-to-skin (STS) contact,
in the operating room (OR) and during recovery, was used as an intervention to increase the …

Background Intrapartum drugs, including fentanyl administered via epidural and synthetic
oxytocin, have been previously studied in relation to neonatal outcomes, especially …

Purpose To compare the breast‐feeding outcomes and breast‐feeding self‐efficacy, in the
first 24 postpartum hours, of mothers who underwent vaginal birth, cesarean birth with …

Objective To appraise the psychometric properties of clinical feeding assessment tools used
in a neonatal population. Data sources PubMed, OvidMedline, CINHAL, and PsycINFO …

Synthetic oxytocin is the current domestic first-line agent of induced labor and labor
augmentation, and its potential effects on neonatal neurobehavioral development is …

Background Best practice guidelines to promote breastfeeding suggest that (i) mothers hold
their babies in naked body contact immediately after birth,(ii) babies remain undisturbed for …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the development of sucking patterns in small-for-
gestational age (SGA) preterm infants differs from appropriate-for-gestational age (AGA) …

Background Skin-to-skin contact after birth between mother and baby has immediate and
long-term advantages. Widström's 9 Stages of Newborn Behavior offer an opportunity to …