Background The reproductive hormone oxytocin facilitates labour, birth and postpartum
adaptations for women and newborns. Synthetic oxytocin is commonly given to induce or …

Background Breastfeeding provides many short-and long-term health benefits for mothers
and their infants and is a particularly relevant strategy for women who experience …

Breastfeeding exclusivity and duration rates are lower after caesarean birth, yet the factors
contributing to these are not well understood. This mixed-methods study used an …

Breastfeeding provides numerous nutritional and immunological benefits, promotes
neurological and cognitive development, and protects against chronic and infectious …

Background The importance of breastfeeding and its effect on reducing the burden of
disease is recognised globally. The physical aspect of successful breastfeeding is …

Objective To evaluate whether induction of labor (IOL) is associated with cesarean birth (CB)
and perinatal mortality in uncomplicated first births at term compared with expectant …

Background Regional analgesia is a common and effective form of in‐labour analgesia.
However, there are concerns whether it is associated with adverse maternal and neonatal …

Problem Breastfeeding has many important benefits for both mother and baby but sustained
breastfeeding is sub-optimal. Background Identifying women who need increased support to …

Maternal and newborn plasma oxytocin levels in response to maternal synthetic oxytocin
administration during labour, birth and p Page 1 Buckley et al. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth …

Globally, women have an important but under-recognised role in food systems and food
security, and particularly in provisioning of infants and young children with nurture, food and …