Erratum to “My mother…my sisters… and my friends”: Sources of maternal support in the perinatal period in urban India [Midwifery 30 (2014) 130–137]

ABSTRACTParent education traditionally focuses on childbirth, whereas the perinatal period gets little attention despite parents’ reports of feeling unprepared. Lack of education surrounding newborn behavior leads to decreased maternal confidence and ineffective responsiveness to infant cues for feeding, crying, and sleep. This can cause overfeeding, lowered breastfeeding success, and contributes to parental stress which can impact maternal–infant bonding. Lack of postpartum maternal support adds to fatigue and stress which contributes to poor maternal well-being. This article describes an innovative perinatal program, Baystate’s New Beginnings, modeled after the education from the 2011 California Baby Behavior Campaign and The Secrets of Baby Behavior that combines newborn behavior education and maternal support in the first 3 months postpartum to improve maternal role transition.

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“Nothing Special, Everything Is Maamuli”: Socio-Cultural and Family Practices Influencing the Perinatal Period in Urban India

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0111900 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 9 (11) ◽

pp. e111900 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Shanti Raman ◽

Krishnamachari Srinivasan ◽

Anura Kurpad ◽

Husna Razee ◽

Jan Ritchie

Keyword(s):

Perinatal Period ◽

Urban India ◽

Family Practices

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Ultrastructural alterations in the fetal mouse myocardium in response to genetic and environmental factors

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100127931 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 45 ◽

pp. 724-725

Author(s):

K.C. Feng-Chen ◽

F.B. Essien ◽

K.J. Prestwidge ◽

J.T. Cheng ◽

C.L. Shen

Keyword(s):

Fetal Heart ◽

Perinatal Period ◽

Primary Energy ◽

Cardiac Contraction ◽

Ultrastructural Changes ◽

Fetal Mouse ◽

The Subject ◽

Physiological Adjustments ◽

Genetic And Environmental Factors ◽

Genetically Determined

The physiology of the fetal heart differs significantly from that of the mature post-natal organ: e.g., the metabolic supply for adult cardiac contraction relies mainly on fatty acids; whereas, the fetal heart uses carbohydrates as its primary energy source. Limited morphological descriptions of the developing myocardium have appeared. However, additional studies are required to elucidate the ultrastructural changes occuring in the perinatal period when enormous physiological adjustments are made. Although adult animals are most often used in toxocological and pathological analyses, it is also important to investigate fetal cardiac responsiveness to various agents. The vulnerability of the ultrastructure of the fetal mouse myocardium to genetic and environmental assault is the subject of this report. The genetically determined effect on the heart was observed in mouse embryos homozygous for the cab (cardiac abnormality) mutation discovered by Essien.

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