Mental Representations concerning the Sex of the Baby of Pregnant Nulliparous Women Who Wished a Boy or a Girl

1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 273-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques D. Marleau ◽  
Jean-François Saucier ◽  
François Borgeat ◽  
Odette Bernazzani ◽  
Hélène David
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Mental Representations ◽  
Repertory Grid ◽  
Neutral Point ◽  
Nulliparous Women

The objective was to obtain the mental representations concerning the sex of the child of 125 nulliparous third- and fourth-mo. pregnant women who wished a boy or a girl, using Kelly's Repertory Grid. Our data indicate that the grid's average of the two groups of women is significantly different from 3 (the neutral point).

Mental Representations of Pregnant Nulliparous Women Having No Sex Preference

1996 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 464-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques D. Marleau ◽  
Jean-François Saucier ◽  
Odette Bernazzani ◽  
François Borgeat ◽  
Hélène David
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Mental Representations ◽  
Repertory Grid ◽  
Sex Preference ◽  
Nulliparous Women ◽  
First Child ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Child

The objective was to elicit the mental representations about the sex of the future child of 89 nulliparous pregnant women who declared having no sex preference, using the Kelly s Repertory Grid. Analyses showed that 67% of these women had no explicit and clear representation about the sex of their first child. These data suggest that these pregnant women seemed really to have no sex preference.

scholarly journals Prediction of vaginal delivery with transperineal ultrasound in women induced with dinoprostone beyond 40 weeks of gestation

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 2998
Author(s):  
Hale Göksever Çelik ◽  
Engin Çelik ◽  
Gökhan Yıldırım
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Vaginal Delivery ◽  
Prospective Observational Study ◽  
Transperineal Ultrasound ◽  
Direct Visualization ◽  
Fetal Head ◽  
Nulliparous Women ◽  
Multiparous Women ◽  
High Possibility ◽  
Angle Of Progression

Background: Digital cervical evaluation has been used to determine the likelihood of vaginal delivery which is considered by many women to be non-tolerable. Recently, transperineal ultrasound allowing direct visualization of the fetal skull has been using for the prediction of labor route. Authors aimed to study whether measurements on transperineal ultrasound are predictive for vaginal delivery in pregnant women induced with dinoprostone at 40.0-42.0 gestational weeks.Methods: A total of 55 pregnant women at 40.0-42.0 gestational weeks were enrolled in this prospective observational study. All participated women were examined before the induction with dinoprostone to measure the head-perineum distance (HPD), the head-pubis distance and the angle of progression of fetal head (AOP).Results: The greater AOP, the shorter HPD and the head-pubis distance were associated with vaginal delivery in the nulliparous women. The HPD and the head-pubis distance were shorter, whereas the AOP was greater in the multiparous women giving birth by vaginal route.Conclusions: Transperineal ultrasound can be applied at the beginning of labor to predict whether vaginal delivery will occur or not. As shown in our study, the pregnant women with shorter HPD and wider AOP might have a high possibility to achieve vaginal delivery.

Preference for Sex of the Child Among Pregnant Women

1971 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Uddenberg ◽  
P.-E. Almgren ◽  
Å. Nilsson
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
Main Part ◽  
Post Partum ◽  
Psychological Tests ◽  
Nulliparous Women ◽  
Field Dependent ◽  
Mental Symptoms ◽  
Opposite Sex ◽  
The Common

One hundred and fifty-two randomly selected pregnant women were examined and followed up by interviews and psychological tests during pregnancy and after parturition. The present paper is focused upon factors which determine the woman's preference for the sex of her expected child. It was shown that women who already have one or more children generally wanted the expected child to be of the opposite sex to her youngest child. Thus, the main part of the study was limited to eighty-one nulliparous women.Associations were found between the woman's preference for the sex of the child and several factors such as the sex of her own siblings and her position among them, her education, intelligence and degree of field-dependence indicating immaturity and lack of autonomy.Several of the findings presented refute the common supposition that nulliparous women generally want to give birth to a son, and that the arrival of a son is more satisfactory. Women wishing for a son were found to be somewhat more field-dependent than other women and somewhat more often reported that they had experienced a range of mental symptoms before the current pregnancy. Women wishing for a boy also reported more mental symptoms during the post-partum period. Moreover, those women who gave birth to a son reperted more symptoms at this time than those who gave birth to a daughter, and paradoxically the most affected were those who had wished for a son and had had their wishes fulfilled. The arrival of a daughter therefore seems to be equally satisfactory to the mother, at least as measured by the criteria used in this investigation.

scholarly journals Time of quickening is associated with the placental site and BMI in nulliparous women

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Negin Jaafar ◽  
Lars Henning Pedersen ◽  
Olav Bjørn Petersen ◽  
Lone Hvidman
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Prospective Observational Study ◽  
Nuchal Translucency ◽  
Second Trimester ◽  
Nulliparous Women ◽  
Placental Site ◽  
Fetal Movements ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Important Milestone

AbstractIntroductionQuickening, the first sensation of fetal movements, is an important milestone for pregnant women. Information on the expected gestational age at quickening may reduce anxiety and prevent delayed detection of intrauterine demise but the available data are from the 1980s before the emergence of modern ultrasound techniques.Materials and methodsProspective observational study on nulliparous women blinded for placental location in two hospitals in Denmark. The pregnant women were enrolled at the time of nuchal translucency scan, placental location was determined at time of second trimester scanning.. The women were blinded to placenta location before time of quickening. Time of quickening were reported by 122 women, 65 with an anterior and 57 with a posterior placenta. Thirteen women had a BMI >30 (10.7%).ResultsThe mean gestational age for quickening was 19 + 0 weeks for nulliparous women. The timing depended on placental site; women with an anterior placenta experienced quickening 6.4 days later than the women with a posterior placenta. BMI > 30 was associated with a later time of quickening.ConclusionsAnterior placental location is associated with delay in experience of fetal movements of 6.4 days and this may further be delayed in women with a BMI>30.

scholarly journals Plasma folate and its association with folic acid supplementation, socio-demographic and lifestyle factors among New Zealand pregnant women

2019 ◽  
Vol 122 (8) ◽  
pp. 910-918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhodi E. Bulloch ◽  
Lesley M. E. McCowan ◽  
John M. D. Thompson ◽  
Lisa A. Houghton ◽  
Clare R. Wall
Keyword(s):  
Folic Acid ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Lifestyle Factors ◽  
Singleton Pregnancy ◽  
Blood Samples ◽  
Supplement Use ◽  
Plasma Folate ◽  
Nulliparous Women ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractFolic acid (FA) supplementation is recommended in the periconceptional period, for the prevention of neural tube defects. Limited data are available on the folate status of New Zealand (NZ) pregnant women and its association with FA supplementation intake. Objectives were to examine the relationship between plasma folate (PF) and reported FA supplement use at 15 weeks’ gestation and to explore socio-demographic and lifestyle factors associated with PF. We used data and blood samples from NZ participants of the Screening for Pregnancy Endpoints cohort study. Healthy nulliparous women with singleton pregnancy (n 1921) were interviewed and blood samples collected. PF was analysed via microbiological assay. Of the participants, 73 % reported taking an FA supplement at 15 weeks’ gestation – of these, 79 % were taking FA as part of/alongside a multivitamin supplement. Of FA supplement users, 56 % reported consuming a daily dose of ≥800 μg; 39 % reported taking less than 400 µg/d. Mean PF was significantly higher in women reporting FA supplementation (54·6 (se 1·5) nmol/l) v. no FA supplementation (35·1 (se 1·6) nmol/l) (P<0·0001). Reported daily FA supplement dose and PF were significantly positively correlated (r 0·41; P<0·05). Younger maternal age, Pacific and Maori ethnicity and obesity were negatively associated with PF levels; vegetarianism was positively associated with PF. Reported FA supplement dose was significantly associated with PF after adjustment for socio-demographic, lifestyle confounders and multivitamin intake. The relationship observed between FA supplementation and PF demonstrates that self-reported intake is a reliable proxy for FA supplement use in this study population.

scholarly journals First trimester screening for pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction using three-dimensional Doppler angiography (SPIRIT): protocol for a multicentre prospective study in nulliparous pregnant women

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. e037751
Author(s):  
Charline Bertholdt ◽  
Gabriela Hossu ◽  
Claire Banasiak ◽  
Marine Beaumont ◽  
Olivier Morel
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Intrauterine Growth Restriction ◽  
Power Doppler ◽  
First Trimester ◽  
Growth Restriction ◽  
Flow Index ◽  
Intrauterine Growth ◽  
Uncomplicated Pregnancy ◽  
Nulliparous Women ◽  
Biomarker Analysis

IntroductionPre-eclampsia (PE) and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) are two major pregnancy complications, related to chronic uteroplacental hypoperfusion. Nowadays, there is no screening or diagnostic test for uteroplacental vascularisation deficiency in pregnant women. Since 2004, 3 three-imensional power Doppler (3DPD) angiography has been used for the evaluation of uteroplacental vascularisation and three vascular indices are usually calculated: Vascularisation Index (VI), Flow Index (FI) and vascularisation-FI (VFI). A high intraobserver and interobserver reproducibility and a potential interest for placental function study were reported by our team and others.The main objective of our study is to determine differences in 3DPD indices at first trimester between pregnancies defined at their outcome as uncomplicated pregnancy, PE (mild and severe) and IUGR in nulliparous women.Methods and analysisThis is a national multicentre prospective cohort study conducted in four French maternity units. We expect to include 2200 women in a period of 36 months. The nulliparous pregnant women will be recruited during their first trimester consultation (11–13+6 gestation week (GW)).The 3DPD and uterine artery Doppler acquisition will be included in the current routine 11–13+6 GW ultrasound. Also, additional blood samples will be taken for biomarker analysis (PAPP-A and P1GF) and biological collection. Uteroplacental VIs (FI and VFI) will be measured. For each subgroup (uncomplicated pregnancy, PE and IUGR), mean values in 3DPD indices will be computed and compared using a pairwise t test with a Bonferroni correction p value adjustment.Ethics and disseminationThe study was approved by the French Ethics Committee, the Comité de Protection des Personnes SUD MEDITERRANEE IV on 13 February 2018 with reference number 17 12 03. The results of this study will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and will be presented at relevant conferences.Trial registration numberNCT03342014; Pre-results. PHRCN-16-0567.

Promoting positive motherhood among nulliparous pregnant women with an intense fear of childbirth: RCT intervention

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 520-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katariina Salmela-Aro ◽  
Sanna Read ◽  
Hanna Rouhe ◽  
Erja Halmesmäki ◽  
Riikka Maria Toivanen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Late Pregnancy ◽  
Positive Parenting ◽  
Fear Of Childbirth ◽  
Education Group ◽  
Nulliparous Women ◽  
Intense Fear ◽  
Group Sessions ◽  
And Control

This RCT intervention among nulliparous pregnant women with an intense fear of childbirth sought to promote preparedness for childbirth and to enhance positive parenting. Pregnant women (n = 8,611) filled in a ‘fear of childbirth’ questionnaire. Nulliparous women with severe fear of childbirth (n = 355) were randomized into intervention (n = 131; 41 refused) and control (n = 224) groups. They rated themselves on a preparedness scale in middle and late pregnancy, and on a motherhood scale three months after childbirth. The intervention included six psycho-education group sessions during pregnancy and one after childbirth. This intervention increased the mothers’ preparedness for childbirth, which predicted an increase in positive motherhood.

T-O-116 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PREGNANT AND NON PREGNANT WOMEN IN DREAM AND DYSPHORIC DREAM RECALL AND IN DREAMED MATERNAL MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. S88-S89
Author(s):  
Jessica Lara-Carrasco ◽  
Kadia Saint-Onge ◽  
Vickie Lamoureux-Tremblay ◽  
Tania Guilbault-Lapointe ◽  
Tore Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Mental Representations ◽  
Dream Recall

scholarly journals The effect of delivery ball and warm shower on the childbirth experience of nulliparous women: A randomized controlled clinical trial

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
parvaneh sharifipour ◽  
Masoomeh Kheirkhah ◽  
Mojgan Rajati ◽  
hamid haghani
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Controlled Clinical Trial ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Childbirth Experience ◽  
Nulliparous Women ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Control

Abstract Background Childbirth is a unique experience that affects women’s life. Therefore, this study was performed to determine the effect of delivery ball and warm shower on the childbirth experience of primiparous women. Methods This study is a clinical trial that was carried out on primiparous pregnant women referred to Motazedi Hospital in Kermanshah, Iran. Sampling was done by continuous method and pregnant women were divided into three groups of delivery ball-warm shower (n = 33), delivery ball (n = 33) and control (n = 33). Exercise with ball at the dilation of 4 cm was similar in the two groups of delivery ball-warm shower and delivery ball, but the first group also used warm shower at the dilatation of 7 cm. The control group only received the routine delivery care. Demographic information form consisting of pregnancy history and information about the mother and infant were completed and the childbirth experience questionnaire (CEQ) were completed by the women two hours after the childbirth. Results There was a statistically significant difference in the mean score of childbirth experience after the intervention between the two groups of delivery ball-warm shower and control (P = 0.001), and also between the delivery ball and control groups (P = 0.001). There was a statistically significant difference in the mean scores of professional support between the two groups of delivery ball-warm shower and control (P = 0.02) and also between the delivery ball and control groups (p = 0.02). There was a statistically significant difference in the mean scores of participation between the two groups of delivery ball-warm shower and control (P = 0.003) and also between the delivery ball and control groups (P = 0.01). There was also a statistically significant difference in the mean scores of sense of security between the two groups of delivery ball-warm shower and control (P = 0.01). Conclusion Delivery ball and warm shower were effective interventions to create a positive childbirth experience. This method was more effective than using delivery ball alone in childbirth experience. To achieve a positive experience of childbirth in mothers, the use of both intervention (delivery ball and warm shower) is recommended.

scholarly journals Clinical predictive factors for vaginal delivery following induction of labour among pregnant women in Jordan

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rawan A. Obeidat ◽  
Mahmoud Almaaitah ◽  
Abeer Ben-Sadon ◽  
Dina Istaiti ◽  
Hasan Rawashdeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Cesarean Delivery ◽  
Vaginal Delivery ◽  
Induction Of Labour ◽  
Labour Induction ◽  
Bishop Score ◽  
Nulliparous Women ◽  
Multiparous Women ◽  
The Mean

Abstract Background Induction of labour (IOL) is an important and common clinical procedure in obstetrics. In the current study, we evaluate predictors of vaginal delivery in both nulliparous and multiparous women in north Jordan who were induced with vaginal prostaglandins. Method A prospective study was conducted on 530 pregnant women at King Abdullah University Hospital (KAUH) in north Jordan. All pregnant mothers with singleton live fetuses, who had induction of labour (IOL) between July 2017 and June 2019, were included in the study. Mode of delivery, whether vaginal or caesarean, was the primary outcome. Several maternal and fetal variables were investigated. The safety and benefit of repeated dosage of vaginal prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) tablets, neonatal outcomes and factors that affect duration of labour were also evaluated. Pearson χ2 test was used to investigate the significance of association between categorical variables, while student’s t-test and ANOVA were applied to examine the mean differences between categorical and numerical variables. Linear regression analysis was utilized to study the relation between two continuous variables. A multivariate regression analysis was then performed. Significance level was considered at alpha less than 0.05. Results Nulliparous women (N = 254) had significantly higher cesarean delivery rate (58.7% vs. 17.8%, p < 0.001) and longer duration of labour (16.1 ± 0.74 h vs. 11.0 ± 0.43 h, p < 0.001) than multiparous women (N = 276). In nulliparous women, the rate of vaginal delivery was significantly higher in women with higher Bishop score; the mean Bishop score was 3.47 ± 0.12 in nulliparous women who had vaginal delivery vs. 3.06 ± 0.10 in women who had cesarean delivery (Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.2, 95% CI: 1.03–1.28, p = 0.03). In multiparous women, the rate of vaginal delivery was significantly higher in women with higher Bishop scores and lower in women with higher body mass index (BMI). The mean Bishop score was 3.97 ± 0.07 in multiparous women who had vaginal delivery vs. 3.56 ± 0.16 in women who had cesarean delivery (AOR = 1.5, 95% CI: 1.1–2.1, p = 0.01). The mean BMI was 30.24 ± 0.28 kg/m2 in multiparous women who had vaginal delivery vs. 32.36 ± 0.73 kg/m2 in women who had cesarean delivery (AOR = 0.89, 95% CI: 0.84–0.96, p = 0.005). 27% of nulliparous women who received more than two PGE2 tablets and 50% of multiparous women who received more than two PGE2 tablets had vaginal delivery with no significant increase in neonatal morbidity. Conclusion Parity and cervical status are the main predictors of successful labour induction. Further studies are required to investigate the benefit of the use of additional doses of vaginal PGE2 above the recommended dose for IOL.

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