RESEARCH

Complementary/Alternative Medicine/Practices:

Plants used during pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and infant healthcare in Palestine https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1744388115000262?via%3Dihub

Chinese Herbal Medicine for Postpartum Depression https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2016/5284234/

Consumption of Chinese Herbal Medicines during Pregnancy and Postpartum https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0266613815003101

Complementary and alternative medicine use during early pregnancy https://www.ejog.org/article/S0301-2115(14)00440-0/fulltext

Complementary Medicine Practices for Pregnancy and Postpartum Health: A Study Among Malaysian Women Who Gave Birth In A Tertiary Centre https://www.ajmhsrcmp.org/images/journal/Vol2_Issue2_Nov19/AJMHS_2019_Vol2_Issue2_FullJournal.pdf#page=67

Massage reduced severity of pain during labour: a randomised trial https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1836955313701632?via%3Dihub

Acupuncture in Postdate Pregnancy Management: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2005290117301966

Prenatal Yoga: Affects on Alleviation of Labor Pain and Birth Outcomes https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30160530/

Effects of LI-4 and SP-6 Acupuncture on Labor Pain, Cortisol Level and Duration of Labor https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2005290115001491?via%3Dihub

Safe Acupuncture and dry needling during pregnancy: New Zealand Physiotherapist’s Opinion and Practice https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2095496418301201?via%3Dihub

Herbal medicine use in pregnancy: Results of a multinational study https://bmccomplementmedtherapies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6882-13-355

A case study on effective management of preeclampsia with contemporary medicines associated with ayurveda https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326513877_256_A_case_study_on_effective_management_of_preeclampsia_with_contemporary_medicines_associated_with_ayurveda

Chiropractic care of the pregnant woman and the neonate https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjom.2019.27.5.284

Aromatherapy as a comfort measure during the childbearing year https://icea.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/CBEd-Jan-web-FINAL.pdf

Midwifery/pregnancy/Birth:

All that i need exists within me: a qualitative study of nulliparous Norwegian women’s experiences with planned home birth https://www.midwiferyjournal.com/article/S0266-6138(20)30078-4/pdf?fbclid=IwAR17U40xSs1RHdsSnwF3XfNLT96L1wX9GOexYfjRF_wTzub1rzXFJBHobz0

Hypnosis to facilitate uncomplicated birth https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15190731

Women’s Experiences with water birth: A matched groups prospective study https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/birt.12362

Can a pregnant woman safely continue her pre-pregnancy workout routine? https://medfitnetwork.org/public/author/catherinecram/

The Field of Research Practice in Relation to the Psychological Dimension of Pregnancy and Birth https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZKp4o2fJC1bt9Qu8B1nMSA90BpS5DeG1/view

Prenatal Bonding (Bindungsanalyse by Raffai)* https://medcraveonline.com/JPNC/prenatal-bonding-bindungsanalyse-by-raffai---an-introduction.html

Effects of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercises Accompanied by Music on Low Back Pain and Quality of Life During Pregnancy https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jmwh.12176

The effects of magnesium-zinc-calcium-vitamin D co-supplementation on biomarkers of inflammation, oxidative stress and pregnancy outcomes in gestational diabetes https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-019-2258-y

Maternal dietary consumption of legumes, vegetables and fruit during pregnancy, does it protect against small for gestational age? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30537936/

Neonatal thyroid-stimulating hormone level is influenced by neonatal, maternal, and pregnancy factors https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26428622/#:~:text=The%20percentage%20of%20newborns%20with,factors%20other%20than%20iodine%20status.

Evidence Based Birth - Evidence on Raspberry Leaf Tea for Natural Labour Induction https://evidencebasedbirth.com/ebb-139-red-raspberry-leaf-tea/

Evidence Based Birth - The Evidence on Waterbirth https://evidencebasedbirth.com/waterbirth/?fbclid=IwAR3ypTDp7ga1Pzu7zXz8xckQN1rWg8NxuGzbyUytJ09nylVU9e8mrKnpvcM

Antibiotics given to a baby in the first 12 months can increase future risk of IBD and type 1 diabetes https://microbirth.teachable.com/blog/216335/impact_of_antibiotics

Womens Health/hormonal health:

Early Intervention For Dysmenorrhoea And Why It Matters https://www.naturalhealthreview.org/getmedia/499f0a63-7cc2-4e97-8acc-ee2aa11299ed/Speaker-Series-Dysmenorrhoea.pdf.aspx?ext=.pdf

Successful spontaneous pregnancy with acupuncture after premature ovarian failure https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1003525718300916

Adenomyosis causes pain, heavy periods and infertility but you’ve probably never heard of it https://www.nicm.edu.au/news/adenomyosis_causes_pain,_heavy_periods_and_infertility_but_youve_probably_never_heard_of_it

Why the gut microbiome is behind the health effects of the Mediterranean diet https://www.gutmicrobiotaforhealth.com/why-the-gut-microbiome-is-behind-the-health-effects-of-the-mediterranean-diet/

BEREAVEMENT/LOSS/spirituality:

Spiritual Needs of Families With Bereavement and Loss of an Infant in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Study https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S088539241630104X

Spiritual healing for infertility, pregnancy, labour, and delivery https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1353611796800862

Spirituality and Spiritual Care in and around childbirth https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871519215000037