BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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NEW: Management of miscarriages in legally restrictive settings

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Hybrid pregnancy care

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Placenta accreta spectrum disorder

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Intrauterine growth restriction and intrauterine fetal death

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Lifestyle interventions addressing cardiometabolic health among Black American women of reproductive age in the U.S. : an integrative review

Authors: Eyitayo O. Owolabi, Kougang Anne Mbe, Stephen L. Clancy, Renaisa Anthony and Yuqing Guo

Content type: Research 19 May 2025
Epidemiological profile of perinatal health among indigenous pregnant people in the Wayamu territory, Brazil

Authors: Christiano Adson Barbosa Lima, Ragner Borgia Junott, Anisio Pereira da Silva Neto, Maysa Carla Paiva Terasawa, Márcia Jeane do Rego Dias, Lívia de Aguiar Valentim and Adjanny Estela Santos de Souza

Content type: Research 19 May 2025
Preterm birth and stillbirth: total bile acid levels in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy and outcomes of twin pregnancies: a retrospective cohort study from 2014 to 2022

Authors: Yongzhao Zhao, Qianwen Zhang, Yuting Sheng, Man Zhang, Guolin He and Xinghui Liu

Content type: Research 19 May 2025
Prevalence and risk factors of intestinal parasitic infections in pregnancy: a cross-sectional study in a rural district in Ghana

Authors: John Gameli Deku, Faustina Adu Ofosua, Godsway Edem Kpene, Israel Bedzina, Kenneth Ablordey, Florence Shine Edziah, Arnold Togiwe Luuse and Enoch Aninagyei

Content type: Research 19 May 2025
Individualized intervention and growth dynamics assessment in TRAP sequence with conjoined twins based on radiofrequency ablation

Authors: Hua Lai, Huiting Zhu, Jinliang Zhang, Juhua Xiao, Mengjiao Liu, Danping Liu, Zengming Li and Xin Zhou

Content type: Case Report 17 May 2025

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“My midwife said that having a glass of red wine was actually better for the baby”: a focus group study of women and their partner’s knowledge and experiences relating to alcohol consumption in pregnancy

Authors: Fiona Crawford-Williams, Mary Steen, Adrian Esterman, Andrea Fielder and Antonina Mikocka-Walus

Content type: Research article 1 April 2015
Teenage pregnancy: the impact of maternal adolescent childbearing and older sister’s teenage pregnancy on a younger sister

Authors: Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, Leslie L. Roos and Nathan C. Nickel

Content type: Research article 25 May 2016
Correlation study between increased fetal movement during the third trimester and neonatal outcome

Authors: Cuiqin Huang, Wei Han and Yajing Fan

Content type: Research article 4 December 2019
Responses to gestational weight management guidance: a thematic analysis of comments made by women in online parenting forums

Authors: Madelynne A Arden, Alexandra MS Duxbury and Hora Soltani

Content type: Research article 30 June 2014
The effect of Ramadan fasting during pregnancy on perinatal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Jocelyn D. Glazier, Dexter J. L. Hayes, Sabiha Hussain, Stephen W. D’Souza, Joanne Whitcombe, Alexander E. P. Heazell and Nick Ashton

Content type: Research article 25 October 2018

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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of pregnancy and childbirth. The journal welcomes submissions on the biomedical aspects of pregnancy, breastfeeding, labor, maternal health, maternity care, trends and sociological aspects of pregnancy and childbirth.

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NEW: Management of miscarriages in legally restrictive settings

Hybrid pregnancy care

Placenta accreta spectrum disorder

Intrauterine growth restriction and intrauterine fetal death

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Lifestyle interventions addressing cardiometabolic health among Black American women of reproductive age in the U.S. : an integrative review

Epidemiological profile of perinatal health among indigenous pregnant people in the Wayamu territory, Brazil

Preterm birth and stillbirth: total bile acid levels in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy and outcomes of twin pregnancies: a retrospective cohort study from 2014 to 2022

Prevalence and risk factors of intestinal parasitic infections in pregnancy: a cross-sectional study in a rural district in Ghana

Individualized intervention and growth dynamics assessment in TRAP sequence with conjoined twins based on radiofrequency ablation

“My midwife said that having a glass of red wine was actually better for the baby”: a focus group study of women and their partner’s knowledge and experiences relating to alcohol consumption in pregnancy

Teenage pregnancy: the impact of maternal adolescent childbearing and older sister’s teenage pregnancy on a younger sister

Correlation study between increased fetal movement during the third trimester and neonatal outcome

Responses to gestational weight management guidance: a thematic analysis of comments made by women in online parenting forums

The effect of Ramadan fasting during pregnancy on perinatal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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