Obstetric trauma among operative vaginal deliveries increased from 16.6% in 2004 to 19.4% in 2014 in first-time mothers and from 13.8% to 18.7% in women with a prior cesarean delivery. The largest ...

Racism in the context of perinatal care is a form of obstetric violence with very serious potential consequences for mothers and babies. Perinatal care that is not based upon the trauma-informed ...

The signs of obstetric trauma, however, are often not discernible on pelvic examination or at operation, and even when present they frequently cannot be correlated with the degree of urinary ...

A new investigation has found that rates of physical trauma following operative vaginal delivery (OVD) in Canada are higher than previously reported. "The rates of trauma following OVD in Canada ...

Midpelvic operative vaginal delivery is associated with significantly higher risk for severe birth trauma and obstetric trauma compared with cesarean delivery, a new study shows. Rates of severe ...

We see it, heartbreakingly, in the persistence of injuries such as obstetric fistula, an almost entirely preventable childbirth trauma. Obstetric fistula happens when women go through prolonged ...

The rate of obstetric trauma during operative vaginal delivery – those involving the use of forceps or vacuum – rose from 16.6 per cent in 2004 to 19.4 per cent in 2014 among women delivering ...

Alberta women, and Canadian women on the whole, are more likely to experience obstetric trauma in childbirth than the international average, according to a recent report. The Canadian Institute ...

and psychological trauma. Several studies reveal that an estimated two million young women live with untreated obstetric fistula across Africa and Asia, with hundreds of new cases each year in ...

The women were given a physical examination and a structured interview to assess their pelvic floor damage, constipation and obstetric trauma. Pelvic floor damage was defined as the presence of ...

Providing education and training in trauma-informed care in the perinatal period is one step towards preventing the harm inflicted by obstetric violence. One wonders how the commitment to “first ...