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Obstetric outcome for women who received individualized treatment for fear of childbirth during pregnancy

Gunilla Sydsjö, Adam Sydsjö, Christina Gunnervik, Marie Bladh, Ann Josefsson

Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica · 2011 · 116 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

Fear of childbirth is a predisposing factor for emergency and elective CS even after psychological counseling. Maximal effort is necessary to avoid traumatizing deliveries and negative experiences, especially for nulliparous women.

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Antenatal fear of childbirth and its association with subsequent caesarean section and experience of childbirth

Ulla Waldenström, Ingegerd Hildingsson, EL. Ryding · BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology · 2006 · 417 citations

Women's fear of childbirth and preference for cesarean section – a cross‐sectional study at various stages of pregnancy in Sweden

Katri Nieminen, Olof Stephansson, Elsa Lena Ryding · Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica · 2009 · 362 citations

Fear of childbirth according to parity, gestational age, and obstetric history

Hanna Rouhe, Katariina Salmela‐Aro, Erja Halmesmäki et al. · BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology · 2008 · 352 citations

The relationship of maternal anxiety, plasma catecholamines, and plasma cortisol to progress in labor

Regina P. Lederman, Edward Lederman, Bruce A. Work et al. · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 1978 · 340 citations

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Tokophobia: An unreasoning dread of childbirth

Kristina Hofberg, Ian Brockington · The British Journal of Psychiatry · 2000 · 281 citations · Full text