Social freezing of oocytes: a means to take control of your fertility.

In the last few decades, there have been tremendous developments of assisted reproductive technologies, but the outcome of fertilization is highly dependent on the age of the oocyte. The introduction of vitrification offers a possibility to freeze eggs proactively in younger years and use them at later ages, also called social egg freezing. Knowledge about age-related fertility decline is insufficient among many women, and there is an overoptimistic trust that fertilization can overcome this.

Elective oocyte freezing for nonmedical reasons: a 6-year report on utilization and in vitro fertilization results from a Swedish center.

Introduction: Elective oocyte freezing started in Sweden in 2011, a few years after oocyte vitrification was introduced internationally as an effective method for cryopreservation of oocytes. The objective of this study is to describe the age of the women who choose to undergo this procedure, the subsequent utilization of cryopreserved oocytes and the results of autologous in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Material And Methods: We conducted a descriptive follow-up study of a subset of women at a private IVF center.

Online Perceptions of Mothers About Breastfeeding and Introducing Formula: Qualitative Study.

Background: Although the benefits of breastfeeding are well established for babies and their mothers, many women give formula to their infants. Whether to breastfeed or to give infant formula is a complex decision to make. Many parents use the Internet to find information and support that relate to infant feeding decisions.

Effect of maternal age on maternal and neonatal outcomes after assisted reproductive technology.

Objective: To compare the effect of maternal age on assisted reproductive technology (ART) and spontaneous conception (SC) pregnancies regarding maternal and neonatal complications.

Design: Nordic retrospective population-based cohort study. Data from national ART registries were cross-linked with national medical birth registries.

Swedish women's food habits during pregnancy up to six months post-partum: A longitudinal study.

Objectives: Diet influences the health of the foetus and the woman during pregnancy and later in life. It is therefore important to investigate pregnant women's food habits. The aim of this study was to describe women's food habits during pregnancy and up to six months post-partum.

Attitudes towards new assisted reproductive technologies in Sweden: a survey in women 30-39 years of age.

Introduction: Novel pathways to parenthood [oocyte cryopreservation, allowance of surrogacy, uterus transplantation, and assisted reproductive treatments (ART) for single women] are currently being discussed. This study investigates women's attitudes towards oocyte cryopreservation and ART procedures that are not allowed or are still under investigation in Sweden, and whether the attitudes differ between urban women and women from a national cohort.

Materials And Methods: Two thousand randomly selected Swedish females aged 30-39 years, 1000 residents of Stockholm (urban cohort) and 1000 from the remainder of Sweden (national cohort), were invited to complete a postal questionnaire on attitudes about existing and novel ARTs.

A questioned authority meets well-informed pregnant women--a qualitative study examining how midwives perceive their role in dietary counselling.

Background: During pregnancy and afterward, a healthy diet is beneficial for the expecting mother and her foetus. Midwives in antenatal care have an ideal position for promoting healthy diets. Dietary counselling is however complex and recommendations can be controversial.

Reported dietary intake in early pregnant compared to non-pregnant women - a cross-sectional study.

Background: A woman's nutritional status before conception and during pregnancy is important for maternal health and the health of the foetus. The aim of the study was to compare diet intake in early pregnant women with non-pregnant women.

Methods: Between September 2006 and March 2009, 226 women in early pregnancy were consecutively recruited at five antenatal clinics in Northern Sweden.

Midwives' strategies in challenging dietary and weight counselling situations.

Objective: By enhancing maternal nutritional status, midwives can help women lower the risks of pregnancy complications and adverse birth outcomes as well as improve maternal health during pregnancy and in the long run. Dietary counselling is, on the other hand, not reported to be effective. Poor communication and conflicting messages are identified as possible barriers to adherence with recommendations.

Women's experiences of dietary advice and dietary changes during pregnancy.

Objective: To describe women's experiences of dietary information and the change of dietary habits during pregnancy.

Design: A qualitative design was used. In 2007 we conducted six focus group interviews using open-ended questions.

Genetic influences are important for most but not all lower urinary tract symptoms: a population-based survey in a cohort of adult Swedish twins.

Background: The relative importance of genetic and environmental factors for the occurrence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) is poorly understood.

Objective: To (1) estimate the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI), overactive bladder (OAB), and other LUTS and (2) to assess the heritability of these symptoms.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Cross-sectional survey of LUTS in a national population-based cohort of Swedish twins 20-46 yr of age (n=42 582) from the Swedish Twin Registry.

Lower urinary tract symptoms: lack of change in prevalence and help-seeking behaviour in two population-based surveys of women in 1991 and 2007.

Objectives: To test the hypothesis that the overt prevalence and help-seeking pattern for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) might have changed over time, by comparing the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI), overactive bladder (OAB) and other LUTS (principally storage symptoms) and help-seeking pattern in two equivalent groups of women 16 years apart.

Subjects And Methods: We compared two cross-sectional studies; population-based random samples of women aged ≥20 years in the central district of Gothenburg in 1991 (2911) and 2007 (3158) were asked to complete similar self-administered postal questionnaires regarding UI and other LUTS.

Results: The mean (sd, range) age of the two groups was 48.

A longitudinal population-based survey of urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, and other lower urinary tract symptoms in women.

Background: Female urinary incontinence (UI), overactive bladder (OAB), and other lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are highly prevalent conditions with a profound influence on well-being and quality of life. There are a few studies describing progression as well as remission, in the short term, of UI in the general population as well as in selected groups; at present, there are very few population-based studies describing the natural course of other LUTS in the same women, and there are no long-term longitudinal studies.

Objective: To describe the prevalence of UI, OAB, and other LUTS in the same women studied prospectively over time and, thus, to assess possible progression or regression.

[8 out of 10 midwives informed about folic acid. Most of them considered their knowledge about folic acid not sufficient].

Unlabelled: Deficiency of folic acid increases the risk for neural tube defects among newborn children and megaloblastic anaemia in the mother. The aim of this study was to make a survey of how midwives working in maternity health care, family planning guidance, and specialist prenatal care in a Swedish county inform women of childbearing age about folic acid. The questionnaire study showed that 79% of the midwives informed the women about folic acid.

Stamey's abdominovaginal needle colposuspension for the correction of female genuine stress urinary incontinence--long-term results.

Objectives: To evaluate the long-term continence rate, subjective satisfaction and treatment-associated morbidity in a carefully selected group of patients undergoing Stamey bladder neck suspension.

Material And Methods: We studied 24 women with objectively validated genuine stress urinary incontinence (GSI) who were treated using the Stamey needle colposuspension method. Follow-up was performed by means of a questionnaire, a urodynamic assessment and a new standardized quantification test.