Pregnancy intention in an urban Australian antenatal population.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of unintended pregnancy in women presenting for antenatal care to a large metropolitan hospital in Sydney, Australia, and to investigate health behaviours and demographic factors associated with unintended pregnancy.

Methods: From October 2010 to April 2011, a self-administered questionnaire covering pregnancy intention, contraceptive use and demographic information was given to 1,554 women. A total of 1,218 women (78.

Unintended pregnancy amongst women attending antenatal clinics at the Port Moresby General Hospital.

Background: National survey data from Papua New Guinea (PNG) suggest that women are having almost 1.5 times the number of children they desire. Women's ability to space and limit the number of children could have a significant impact on the country's high infant and maternal mortality rates.

Factors affecting length of stay for women presenting with early pregnancy complications to a public hospital emergency department.

Objective: This study aimed to determine factors associated with length of stay (LOS) for women presenting with early pregnancy complications to a public hospital ED. In particular, we sought to investigate the impact the involvement of the Clinical Midwife Consultant (CMC), specialising in early pregnancy care, had on the ED LOS.

Methods: We undertook a retrospective cohort study of women less than 20 weeks pregnant who presented between August 2008 and December 2010 with early pregnancy complications to the ED of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Australia and who were then discharged.

Ease of intrauterine contraceptive device insertion in family planning settings.

Background: Intrauterine devices (IUDs) provide highly effective contraception for women worldwide. Reluctance to insert IUDs in the primary care setting may relate to concern about potential difficulty and complications, particularly in nulliparous women.

Aims: To determine the practitioner, patient and procedural factors associated with abandoned IUD insertion, practitioner-reported difficulty of insertion and adverse events during IUD insertions in the family planning setting.