Face and brow presentation: independent risk factors.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine clinical characteristics including pregnancy and delivery outcome, among patients with face/brow presentation, and to investigate independent risk factors for these malpresentations.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study comparing all singleton pregnancies of patients with and without face/brow presentation. Deliveries occurred during the years 1988-2002 at the Soroka University Medical Center.

Psychosocial resource depletion of parents of twins after assisted versus spontaneous reproduction.

Objective: To examine the effect of mode of conception (spontaneous versus induced) on parenting stress, psychological well-being and marital quality during the transition to parenthood among parents of twins.

Methods: The Parenting Stress Index was assessed in 37 parents of twins conceived by assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and compared to that of 38 controls who conceived spontaneously.

Results: First-time parents after assisted reproduction experienced significantly higher levels of parenting stress than parents who conceived spontaneously (89.

Ureaplasma urealyticum in the development of postpartum endometritis.

Objective: Investigation of the clinical significance of Ureaplasma urealyticum and its biovars in the development of postpartum endometritis.

Study Design: Cervical swabs were cultured for U. urealyticum in women presenting endometritis.