Current Status of Social Problems during Pregnancy at a Perinatal Center in Japan.

Introduction: To support pregnant women with serious social problems, we retrospectively examined the current status of social problems during pregnancy in Japan.

Methods: We examined the frequency, associated factors, and outcomes of the pregnant women with social problems at our institute for each year from 2016 to 2019.

Results: The frequency of pregnant women with social problems significantly increased year by year ( < 0.

Screening for Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms During Pregnancy and Postpartum at a Japanese Perinatal Center.

Background: We examined the current status of depressive and anxiety symptoms in Japanese women during pregnancy and postpartum.

Methods: We asked 220 Japanese women who gave birth to singleton babies at term to answer the two self-administered questionnaires (Whooley's two questions and two-item generalized anxiety disorder scale) at first, second and third trimester of pregnancy and 1 month after delivery.

Results: The rates of women with depressive symptoms were common during the first trimester of pregnancy (25%) and the postpartum (17%), while the women with anxiety symptoms were common during the first trimester of pregnancy (36%).

Influence of intimate partner violence on mental status in Japanese women during the first trimester of pregnancy.

Objective: We examined the relation between intimate partner violence (IVP) and maternal mental status such as depression and anxiety.

Methods: Between April 2016 and October 2016, we asked all Japanese women during the first trimester of pregnancy to answer the three self-administered questionnaires to screen IVP and depressive and anxiety symptoms.

Results: There were 19 women who had a high score in the modified Violence Against Women Screen (VAWS) (4.

Placenta percreta invading the urinary bladder.

Introduction: Placenta percreta is a rare obstetric complication causing life-threatening hemorrhage.

Case Report: The case of a woman with a placenta percreta invading the urinary bladder treated by cesarean hysterectomy and partial bladder resection is presented. Overall estimated blood loss was 11,130 ml, and 59 units of various blood products were transfused.