Experiences of labour and childbirth among physicians in Canada: a qualitative study.

Background: Little is known about physicians' birth experiences and the perceived relation between physicians' professional status and their birth outcomes, particularly in nonsurgical specialties. This study aimed to explore the birth experiences of physicians in Canada and to determine their perception of the relation between their profession, and their birth experiences and obstetric outcomes.

Methods: We undertook a qualitative descriptive study consisting of in-depth interviews with practising physician birthing parents, all members of the Canadian Physician Mothers Group (online Facebook community) who had deliveries between 2016 and 2021.

Roundtable discussion: "no one can condemn you to a C-section!".

The stories in this Roundtable Discussion are related by two women whose babies were born recently in Canadian hospitals. Each woman had undergone a cesarean delivery for her first child, and whereas Sophia delivered her second baby by vaginal birth after a cesarean (VBAC), Marie was unable to find a practitioner or hospital that would allow her to have a VBAC for her second birth. The women describe how they feel about their choices and experiences.

Prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment of ankyloglossia: methodologic review.

Objective: To review the diagnostic criteria for, the prevalence of, and the effectiveness of frenotomy for treatment of ankyloglossia.

Data Sources: MEDLINE and CINAHL databases were searched for articles suitable for a methodologic review of studies on various aspects of ankyloglossia.

Study Selection: Studies that presented data on patients and addressed ankyloglossia in relation to breastfeeding were selected.

Ankyloglossia in breastfeeding infants: the effect of frenotomy on maternal nipple pain and latch.

Objective: The aim of this study was to measure the effectiveness of frenotomy in ankyloglossic infants, by quantifying the changes in latch and maternal nipple pain using standardized tools.

Methodology: Infants below 12 weeks of age were recruited from the Goldfarb Breastfeeding Program between August 2004 and February 2005. Infants were selected based on the Frenotomy Decision Rule for Breastfeeding Infants (FDRBI), a new clinical tool for future validation.

Giving birth: the voices of Orthodox Jewish women living in Canada.

Objective: To describe the meaning of the childbirth experience to Orthodox Jewish women living in Canada.

Design: In this phenomenologic study, audiotaped interviews were conducted. Tapes were transcribed verbatim and analyzed for emergent themes.