Copenhagen Baby Heart Study: a population study of newborns with prenatal inclusion.

Congenital heart diseases (CHDs) are reported in 0.8% of newborns. Numerous factors influence cardiovascular development and CHD prevalence, and possibly also development of cardiovascular disease later in life.

Low prevalence of long-term breastfeeding among women with type 2 diabetes.

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of long-term breastfeeding among women with type 2 diabetes compared to women with type 1 diabetes and to identify predictors of long-term breastfeeding for women with pre-gestational diabetes.

Methods: In total, 149 women with diabetes were interviewed about long-term breastfeeding, defined as any breastfeeding 4 months postpartum.

Results: Ninety-eight percent of the women aimed to breastfeed.

Unannounced in situ simulation of obstetric emergencies: staff perceptions and organisational impact.

Aim: To describe how unannounced in situ simulation (ISS) was perceived by healthcare professionals before and after its implementation, and to describe the organisational impact of ISS.

Study Design: Ten unannounced ISS involving all staff were scheduled March-August 2007. Questionnaire surveys on staff perceptions were conducted before (2003-2006) and after (2007-2008) implementation of unannounced ISS.

A case of well-established breastfeeding for a 61-year-old woman after menopause.

During recent years, an increasing number of women who have become pregnant after fertility treatment, including oocyte transplantation, have presented at obstetric departments. A number of these women want to breastfeed their children even though they are postmenopausal. However, whether this is possible has remained doubtful, and any possible special needs in establishing their breastfeeding are not described.