Does cleansing the birth canal at delivery reduce postnatal infection rates?doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143697.xRonan J MurrayAnne D ArthurArmando DelvecchioMartha FinnBart J CurrieAustralasian Medical Publishing Co. Pty Ltd. (AMPCo)The Medical Journal of Australia...
We found the FMU women were significantly more likely to avoid interventions and epidural analgesia, and to have a water birth and this effect of birthplace did not differ with level of education. Richmond’s contention that water birth is “mainly pursued by educated, middle class women” thus...
RESULTS The overall prevalence of EIBF is not affected by the place of delivery. Mothers who gave birth in the health facilities (AOR=1.30; 95% CI: 1.06-1.61), children who received prelacteal feedings (AOR=0.25; 95% CI: 0.20-0.3), second/third birth orders (AOR...