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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Adam K Lewkowitz, Lily Rubin-Miller, Hannah R Jahnke, Melissa A Clark, Caron Zlotnick, Emily S Miller, Natalie Henrich
BACKGROUND: The transition to parenthood is a period of major stressors and increased risk of anxiety for all parents. Though rates of perinatal anxiety are similar among women (4%-25%) and men (3%-25%), perinatal anxiety research on nonbirthing partners remains limited. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to examine whether demographic characteristics or digital perinatal support preferences differed among nonbirthing partners with compared to without self-reported high parenthood-related anxiety...
November 20, 2023: JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Preeyakamon Krikitrat, Nantaporn Sansiriphun, Jirawan Deeluea, Sirirat Sonted, Wongduean Chaiwipassatorn, Daniel Bressington
BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding is the ideal approach for feeding infants and is an important public health consideration. Successful exclusive breastfeeding initiation and duration is influenced by fathers' support. Paternal self-efficacy to support breastfeeding has also been shown to mediate infant feeding practices. The aim of this study was to investigate factors associated with Thai fathers' self-efficacy to support maternal exclusive breastfeeding. METHODS: We adopted a cross-sectional survey design for this study...
October 27, 2023: Nursing Reports
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lema Fikadu Wedajo, Solomon Seyife Alemu, Melese Adugna Tola, Shelema Mengistu Teferi
INTRODUCTION: Paternal postnatal depression is a type of depression that occurs among male partners after childbirth. Although the problem has a multidimensional impact, there is limited data in low-income countries, including Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to uncover this problem in the study setting. OBJECTIVE: To assess paternal postnatal depression and associated factors. METHOD AND STUDY PERIOD: A community-based cross-sectional study was employed from April 1 to 30, 2023, among 423 fathers in Mattu Town, Southwest Ethiopia...
2023: SAGE Open Medicine
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Katia Keglberg Haervig, Kajsa Ugelvig Petersen, Mette Møller Dornfeldt, Jens Peter Bonde, Karin Sørig Hougaard, Cecilia Høst Ramlau-Hansen, Gunnar Toft, Christian Lindh, Aleksander Giwercman, Sandra Søgaard Tøttenborg
BACKGROUND: Growing evidence suggests intergenerational effects of paternal pre-conceptional smoking through the germ line, but its specific impact on offspring semen quality remains uncertain because of challenges in isolating paternal exposure from maternal passive smoking or underreporting. METHODS: We reran previous analyses estimating differences in semen parameters and testicular size according to paternal smoking in 867 young adult men, adding first-trimester maternal plasma cotinine to the original adjustment for maternal self-reported smoking...
October 26, 2023: Andrology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jennifer J Yland, Amelia K Wesselink, Annette K Regan, Elizabeth E Hatch, Kenneth J Rothman, David A Savitz, Tanran R Wang, Krista F Huybrechts, Sonia Hernández-Díaz, Michael L Eisenberg, Lauren A Wise
STUDY QUESTION: To what extent is preconception maternal or paternal coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination associated with miscarriage incidence? SUMMARY ANSWER: COVID-19 vaccination in either partner at any time before conception is not associated with an increased rate of miscarriage. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: Several observational studies have evaluated the safety of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and found no association with miscarriage, though no study prospectively evaluated the risk of early miscarriage (gestational weeks [GW] <8) in relation to COVID-19 vaccination...
October 20, 2023: Human Reproduction
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sofia I Cárdenas, Winnie Tse, Gabriel León, Alice Kim, Kayla Tureson, Mark Lai, Darby E Saxbe
There is evidence that men's testosterone levels decline across the transition to fatherhood and that this decline may reflect fathers' investment in the new family. There is also emerging evidence that cohabiting couples show synchrony or within-couple associations in testosterone levels during the perinatal period. Hormonal synchrony may act as a mechanism that supports fathers' biological preparation for parenthood, perhaps by facilitating perinatal declines in paternal testosterone. However, few studies have examined testosterone synchrony and change within couples...
October 18, 2023: Hormones and Behavior
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Na Chen, Jingyu Li, Yexing Li, Yiyuan Zhang, Jiarong Li, Jie Gao, Jingmei Hu, Linlin Cui, Zi-Jiang Chen
STUDY QUESTION: What are the factors influencing the occurrence of monozygotic (MZ) twins in offspring conceived by assisted reproductive technology (ART)? SUMMARY ANSWER: Parental ages, the transfer of fresh versus frozen embryos, and the grade of blastocysts are all related to MZ twinning in ART offspring. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: Offspring conceived by ART have significantly increased risk of MZ twins, which may be due to the characteristics of the infertile population...
2023: Human Reproduction Open
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Maria Atif, Zeba Saeed, Mark Halaki, Chin Moi Chow, Camille Raynes Greenow
The narrative review was planned to qualitatively analyse the experiences, factors and context of parents screening positive for perinatal depression in Karachi. Semi structured in-depth interviews were conducted to explore the experiences and perceptions of participants during pregnancy, birth and 10-12 weeks after birth. Seven men and 20 women participated in the in-depth interviews. Factors in the perinatal period that affected new parents included sleep disturbances, emotional stressors linked to preference for a male child, a lack of social support, financial burdens of perinatal care, personal frustrations caused by an inability to comprehend the signs and symptoms of perinatal depression, denial to admit challenging issues concerning mental health and social disapproval with expressing mental health issues...
September 2023: JPMA. the Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Robin N Beaumont, Christopher Flatley, Marc Vaudel, Xiaoping Wu, Jing Chen, Gunn-Helen Moen, Line Skotte, Øyvind Helgeland, Pol Solé-Navais, Karina Banasik, Clara Albiñana, Justiina Ronkainen, João Fadista, Sara Elizabeth Stinson, Katerina Trajanoska, Carol A Wang, David Westergaard, Sundararajan Srinivasan, Carlos Sánchez-Soriano, Jose Ramon Bilbao, Catherine Allard, Marika Groleau, Teemu Kuulasmaa, Daniel J Leirer, Frédérique White, Pierre-Étienne Jacques, Haoxiang Cheng, Ke Hao, Ole A Andreassen, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, Mustafa Atalay, Laxmi Bhatta, Luigi Bouchard, Ben Michael Brumpton, Søren Brunak, Jonas Bybjerg-Grauholm, Cathrine Ebbing, Paul Elliott, Line Engelbrechtsen, Christian Erikstrup, Marisa Estarlich, Stephen Franks, Romy Gaillard, Frank Geller, Jakob Grove, David M Hougaard, Eero Kajantie, Camilla S Morgen, Ellen A Nohr, Mette Nyegaard, Colin N A Palmer, Ole Birger Pedersen, Fernando Rivadeneira, Sylvain Sebert, Beverley M Shields, Camilla Stoltenberg, Ida Surakka, Lise Wegner Thørner, Henrik Ullum, Marja Vaarasmaki, Bjarni J Vilhjalmsson, Cristen J Willer, Timo A Lakka, Dorte Gybel-Brask, Mariona Bustamante, Torben Hansen, Ewan R Pearson, Rebecca M Reynolds, Sisse R Ostrowski, Craig E Pennell, Vincent W V Jaddoe, Janine F Felix, Andrew T Hattersley, Mads Melbye, Deborah A Lawlor, Kristian Hveem, Thomas Werge, Henriette Svarre Nielsen, Per Magnus, David M Evans, Bo Jacobsson, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Ge Zhang, Marie-France Hivert, Stefan Johansson, Rachel M Freathy, Bjarke Feenstra, Pål R Njølstad
A well-functioning placenta is essential for fetal and maternal health throughout pregnancy. Using placental weight as a proxy for placental growth, we report genome-wide association analyses in the fetal (n = 65,405), maternal (n = 61,228) and paternal (n = 52,392) genomes, yielding 40 independent association signals. Twenty-six signals are classified as fetal, four maternal and three fetal and maternal. A maternal parent-of-origin effect is seen near KCNQ1. Genetic correlation and colocalization analyses reveal overlap with birth weight genetics, but 12 loci are classified as predominantly or only affecting placental weight, with connections to placental development and morphology, and transport of antibodies and amino acids...
October 5, 2023: Nature Genetics
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Jiayang Dai, Ya Shi, Lu Guo, Yuanyuan Wang, Xiang Kong
BACKGROUND: Fear of childbirth is a prevalent clinical psychological issue for both mother and father; however, there is a lack of research comparing and summarizing discrepancies in parental fear of childbirth. AIM: This study aimed to explore differences in parental fear of childbirth, identify gaps in related research area, and provide directions for future studies. METHODS: Original references were searched from six databases by using subject terms associated with fear of childbirth...
September 22, 2023: Midwifery
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Shiwen Sun, Yaping Sun, Jialu Qian, Yanping Tian, Fang Wang, Qing Yu, Xiaoyan Yu
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore the experiences and need for social support of Chinese parents after termination of pregnancy for fetal anomalies. DESIGN: A qualitative study using semistructured, in-depth interviews combined with observations. Data were analysed by Claizzi's phenomenological procedure. SETTING: A large, tertiary obstetrics and gynaecology hospital in China. PARTICIPANTS: Using purposive sampling approach, we interviewed 12 couples and three additional women (whose spouses were not present)...
September 21, 2023: BMJ Open
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sam Wainwright, Rachel Caskey, Aida Rodriguez, Abigail Holicky, Melissa Wagner-Schuman, Anne Elizabeth Glassgow
BACKGROUND: Postpartum depression (PPD) impacts fathers as well as mothers, and is estimated to affect between 8 and 13% of fathers. Paternal PPD is a risk factor for worsened quality of life, poor physical and mental health, and developmental and relational harms in the father-mother-child triad. There are no current recommendations for PPD screening among fathers. Paternal PPD screening was piloted in an intergenerational postpartum primary care clinic. METHODS: The pilot was carried out in an intergenerational postpartum primary care clinic located at a Midwest urban academic safety net health system from October 2021 to July 2022...
September 19, 2023: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Noor de Waal, Marion I van den Heuvel, Ivan Nyklíček, Victor J M Pop, Myrthe G B M Boekhorst
The birth of an infant marks a period of profound change in first-time parents. Parental love and warmth, however, already begin to develop during pregnancy. Also for fathers, the development of bonding to the infant may be a unique process. The current qualitative study aimed to explore views and experiences of first-time fathers on the origins and development of paternal bonding during pregnancy and early childhood. In total, 30 in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with expectant fathers (second or third trimester of pregnancy; n = 10) and fathers of infants (0-6 months postpartum; n = 11) and toddlers (2-3 years of age; n = 9)...
August 31, 2023: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Taemi Kim, Eunseon Gwak, Erdenetuya Bolormaa, Jeong-Won Oh, Jung-Won Yoon, Myoung-Hee Kim, Jia Ryu, Seung-Ah Choe
OBJECTIVES: Limited evidence is available regarding the impact of paternal occupation and its combined effect with maternal occupation on preterm birth. Therefore, we assessed the association of maternal and paternal occupations with preterm birth. METHODS: We used the national birth data of South Korea between 2010 and 2020. Parental occupations were divided into 5 categories: (1) managers; (2) professionals, technicians, and related workers; (3) clerks and support workers; (4) service and sales workers; and (5) manual workers...
August 24, 2023: Epidemiology and Health
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Gerald F Giesbrecht, Catherine Lebel, Cindy-Lee Dennis, Katherine Silang, E Bailin Xie, Suzanne Tough, Sheila McDonald, Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen
OBJECTIVE: Attempts by governments around the world to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 have substantially altered the early rearing environment, raising concerns about potential negative consequences for babies born during this time. The objective of this study was to determine whether infants born during the COVID-19 pandemic were at greater risk of screening positive for developmental delay compared with infants born before the pandemic. METHODS: Participants were from 2 longitudinal cohorts...
August 1, 2023: Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics: JDBP
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kristina O Smiley, Hollian R Phillipps, Chenyun Fang, Rosemary S E Brown, David R Grattan
Parenting involves major behavioral transitions that are supported by coordinated neuroendocrine and physiological changes to promote the onset of novel offspring-directed behaviors. In comparison to maternal care, however, the mechanisms underlying the transition to paternal care are less understood. Male laboratory mice are predominantly infanticidal as virgins but show paternal responses 2 weeks after mating. Interestingly, males show a mating-induced surge of prolactin, which we hypothesized may be involved in initiating this behavioral transition...
2023: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Addisu Tuji, Subah Abderehim Yesuf, Ribka Birhanu, Barkot Milkias
BACKGROUND: The psychological distress of fathers in the postpartum period can have adverse effects on the well-being of the family and the newborn's development in particular. However, fathers' mental health throughout the postpartum has remained understudied and clinically overlooked in many developing countries, including Ethiopia. This study aims to assess the prevalence of psychological distress among fathers in the postpartum period and to examine the associated factors in an Ethiopian population...
June 1, 2023: BMC Psychiatry
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jorge Andrés Delgado-Ron, Federico Andrade-Rivas
BACKGROUND: Past studies in high-income countries have shown an association between unintended (unwanted or mistimed) pregnancy and child development; no national-level studies in low-and-middle-income countries have been conducted. Moreover, extant studies often adjust for potential mediators, underestimating the average population effect. METHODS: We aimed to estimate the effect of unintended pregnancy on early childhood development in Ecuadorian children aged 3 to 5, participating in the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2018...
June 1, 2023: Maternal and Child Health Journal
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Geoffrey W Corner, Hannah F Rasmussen, Mona Khaled, Alyssa R Morris, Hannah Khoddam, Nia Barbee, Shirin Herzig, Yesenia Brasby, Elizabeth Seibert, Pia E Sellery, Gayla Margolin, Darby Saxbe
The present study investigated how meaning-making around a birth experience predicts relationship quality and parenting stress across the transition to first-time parenthood, a time that many new parents find stressful and challenging. Childbirth experiences may set the stage for these challenges, and how new parents make meaning of childbirth could play a role in their subsequent postpartum adjustment. Meaning-making processes (sense making, benefit finding, and changes in identity) were coded from birth narratives collected from 77 mixed-sex biological parent dyads ( n = 154 individuals) shortly after the birth of their first child...
May 18, 2023: Journal of Family Psychology: JFP
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Caitlin Raymond, Song Han, Gengming Huang, Cecilia Clement, Harshwardhan Thaker, Jianli Dong
Triploidy is a genetic occurrence in which the chromosome count is 3n = 69 with a double (2n) chromosomal contribution to the conceptus from one parent. Such pregnancies are usually nonviable and are estimated to account for approximately 1% of recognized conceptions and 10% of recognized miscarriages. Majority opinion is that fetal losses due to triploidies are caused by the presence of 2 copies of paternal chromosomes. In this study, we present a digynic monoandric triploid miscarriage from a 32-year-old G7P1051 at approximately 13 weeks gestation, in which 2 copies of the maternal chromosomes are present in the fetus...
May 15, 2023: Laboratory Medicine
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