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Who may accompany the parturient to the delivery room?

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Abstract

Objective

To assess the association of the attendant of the parturient (husband or mother or both), on labor duration, mode of delivery, maternal and neonatal complications.

Study design

A retrospective cohort study, over a 4-year period, of women admitted to the delivery room accompanied by their husband, their mother or both. Medical records were reviewed for demographic, medical and obstetrical history.

Results

Overall, 3029 patients were included, 2192 were accompanied by their husband; 127 were accompanied by their mother and 710 were accompanied by both. Women accompanied by their husbands were significantly older and more likely to be multiparous than women accompanied by their mother (30.2 years vs. 27.8 years, P < 0.001 and 60% vs. 48.8%, P = 0.02, respectively). Compared to women supported during labor by their mothers, women supported only by their husbands spent less hours in the delivery room (from admission to delivery) (11.1 h vs. 13.7 h, P = 0.02). While the nature of the attendant had no influence on the mode of delivery among nulliparous women (p = 0.13), multiparous women supported by the mothers had a significantly higher rate of cesarean delivery compared to those supported only by their husband or by both (OR = 2.07, 95% CI = [1.317–3.246], P = 0.002, OR = 3.33, 95% CI = [1.623–6.849],  P = 0.001, respectively).

Conclusions

Women supported by their mothers during labor have a longer second stage of labor, a decreased rate of vaginal delivery and an increased risk for cesarean delivery compared to women supported by their husbands. Future large prospective studies are needed to confirm our observation and to find causative affect.

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  1. Einav Kadour-Peero and Netanella Miller equally contributed for this study.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Bnai-Zion Medical Center,, Haifa, Israel

    Einav Kadour-Peero, Netanella Miller, Dana Vitner, Inna Bleicher, Suraia Said, Mariana Dashkovsky, Eyal Levy, Shlomi Sagi & Ron Gonen

  2. Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

    Einav Kadour-Peero, Dana Vitner, Inna Bleicher, Suraia Said, Mariana Dashkovsky, Eyal Levy, Shlomi Sagi & Ron Gonen

  3. Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel

    Netanella Miller

  4. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Netanella Miller

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EKP: protocol/project development, data collection or management, data analysis, and manuscript writing/editing. NM: manuscript writing/editing. DV: manuscript writing/editing. IB: data collection or management. SS: data analysis. MD: data collection or management. EL: data analysis. SS: data analysis. RG: manuscript writing/editing.

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Kadour-Peero, E., Miller, N., Vitner, D. et al. Who may accompany the parturient to the delivery room?. Arch Gynecol Obstet 300, 293–297 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-019-05182-0

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