This article deals with childbirth in Japan, and the specific details of childbirth exclusive to Japan in relation to beliefs, attitudes and healthcare...

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Cochrane reviews in 2012 concluded that there was insufficient evidence to support its efficacy in managing the pain of childbirth or post-natal depression...

of King Philip III of Spain and Margaret of Austria, who also died in childbirth Maria Leopoldine of Austria (1649), Holy Roman Empress and Queen of...

declined 44% since 1990; however, every day 808 women die from pregnancy or childbirth related causes. According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)...

Lamaze, began as a prepared childbirth technique. As an alternative to medical intervention during childbirth, it was popularized in the 1950s by French obstetrician...

some modern childbirth practices in Korea. Korea has some special cultures in terms of childbirth. An interesting fact about Korea’s childbirth is that Korea...

Japan has the highest proportion of elderly citizens of any country in the world. 2014 estimates showed that about 38% of the Japanese population was above...

seen in numerous scenes in daily life in Japan, such as in fishermen's banners hoisted to signify large catches of fish, flags to celebrate childbirth, and...

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deterrent to childbirth. Although divorce has been on the rise over the last 50 years, it hit families especially hard after the economic crisis in 1997; fathers...

technology procedures. A pregnancy may end in a live birth, a miscarriage, an induced abortion, or a stillbirth. Childbirth typically occurs around 40 weeks from...

guidance’ in the span of 1-year leave to withhold job protection according to childbirth situation. Aging of Japan Demography of Japan Family law in Japan Japanese...

hours, overtime, child care time-off requests, and decline in physical abilities due to childbirth. This section requires employers to allow for specific...

analgesia was used in the UK for almost 25% of childbirths. In Japan, most childbirths take place in primary or secondary hospitals in which epidural analgesia...

The postpartum (or postnatal) period begins after childbirth and is typically considered to last for six weeks. There are three distinct phases of the...

traditional and some modern childbirth practices in Thailand. Traditional principles are largely influenced by the folk beliefs in Central and North Thailand...

power. In the Heian period (794–1185), mochi was often used in Shinto events to celebrate childbirth and marriage. According to the Ōkagami compiled in the...

developing world such as China, Turkey and Iran. In the U.S., the average age of first childbirth was 26.9 in 2018. Advanced maternal age is associated with...

Japanese superstitions are rooted in the culture and history of Japan and the Japanese people. Some Japanese superstitions are meant to teach lessons or...

  Childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder is a psychological disorder that can develop in women who have recently given birth. This disorder...

Childbirth in China is influenced by traditional Chinese medicine, state control of reproductive health and birthing, and the adoption of modern biomedical...

defined as the loss of more than 500 ml or 1,000 ml of blood following childbirth. Some have added the requirement that there also be signs or symptoms...

associated with either menstruation or childbirth. To avoid kegare, priests and other practitioners may engage in abstinence and avoid various activities...

childbirth in Greece, Japan and the United States. This section of the book also examines the power dynamics that the biomedical field possesses in governing...

fishermen and the patron saint of fertility, motherhood, and painless childbirth. People worship Suijin with offerings, believing that doing so will ensure...

Psychiatric disorders of childbirth (parturition, labor, delivery), as opposed to those of pregnancy or the postpartum period, are psychiatric complications...

it is the changed form of what was once someone who died in childbirth" (或言産死者所化). In Japan, they would often wear a blood-stained koshimaki, embrace...

religion in Japan has been characterized by the predominance of animistic religions practiced by its mainland, Ryukyuan, and Ainu inhabitants. In addition...

fertility, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, and crops. in some cases these deities are directly associated with these experiences; in others they are more abstract...