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Objective To investigate the effect of WeChat on nutrition instructions to women of advanced maternal age with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods Eighty women of advanced maternal age with GDM in our hospital during January to December 2014 were divided according to their registration nubmer into two group in eqaul number: those with even number in the observation group and those with odd number in the control group. Those in the control group took part in the health educaiton lectures by the parturient school and those in the observation group were instructed on the WeChat besides education from the school. The two groups were compared in terms of blood glucose control and delivery outcomes. Result The level of blood glucose in the observation group was significantly lower than that of the control group (P0.05). Conclusion Wechat is effective in providing the women of advanced maternal age with nutrition instructions and beneficial for the control of blood glucose level and the decrease of cesarean delivery and vaginal birth rates.
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To explore the effects of two breathholding and exerting methods on the second labor course of primiparas.Methods Six hundred primiparas were divided according to the admission time into two groups: the control group and observation group. The former took conventional breathholding and exerting method and the latter breathholding and exerting method with breathing techniques. The two groups were compared in terms of outcome of delivery, rate of episiotomy, time for breathholding and exerting and the hemorrhage volume 2h after delivery, perineal laceration and neonate asphyxia.Results The rate of spontaneous delivery in the observation group was higher than that in the control group. The rate of episiotomy, bleeding volume 2h after delivery and perineal laceration were lower. The breathholding time was significantly shorter(P<0.05).Conclusion Breathholding and exerting at the second stage of labor can reduce energetic consumption and improve the outcome of delivery.