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Article Examining the Relationship Between Fear of Childbirth During Pregnancy and Prenatal Attachment(Springer Publishing Company, 2025) Sari, T.; Gürhan, N.OBJECTIVE: Giving birth is one of the most stressful events in many women's lives. Fear of childbirth is common among pregnant women, also it becomes a serious issue if it affects daily life. Psychological problems such as fear of birth in pregnancy negatively affect prenatal bonding. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between fear of birth and prenatal attachment in pregnancy and examine the risk factors. METHODS: The sample of the study consisted of 500 pregnant women at 20 and above weeks of gestation. Descriptive statistics (percentage, mean, standard deviation), independent groups t test, One Way ANOVA, Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression analyzes were used to evaluate the research data. RESULTS: It was found that the mean score of the pregnant women from the Wijma delivery expectancy/experience questionnaire version A scale was 58.93±21.21 and the mean score of the Prenatal Attachment scale was 52.73±8.75. As the correlation between the mean scores of the scales was examined, it was determined that there was a significant and high correlation in the negative direction. CONCLUSIONS: As a result, fear of childbirth was found to be moderate in the study and there is an inverse relationship between fear of childbirth and prenatal attachment. In addition, fear of childbirth is affected by sociodemographic factors and obstetric characteristics. © 2025 Springer Publishing Company, LLC www.springerpub.com.Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 1A Comparative Analysis of Progestin-Primed Ovarian Stimulation Versus GnRH Antagonists Protocols Pertaining To Stimulation Parameters and Embryological Outcomes in Patients With Endometrioma(Frontiers Media SA, 2025) Boynukalin, Fazilet Kübra; Tohma, Yusuf Aytaç; Gültomruk, Meral; Yarkiner, Zalihe; Akkaya, Ceren Melisa; Özkavukçu, Sinan; Bozdaǧ, GürkanResearch question: Do embryo parameters and live birth rates differ between patients with endometrioma undergoing a freeze-all strategy using either GnRH antagonists or progestin-primed ovarian stimulation (PPOS)? Design: This retrospective cohort study was conducted at Bahceci Health Group from January 2021 to January 2023. Inclusion criteria were females aged 20–40 with confirmed endometriosis, using either GnRH antagonists or PPOS ovarian stimulation, and opting for freezing all embryos without fresh embryo transfer (ET). A total of 543 patients were analyzed, with the primary outcome being usable embryos at cleavage stage and secondary outcomes including distribution of embryo quality, clinical pregnancy, and live birth rate. Results: For the GnRH antagonist arm, the median (25th-75th percentiles) total gonadotropin dose required during stimulation was significantly higher (2725 [2100–3587.5] vs. 2400 [2050–3075] IU, p = 0.001) and duration was longer (11 [10–12] vs. 10 [9–11] days, p = 0.01), although number of mature oocytes and maturation and fertilization rates were similar in both arms. However, the linear regression analysis revealed that the number of usable day-three embryos was higher with the PPOS protocol than with the GnRH antagonist protocol (OR: 0.890, CI 95%: 0.226 – 1.554, p= 0.009). Particularly in patients that had undergone FET, the respective live birth rates were 50.0% and 54.6% in GnRH antagonist and PPOS arms, respectively, without any statistical significance (p= 0.365). Conclusion: In patients with endometrioma, the PPOS protocol over GnRH antagonists might potentially enhance the quantity of usable cleavage-stage embryos while showing no significant impact on the number of collected oocytes. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
