COVID pandemic may have heightened women's fears around pregnancy
Many American women fear childbirth, and the COVID-19 pandemic did not calm those feelings, new research shows.
May 17, 2023
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Many American women fear childbirth, and the COVID-19 pandemic did not calm those feelings, new research shows.
May 17, 2023
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Systemic racism is ubiquitous in U.S. labor and delivery rooms and contributing to a sharp rise in medically questionable inductions that could be harming Black and Latina mothers and babies, according to new CU Boulder research.
Apr 26, 2023
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Pregnant women's attitudes and mindsets can influence the course of childbirth. This is what psychologists at the University of Bonn established in a longitudinal study with around 300 participants. Women who see childbirth ...
Mar 14, 2023
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Women in sub-Saharan Africa continue to have an elevated risk of death following childbirth long after the 42-day postpartum limit the WHO uses to define pregnancy-related deaths, a new analysis shows.
Oct 11, 2022
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Hospitalizations that occur in the antenatal period—or during pregnancy, but before giving birth—and those that occur in the postpartum period, made up over half of in-hospital maternal deaths between 2017–2019, a new ...
Aug 31, 2022
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Aug 3, 2022
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A new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons provides robust evidence to support diversifying the health care workforce as a remedy for addressing ...
Jul 20, 2022
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While temporary sterility after childbirth lasts on average only a few weeks for a woman who does not breastfeed, it can last for months, or even more than a year, for one who does. But it was unclear how this contraceptive ...
Jul 20, 2021
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A short, group-based mindfulness training for pregnant women and their partners reduces the chance of a medically unnecessary cesarean birth by 50% and doubles the chance of a natural birth. This is the conclusion of UvA ...
Jul 15, 2021
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The price tag for giving birth in America may bring some families sticker shock—even for those with private insurance.
Jun 17, 2021
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