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Latest News Snippets: pregnancy
Giving Birth Can Bring Financial Strain and Ruin in the United States
While around 80% of Medicaid patients paid nothing for labor and delivery, 60% of people on commercial insurance paid $1,000 or more out of pocket.
Choice in Birthing Position Tied to Satisfaction
A study looks at which birthing position (i.e. lying down, standing up) women prefer most in labor, measured in part by which women report the highest levels of satisfaction with their labor.
Moms Using Marijuana During Pregnancy Don’t Know About Negative Side Effects
70% did not associate using marijuana with any negative side effects, even though it can be associated with preterm labor and low birth weight
Pathologists Plea: Save the Placenta!
A group of pathologists have issued a plea to save placentas after delivery, in an effort to better understand any adverse outcomes in pregnancy – especially those beyond stillbirth, when placentas are most commonly studied.
Federal Agency Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Case for Hundreds of Employees
Hundreds of female Customs and Border Protection employees filed suit against the agency, saying they were discriminated against once they announced they were pregnant.
Federal Records Show Abortion Bans Are Maiming Women
Federal health records found “more than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms were turned away or negligently treated since 2022.”
OBGYNs Report Sicker Patients and Less Training
Congressional Democrats found OBGYNs “are seeing more pregnant patients with dangerous medical complications two-plus years after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, while at the same time receiving less training as residents about how to perform abortions.”
Banning Abortion Makes Fake Clinics Millions
States have increased funding for antiabortion centers (which lie about health care options) by $500 million since Roe vs Wade was overturned
Why People Aren’t Having Kids (It’s Not Sociopathy)
Republican VP candidate JD Vance has repeatedly criticized people and politicians for not having children
‘Natural’ Parenting Is All About Female Sacrifice
The dark history of the people who sold women the “natural childbirth” movement.
Trump’s Project 2025 Architect: Having Kids Should Be a ‘Social Expectation’
Roberts goes deep into criticizing people without children
Fixing America’s Maternal Mental Health Shame
One of the main recommendations is bringing mental health care into “all relevant perinatal settings.”
Senate Republicans Want to Track Pregnancies, Push Fake Clinics
Senate Democrats called out Republicans for proposing a federal pregnancy database.
Pregnancy Brain Could Actually Be a Good Thing
The story of cognitive neuroscientist Liz Chirastil, who made herself a guinea pig in her own experiment by getting 26 MRIs throughout her pregnancy and for two years after.
New York State Sues Fake Pregnancy Clinics
The so-called clinics promote “abortion pill reversal,” which doesn’t have medical or scientific evidence to back it up.
Original Reporting: pregnancy
The Difference Between Postpartum Depression and ‘Baby Blues’
There’s a key difference between the two common conditions.
People Who Just Had a Baby Are More Likely to Have Medical Debt — Even With Insurance
Study finds that childbirth costs are more than many can afford.
Birth Stories: Real Moms Share the Good, the Bad + Everything Else
Over a dozen real life labor stories covering everything from c-sections to forceps to epidural or no epidural deliveries.