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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.
70% did not associate using marijuana with any negative side effects, even though it can be associated with preterm labor and low birth weight
Researchers are trying to understand why some women might develop pre-eclampsia when they don’t have other markers for the condition.
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.
It’s 2024 and we are just getting a comprehensive map of how the brain changes (in significant ways!) during pregnancy.
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 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.”
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.”
States have increased funding for antiabortion centers (which lie about health care options) by $500 million since Roe vs Wade was overturned
Republican VP candidate JD Vance has repeatedly criticized people and politicians for not having children
The dark history of the people who sold women the “natural childbirth” movement.
Roberts goes deep into criticizing people without children
One of the main recommendations is bringing mental health care into “all relevant perinatal settings.”
Senate Democrats called out Republicans for proposing a federal pregnancy database.
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.
The so-called clinics promote “abortion pill reversal,” which doesn’t have medical or scientific evidence to back it up.
Erin Hirshberg writes a devastating but beautiful essay on having a stillbirth at 36 weeks
a deep dive on why hospitals are closing OBGYN units throughout the country, and the answer isn’t the fall of Roe making obstetrical care legally dangerous. It’s far simpler than that: money.
Supreme Court justices seemed split mainly along ideological lines during oral arguments over a federal requirement that hospitals provide emergency care to stabilize a patient, including abortions when necessary.
A study of over 2 million teenagers in Canada found that those who carried a pregnancy to term were more than twice as likely to die before their 31st birthday, even after controlling for pre-existing health conditions and other demographics.