The chance of experiencing life-threatening complications from pregnancy, childbirth, or the postpartum period may depend on where you live in the United States, according to a new study led by…
Birth centers and midwives provide holistic care attentive to the psychological, emotional, and social context of pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period. A new report found that birth centers had…
Urinary incontinence occurs in 25-30% of mothers at six months postpartum. However, less than a quarter of these women seek care because they may not think anything can be done…
In 2017, the number of reported pregnancy-related deaths in the United States increased to 17.3 deaths per 100,000 live births. This number is up from 7.2 deaths per 100,000 live…