The early postpartum period is a critical time. While the period has a huge impact on the health of both mothers and newborns, healthcare professionals dedicate less attention to it than the prenatal ...

Aurora Health Care launched a "Post-Birth Alert Orange Bracelet Program." The initiative hopes to improve early recognition of postpartum complications. Such complications are the leading cause of ...

BENEFITS. BABY DARCY IS ALL SMILES, SNUGGLED IN MOM’S LAP IN THEIR WESTBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS HOME. HOME IS WHERE MOM EXPERIENCED A HEALING HAND. WE WERE ABLE TO GET HOSPITAL LEVEL CARE, BUT IN THE ...

Many women with diabetes and high blood pressure during pregnancy did not receive appropriate postpartum care to reduce their future risk of cardiovascular disease, a study at one health system has ...

After childbirth, you’ll notice differences in your breasts, hips, and pelvic floor. Your pelvic floor is a complex group of muscles and connective tissues that supports the organs in your pelvis, ...

Postpartum depression is one of the most common complications of childbirth, affecting about a half million Americans each year. It’s among the leading causes of pregnancy-related death. Now, the FDA ...

After Selena Williams had a child, she found that along with her excitement of a new baby was disappointment due to insufficient postpartum support. Williams describes leaving the hospital with ...

Most pregnant people are in regular touch with their maternity care providers over the course of nine months, with ever-more-frequent visits, tests, and scans as their due date nears. For many ...

Maternal health providers must make postpartum plan early in pregnancy Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday signed into law a bill that requires maternal health providers to create a postpartum plan with every ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - A bill to extend Medicaid coverage for post partum care from two months to a full year passed the Wisconsin Senate Tuesday. “Overwhelmingly in the senate, it was 32 - 1,” ...