The first weeks after birth are a blur of sleepless nights, healing, and overwhelming emotions. For many new moms, postpartum is a time when they need the most support—yet in the U.S., it’s often when ...
Pelvic floor workout reduces postpartum stress urinary incontinence risk in primiparous women. Learn how antenatal training ...
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 ...
The phrase “it takes a village” originates from an African proverb that emphasizes that for children to thrive, they need to receive collective support from many people (i.e., a village). However, the ...
When exploring the nourishment and nurturing of America’s foundation, you will inevitably find it was built upon Black mothers. From caregiving to wet nursing, our foremothers nourished this soil and ...
After a mother gives birth, attention is often focused on the baby. But Sydney Spencer focuses on the mother, providing nutritious food, care and comfort through Gentle Waters Postpartum Care. The ...
Natalie Davis is CEO and Cofounder of United States of Care, an organization dedicated to making our health care system more equitable. For every new mother, the months after birth are full of worries ...
Pregnancy complications can have a lasting impact on health and well-being and are increasingly linked to future chronic disease. A patient who develops gestational diabetes during pregnancy is seven ...