Category: Maternal Health

Risk for Pregnancy Complications Increased During COVID-19

During COVID, commercially insured pregnant people in the US have seen an increased risk of developing some complications of pregnancy, including gestational diabetes, gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and poor fetal growth.

We Must Advance Maternal Health Equity in the Build Back Better Act

The Build Back Better Act is a once-in-generation opportunity to create jobs, cut taxes and lower costs for families across the country by ensuring that corporate bad actors and the wealthiest multimillionaires pay their fair share. This historic legislation includes critical investments that uphold a fundamental principle: that in America, every family has a right […]

UNDERWOOD, BOOKER, ADAMS, KELLY, AND BEATTY URGE PRESIDENT BIDEN, SPEAKER PELOSI, AND LEADER SCHUMER TO INCLUDE CRITICAL INVESTMENTS TO ADVANCE MATERNAL HEALTH EQUITY IN FINAL BUILD BACK BETTER PACKAGE

WASHINGTON – In a letter to President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Alma Adams (NC-12), Robin Kelly (IL-02), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty (OH-03) pushed to ensure that investments from the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act are included in full in the final Build Back Better package. Members also urged the leaders to build on the critical progress made through the American Rescue […]

Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy: Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes

The effects of intimate partner violence (IPV) on maternal and neonatal outcomes are multifaceted and largely preventable. During pregnancy, there are many opportunities within the current health care system for screening and early intervention during routine prenatal care or during episodic care in a hospital setting. This article describes the effects of IPV on maternal […]

Should You Get a Covid Booster if You Are Pregnant? – Experts strongly agree that the shots benefit the mother as well as the fetus.

Experts strongly agree that the shots benefit the mother as well as the fetus. The pandemic has transformed pregnancy, an already stressful life event, into a unique minefield. Pregnant people faced early bans on hospital visitors during labor, exclusion from the original vaccination studies and disproportionate devastation from the Delta variant, which in August cost 22 […]

COVID-19 and pregnancy: Women regret not getting the vaccine

Since the pandemic began, health officials have reported more than 125,000 cases and at least 161 deaths of pregnant women from COVID-19 in the U.S., according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And over the past several months, hospitals and doctors in virus hot spots have reported a sharp increase in the […]

Op-Ed: My postpartum depression was not hard to predict — yet no one warned me

My postpartum depression was not hard to predict.I had eight risk factors — advanced maternal age, use of fertility treatments, pregnancy complications, traumatic birth, history of anxiety and depression, lack of sleep, insufficient support, difficulty breastfeeding. My symptoms checked off a lot of boxes. I wish someone had warned me. Even though there have been some recent improvements, particularly […]

COVID-19 Vaccination for Pregnant People to Prevent Serious Illness, Deaths, and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes from COVID-19

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends urgent action to increase Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination among people who are pregnant, recently pregnant (including those who are lactating), who are trying to become pregnant now, or who might become pregnant in the future. CDC strongly recommends COVID-19 vaccination either before or during pregnancy […]