Tag: Pregnancy
Online Peer-Delivered Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Aids Postpartum Depression
Other benefits seen for improved maternal social support, infant-focused anxiety, and negative emotionality in infants
Heat Exposure During Pregnancy Linked to Severe Maternal Morbidity
Greater associations seen for mothers with lower educational attainment, those whose pregnancies started in cold season
Hypertension, Anemia Contribute to Racial Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity
Population attributable risk percentage for antepartum anemia and SMM highest for multiracial, Black, Hispanic patients
Prenatal Lifestyle Interventions Improve Child Neurodevelopmental Outcomes
Structured interventions based on Mediterranean diet or mindfulness-based stress reduction are beneficial
Less Than Half of Women Report Pregnancy-Related Lumbopelvic Pain to Providers
Providers should ask about pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain and treat if interfering with activities of daily living
One in Five Women Report Mistreatment During Maternity Care
Those with public or no insurance report mistreatment
ACOG Guideline Addresses Hepatitis in Pregnancy
Guidelines developed for hepatitis B, C virus screening in pregnancy, management of infection, vaccination
COVID-19 Recession Resulted in ‘Baby Bump’
Relative to prepandemic trend, births to U.S. mothers decreased by 31,000 in 2020 but increased by 71,000 in 2021
FDA Approves RSV Vaccine for Pregnant Women to Help Protect Newborns
Abrysvo indicated to be given between 32 and 36 weeks of pregnancy to prevent lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV in infants from birth through 6 months
Better Responses Seen With Booster mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Pregnancy
Robust immune responses found after booster dose; efficient transplacental antibody transfer was seen
