Top in women’s health: PTSD after cesarean delivery; fezolinetant for menopause symptoms

About one in 11 women with cesarean deliveries at 34 weeks’ gestation or longer developed PTSD symptoms 2 months later, according to study results published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Risk factors for PTSD included age, BMI, pain, bad memories and location of birth, researchers reported. Women who had immediate skin-to-skin contact with their child had a lower PTSD risk.

“Although cesarean delivery alone may constitute a traumatic event, its experience may be influenced by maternal sociodemographic, medical, psychiatric and pregnancy-related characteristics as well as the content of the cesarean section,” Alizée Froeliger, MD, MPH, from the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Bordeaux University Hospital and Université Paris Cité Women’s Health IHM Perinatal Obstetrical and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team at the Center for Research on Epidemiology and Statistics in Paris, and colleagues wrote.

It was the top story in women’s health last week.

Another top story was about a recent study that found women who received fezolinetant (Veozah, Astellas) experienced improvements in menopause-related symptoms and quality of life.

Read these and more top stories in women’s health below:

Nearly 10% of women with cesarean delivery experience PTSD at 2 months postpartum

At 2 months postpartum, about one in 11 women with cesarean deliveries at 34 weeks’ gestation or longer developed PTSD symptoms, data show. Read more.

Fezolinetant users report improved menopause-related symptoms, quality of life

Fezolinetant was associated with significant improvements in patient-reported vasomotor symptom frequency and menopause-specific quality of life, according to an analysis published in Menopause. Read more.

Survey: OB/GYN residents, early-career faculty face parental leave challenges

Obstetrics and gynecology residents, fellows and early-career faculty report experiencing significant challenges when it comes to childbearing and parental leave, according to survey results published in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. Read more.

Shorter, longer interpregnancy intervals tied to spontaneous abortion risk

After a healthy live birth, interpregnancy intervals shorter than 18 months or 36 months or longer were associated with an increased risk for subsequent spontaneous abortion, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Network Open. Read more.

Postpartum sexual life satisfaction not affected by mode of delivery

Mode of delivery did not affect self-perceived sexual life satisfaction overall or at any time postpartum, according to cohort study results published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Read more.