Maternal Health News

Maternity leave duration has a strong positive association with breastfeeding duration for new mothers with disparities observed among different racial/ethnic groups, according to findings published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

In this video exclusive, Caroline T. Nguyen, MD, talks with Kenneth K. Chen, MD, FACP, about preconception and pregnancy considerations for women with obesity.

Among pregnant women with critical illnesses, in-hospital mortality rates fluctuated by year and geographic location, according to a research letter published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Anorexia nervosa during pregnancy was associated with several adverse neonatal outcomes, such as preterm and small for gestational age birth, compared with women without eating disorders, researchers reported.

Living in states with abortion trigger laws was associated with small but significantly greater increases in anxiety and depression symptoms after Dobbs compared with states without such laws, according to survey data published in JAMA.

The rate of teen pregnancies in the Canadian province of Ontario fell during the COVID-19 pandemic, as did visits for contraceptive and sexually transmitted infection management, researchers found.

Cardio-obstetrics care is often out of reach for women living in underserved rural areas, but there are steps cardiologists and OB/GYNs can take to ensure pregnant people have healthy deliveries despite geographic disparities.

CVD remains the leading cause of pregnancy-related death in the United States, yet across the country access to cardio-obstetrics care ranges from uneven to unavailable, depending entirely on where a woman lives.

A substantial number of women experience CV complications during and after pregnancy. Many do not seek routine care and some die of pregnancy-related CVD.

Infants exposed in utero to buprenorphine had lower risk for malformations associated with opioid exposure compared with methadone-exposed infants, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.