Maternal Health News

Maternal depressive symptom trajectories remained stable throughout pregnancy and up to 2 years after childbirth, which suggests focusing not only on postpartum depression but depression throughout pregnancy, researchers reported.

DENVER — For women with polycystic ovary syndrome, therapeutic lifestyle modifications help to regulate menstruation, improve glucose metabolism and increase fertility, according to a speaker at the Lifestyle Medicine Conference.

Fewer than half of hospitals participating in a maternity care quality collaborative reported systematic screening for social determinants of health in pregnancy, researchers reported in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The timing of corticosteroid exposure during pregnancy was not associated with any delays in neurodevelopmental milestones during the first 3 years of life, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Most institutions at leading U.S. medical centers had lactation-support policies in place, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.

At 2 years, women who had received relugolix combination therapy for 52 weeks and then withdrew therapy continued to have less menstrual blood loss and pain caused by uterine fibroids, researchers reported.

Undergoing second-stage cesarian deliveries where mothers are at full cervix dilation, may increase the risk for subsequent spontaneous preterm birth vs. vaginal delivery, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.

NEW ORLEANS — Live birth rate was higher and preterm delivery risk lower with gestational carriers, or surrogates, compared with assisted reproduction cycles not using a gestational carrier, according to study findings.

The majority of health systems’ websites were missing information about abortion care, a recent study in the Annals of Internal Medicine found.

NEW ORLEANS — In this video exclusive, Anuja Dokras, MD, PhD, highlights 2023 updates to the International Evidence-based Guideline for the Assessment and Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.