Postpartum
Overdose mortality rates spike in pregnant, postpartum people
The prevalence of drug overdose mortality substantially increased among pregnant and postpartum persons from 2017 to 2020, highlighting the need for more prevention, treatment and harm reduction efforts, researchers reported in JAMA.
Top in cardiology: Preeclampsia and CVD risk in offspring; de novo postpartum hypertension
Offspring of mothers with preeclampsia had an increased risk for ischemic heart disease and stroke compared with those not exposed to maternal preeclampsia, according to a recent study.
Limited postpartum follow-up may miss hypertension after delivery
Data from a large safety-net hospital show de novo postpartum hypertension occurs in one of 10 patients in the year after delivery, with nearly half from the delivery hospitalization, researchers reported.
Instagram images tagged #postpartumbody fail to capture realities of postpartum life
Images posted to Instagram with the hashtag #postpartumbody tend to idealize the aftermath of childbirth on a woman’s body, according to a study published in Healthcare.
COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates racial, ethnic disparities in postpartum care
After the overarching loss of postpartum care with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Black and Hispanic women had slower recovery of care access compared with white women, according to a retrospective cohort study.
Trends in postpartum contraceptive methods shift in US
Between 2016 and 2018, the rate of immediately postpartum long-term contraceptive placement increased while the rate of tubal ligations decreased, according to a retrospective, nationally representative cohort study.
Postpartum psychiatric emergency care visits followed up less than half the time
Fewer than half of emergency care visits for psychiatric reasons in postpartum women were accompanied by follow-up within 30 days, according to a study published in Lancet Psychiatry.
Rate of postpartum insurance loss decreases during COVID-19 pandemic
Compared with the pre-pandemic rate, the rate of postpartum insurance loss was significantly lower during the COVID-19 pandemic, largely due to increases in consistent Medicaid coverage, according to data in JAMA Health Forum.
Text message intervention with gamification boosts postpartum physical activity
Postpartum women who participated in a text message intervention that included gamification walked an average of 647 more steps per day compared with similar women who received daily text message feedback without gamification, data show.
Pandemic, racism linked to postpartum anxiety, depression in Black mothers
The COVID-19 pandemic, in combination with systemic racism in the U.S., is associated with elevated levels of postpartum anxiety and depression among Black mothers, researchers reported in JAMA Psychiatry.