There is a lack of information on medications for pregnant women because many clinical trials specifically exclude pregnant women.
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A new wave of research is looking at how drugs we’re already familiar with can be used in prenancy to improve outcomes for unborn babies.
Umbilical cord clamps.
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Umbilical cord blood is not a waste product.
Pregnant women may often feel uncomfortable about confronting male smoking indoors.
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A new study warns that while active smoking is rare among pregnant women in developing countries, their exposure to secondhand smoke is a major public health crisis.
An exam room at the Planned Parenthood South Austin Health Center in Texas.
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One in 4 US women receives an abortion sometime in her life. Who are the women who choose to end their pregnancies?
A protest outside Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre in 2015.
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New data shows 73 pregnant women were detained for immigration reasons between July 2016 and November 2017.
Our cultural discomfort with discussing any sort of loss means women are often met with a wall of silence.
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Cliched comments like “it wasn’t meant to be” or “don’t worry, you’ll get pregnant” are hurtful and dismissive. Instead, acknowledge their loss, listen and let them grieve.
Protesters awaiting the Supreme Court decision.
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The Supreme Court struck down a California law requiring faith-based crisis pregnancy centers to post signs with information about family planning services.
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The number of UK babies being born to surrogate mothers has risen by 255% in the past six years.
Fathers want to be more involved but often feel sidelined, studies suggest.
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Fathers are important for children starting from the very beginning of life, but few early parenting resources are available for men. Two scholars who studied this explain their findings.
There is no live virus in a flu vaccine. So you can’t catch the flu.
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Pregnant women should get the flu shot to protect themselves, and their child for the first 6 months of life.
One in 7 women suffer depression around pregnancy.
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Depression can have a profound impact on mothers and their children. But women often have no idea that they have depression – nor do their medical providers.
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First study to look at binge eating during pregnancy and the long-term outcome for mother and child.
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New study in mice shows that omega-3 in mother protects babies’ gut health for life.
In 2017, the US dropped to 1.76 children per woman.
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The number of births in the US is down 2 percent. That pops the country’s ‘fertility bubble’ – and brings numbers closer in line with peer countries.
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We recorded the first scientific evidence that having a baby affects women’s voices.
To drink or not?
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Is telling pregnant women to simply abstain really the best advice?
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The FDA recently issued a draft guidance for testing drugs in pregnant women. Here’s why it’s a good thing.
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Folic acid in pregnancy – and the gene which explains why the benefits may differ.
Malaria in pregnancy poses substantial risks to mothers and their babies.
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Discoveries as a result of ongoing research on malaria in pregnant women in Papua are helping to develop better treatments to fight the disease.
Women having a subsequent baby are more likely to disclose domestic violence than first time mothers.
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Domestic violence in pregnancy not only causes distress and trauma for the mother, it also poses serious risks for the baby’s health and development.