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Sexual challenges during pregnancy and postpartum are common, but couples often don’t know what to expect when it comes to their sex lives during this time. The good news is that information helps.
Many of the preventable pregnancy-related deaths documented by the CDC are directly attributable to failures and barriers in the maternal care system.
Most research on the impact of unplanned pregnancies focuses on mothers. So we turned to Reddit to find out what dads really thought.
Women can be reluctant to report worrying symptoms and when they do, these symptoms can be dismissed, our research shows.
Early life influences have been linked to higher risk of suicide later in life. Reducing those risks, and boosting resilience in children exposed to them, may help reduce suicide rates.
Legalization and social acceptability of marijuana have contributed to a false perception that it’s safe to use in pregnancy. The truth is, there is no known safe level of prenatal marijuana exposure.
COVID-19 has added a new layer of stress to people’s lives, increasing the chances of women developing symptoms of perinatal depression.
There is no evidence that the coronavirus is transmitted through breast milk, and breastfeeding is encouraged during COVID-19. However, the support available to new mothers has changed dramatically.
Women born in South Asian countries like India or Pakistan are more likely to have a stillbirth than women born in Australia or New Zealand.
Top contributors
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Perinatal Epidemiologist and NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow, Hudson Institute
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Senior lecturer, Western Sydney University
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Chair professor, Hudson Institute
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Senior Research Fellow, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Education, University of Calgary
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Assistant Professor, McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University
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Associate Professor of Radiology, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University
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PhD Candidate, Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary
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NHMRC Research Fellow (Public Health), Flinders University
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Outstanding Future Researcher, Menzies School of Health Research
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Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Calgary
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Assistant Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Canada Research Chair in Youth Suicide Prevention, McGill University
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Casual academic, provisional psychologist and Doctor of Psychology (Clinical) candidate, Deakin University
