Being pregnant and giving birth during the pandemic meant disruptions in pregnancy care and birth experiences, as well as detrimental effects on mental health and birth outcomes.
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Physical activity and new motherhood can be hard to navigate, but physiological feedback and self-compassion can help inform decisions about when and how to exercise.
Many of the preventable pregnancy-related deaths documented by the CDC are directly attributable to failures and barriers in the maternal care system.
Neuroscientists know that pregnant mothers’ brains change in ways that appear to help with caring for a baby. Now researchers have identified changes in new fathers’ brains, too.
Maternal mental health conditions are a reflection of harmful social and economic factors that plague women in general.
Mothers with young children are consistently identified as having lower levels of physical activity and leisure opportunities, which place their physical and mental health at risk.
When asked about postpartum exercise, women were curious about strategies and recommendations for physical activity after the birth of a child, including finding the time, energy and motivation.
Postpartum psychosis affects one to two mothers in every 1,000 births but specialist help in the UK is seriously lacking.
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Assistant professor in kinesiology, University of The Fraser Valley
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Assistant Professor of Recreation & Leisure Studies, Brock University
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Director of the Perinatal Mental Health Project; Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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MRC Clinical Research Training Fellow and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University
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Professor, Political Science, Concordia University
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Associate Professor of Applied Human Sciences, Concordia University
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, Brock University's Chancellor's Chair for Research Excellence, Brock University
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Assistant Professor, Tier II Canada Research Chair in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Assistant Professor, Kinesiology, University of The Fraser Valley
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Gender & Sexual Violence Education Coordinator, Brock University
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Research Assistant, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University
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Maternal, newborn and child health consultant, JHPIEGO
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Clinical Training DIrector and Assistant Professor of Couple and Family Therapy, Adler University
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Doctoral Student of Neuroimaging, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón IiSGM
