The maternal mortality crisis continues to disproportionately affect Black women. According to new research released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for women over the age of 30, Black women are four to five times more likely to die in pregnancy and childbirth. Entrepreneur Kimberly Seals Allers is aiming to reverse this alarming… Read More
Category: Mom
For those who help bring new life into the world, stress is high and money low but they “do it for the love of it” – however, the reality for community-based midwives is that the love is beginning to wear thin. For Bridget Kerkin, words fail when it comes to describing the responsibility and emotional weight of being a midwife, a role… Read More
New figures have revealed that eighty per cent of mothers in Edinburgh now start their babies’ lives by breastfeeding them. The number of new mums in the city choosing to breastfeed has been steadily rising for the last six years and the latest statistics show that eight out of ten newborns in the Lothians are… Read More
BATH – To adapt to Maine’s changing laws that protect working families, Bath Iron Works is installing two mobile pods designed to give nursing mothers a private, sanitary place to pump breast milk at work. To be in compliance with Maine state law, an employer must provide a clean, private space, other than a bathroom,… Read More
This article is part of State of Health, a series examining integrated care and its potential to improve Michiganders’ health. It is made possible with funding from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund. In times past, pregnant women and new mothers received abundant support from family and community, but today that tradition has faded. Western… Read More
Babies' gut bacteria affected by delivery method, study shows – University of Birmingham
Babies born vaginally have different gut bacteria – their microbiome – than those delivered by Caesarean, research has shown. Scientists from the University of Birmingham, Wellcome Sanger Institute, UCL, and their collaborators discovered that whereas vaginally born babies got most of their gut bacteria from their mother, babies born via caesarean did not, and instead… Read More
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 News) – Utah ranks last in the country when it comes to mental health, according to a new report released last month by the Kem C. Garden Policy Institute at the University of Utah. “The lifestyle and economic pressures here contribute to the epidemic. We have two-income families where the mom’s… Read More
Image copyright Getty Images Particles of black carbon – or soot – can cross the placenta, a study has found. The Nature Communications research is the first direct evidence the particles can get into the part of the placenta that feeds the developing fetus. It could be the first step to explaining why high pollution… Read More
This article is part of State of Health, a series examining integrated care and its potential to improve Michiganders’ health. It is made possible with funding from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund. Friends and family never would have suspected that Mel Trombley was suffering from a postpartum mood disorder. Upbeat, laid-back, and successful,… Read More
Harmony Hobbs was, for a long time, a figure within “mommy wine culture” — a culture that encourages drinking alcohol to take the edge off of parenting and which has been reinforced by internet memes and products with mantras like “mommy fuel” or “I wine because my kids whine.” But in 2017, Hobbs, a mom… Read More