Researchers at Ohio University are trying to improve access to mental health care for rural moms experiencing postpartum depression. It affects an estimated 13 to 20% of new moms, but only about half ...

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new initiative aimed at improving postpartum care ...

"The findings of this randomized clinical trial suggest that the current lack of support for postpartum transitions to primary care is a missed opportunity to improve recently pregnant individual’s ...

After childbirth, care shifts to the baby, leaving mothers vulnerable. Postpartum emotional trauma often goes unnoticed, affecting mental health, healing, and families.

Becoming a mother was, for Hannah Sprouse, “the worst and best experience of my life.” The birth of her daughter, Sadie, in ...

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Pregnant women who aren’t White are more likely to experience symptoms of postpartum depression and less likely to receive mental healthcare for those symptoms, say the results of several single-state ...

Most pregnant people are in regular touch with their maternity care providers over the course of nine months, with ever-more-frequent visits, tests, and scans as their due date nears. For many ...

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Becoming a mother is supposed to be the most natural and joyful experience in the world, at least that’s what every culture seems to tell new mothers. But what happens when your reality doesn’t match ...

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