Dr. Alison Stuebe says that problems with breastfeeding and PPD "are more likely to get better if mothers get support in the first few weeks after birth" New moms may want to think about scheduling ...

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 ...

More than half of new mothers in the U.S. are missing critical postpartum checkups, new data shows. Why it matters: Postpartum visits save lives. The risk to maternal health doesn't end after an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Primary care visit completion occurred in 40% of intervention participants vs. 22% of control group participants ...

Continuing regular check-ups for some mothers into the “fourth-trimester” — the three month after giving birth —may help reduce cardiovascular-related deaths, a top indirect cause of maternal deaths, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Postpartum women referred from obstetrics to primary care via a pilot program were more likely to attend a PCP ...

Last year, after Sarah Darby gave birth to her daughter, Eleanor, she was ready to be discharged and go home. There was only one issue — her blood pressure was starting to creep up. It wasn’t so high ...

With the omicron variant forcing hospitals to make difficult decisions once again about what care to provide, Covid-19 must not again defer postpartum care. Postpartum follow-up care is essential ...

An Australian mother has slammed a doctor over his behavior at her six-week postpartum appointment. Shelley Gray, a Queensland mom of two and pediatric nutritionist, says her expectations were ...

Jessica Porten, 27, is the mother of a 4-month-old daughter. — -- A California mother’s claim that she was escorted to a hospital by police after speaking to a nurse practitioner about postpartum ...

New moms may want to think about scheduling their post-delivery checkups a bit earlier than they have in the past. In a recently resurfaced set of guidelines published in May 2018, the American ...