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 ...

Six weeks after birth marks a major milestone for most moms. Not only is it when your baby might beam up at you with her very first gummy smile (this one’s not just gas!), but it’s when you will have ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. has a maternal mortality rate more than three times that of most other high-income countries. In the United States, most births occur in hospitals and are followed by a two-night stay under ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...