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Postpartum hemorrhage, heavy bleeding after birth, is one of the leading causes of maternal death in the US, …
Finding the right doula starts with knowing where to look and what to verify. This guide walks you …
In many states, yes: Medicaid now covers doula care, and for eligible patients the out-of-pocket cost is zero. …
You are hiring an advocate. A doula is the person in the room who speaks up when the …
A doula is a trained, non-clinical support person who stays with you through pregnancy, labor, and the weeks …
CDC's 2024 provisional surveillance counts 3,941 reported cases of congenital syphilis in the United States, a national rate …
A 2017 Cochrane systematic review pooled 27 randomized trials of continuous labor support covering 15,858 women across high-income, …
On the April 27, 2026 Pod Meets World podcast, Tatyana Ali described her 2016 first-birth as obstetric violence. …
The most-cited race-concordance study in obstetrics is also the most-contested in the peer-reviewed record. The strongest evidence on …
CDC's 2023 brief put Black women at 50.3 deaths per 100,000 live births and white women at 14.5. …
The latest CDC data show Black women died from pregnancy-related causes in 2023 at 3.5 times the rate …
In 2022, Black women in the United States died from pregnancy-related causes at 49.5 per 100,000 live births, …
Preeclampsia is a leading driver of the Black maternal mortality gap. Black women develop it about 60% more …
About one in four women has urinary leakage in the first year after giving birth, and the best-designed …
The most dangerous part of having a baby is often not labor or delivery. It is the days …
Gestational diabetes is high blood sugar that starts in pregnancy. It usually causes no symptoms, so the glucose …
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is heart failure that starts in late pregnancy or the months after delivery. Black women develop …
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