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Shocking results from a new study on the mistreatment of mothers by medical staff
/0 Comments/in Pregnancy /by Paula UrbanIn September of 2017, famed tennis star Serena Williams experienced shortness of breath during her recovery from the C-section delivery of her daughter, Alexa (1). Because she had a history of blood clots, she assumed it was a pulmonary embolism, and chased down a nurse to ask for a CT scan and IV heparin. The…
Postpartum Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
/0 Comments/in Pregnancy /by Paula UrbanMaternal-fetal medicine specialist, Shivani Patel, wrote an op-ed piece for STAT in May that detailed her experience with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during pregnancy (1). Eight years ago, Patel learned she had preeclampsia during her pregnancy. Preeclampsia is not an uncommon pregnancy condition, affecting roughly 5-8% of pregnant women (2). It involves high blood pressure,…
Episiotomies: Uses, Guidelines, and Recent Findings
/0 Comments/in Pregnancy /by Paula UrbanA recent story in HuffPost entitled “Why Are We Still Cutting Women’s Vaginas During Birth?” tells the story of a woman named Rachel who experienced an episiotomy during childbirth (1). An episiotomy is an incision made to the perineum, the area between the vaginal opening and the anus, to aid in delivery (2). Rachel heard…
Clinical Trial of Cannabidiol (CBD) in Newborns with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
/0 Comments/in Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) /by rstokesHypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a type of brain damage caused by a disruption in the flow of oxygenated blood to the brain. One of the main populations that it affects is newborns who have experienced birth asphyxia (oxygen deprivation during or near the time of birth) (1). Currently, the most effective treatment for HIE is…
Recent study links migraines during pregnancy to maternal and fetal complications
/0 Comments/in Pregnancy /by Paula UrbanIn May of 2019, the Department of Clinical Epidemiology at Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark completed a register-based study on the effects of migraine headaches in pregnant women and their babies (1, 2). The researchers used Danish health registry data (collected between 2005 and 2012) to find 22,841 pregnant women who had…