Pregnancy Archives

11.29.2021 pregnant woman and healthcare worker

The Importance of Just Asking

Two key understandings emerged from a recent study – the importance of simply asking a pregnant or postpartum person if they’re feeling depressed and the persistence of racial disparities.

Guest Authors Gene Declercq, Candice Belanoff, Emily Feinberg

10.26.2021 pfas data

One City’s Happy Ending

A team studied birth outcomes in Oakdale, Minnesota, before and after a 2006 water filtration facility was built to manage drinking water contaminated with high PFAS levels.

Fellow Sara Mar

10.08.2021 hands on pregnant belly

Weight Stigma and Interventions to Limit Maternal Weight Gain

The scientific conversation about weight-gain during pregnancy raises important social and racial justice concerns.

Guest Author Kathryn Hicks

09.29.2021 chart showing people experiencing homelessness also experienced worse childbirth outcomes and higher cost

Home is Where the Health is

Pregnant women experiencing homelessness were more likely to have some adverse childbirth delivery outcomes than those with secure housing.

Fellow Maya Thirkill

07.16.2021 baby wrapped in towel

Call the Midwife

Birth centers had better outcomes compared to those who did not use birth centers, and can decrease racial and rural maternal health disparities.

Fellow Devin O'Donnell

06.07.2021 chart

Reproductive Recession

Structural changes in the labor market may have a greater influence on childbearing than employment rates and income.

Fellow Rubina Veerakone

05.19.2021 unintended pregnancy

Unintended Pregnancies and Disability

Women of all disability types in the study sample had higher rates of unintended pregnancies than those without disabilities.

Fellow Devin O'Donnell

04.12.2021 a collage of a group of people

Judy Norsigian, Wendy Chavkin, Charlie Ruth Castro, and Nashira Baril

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of "Our Bodies, Ourselves," Judy Norsigian, Dr. Wendy Chavkin, Nashira Baril, and Charlie Ruth Castro discuss the past and progress of reproductive justice.

Fellow Maya Thirkill

03.31.2021 a pregnant woman holding her belly

Listening to Mothers

Implicit bias toward patients, whether based on socioeconomic status, race, or ethnicity, often leads medical professionals to overlook some patients’ ability to make informed healthcare decisions about their pregnancies.

Fellow Edward Alexander

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