Financial Stress Burdens More Than Half of New U.S. Moms: Study
Latest Pregnancy News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Nov. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) The joys of motherhood may be overshadowed in the United States since as many as 50% of new or expectant moms can’t pay their bills, including health care bills, new research suggests. “Financial hardship is highly prevalent among pregnant […]
COVID Hospitalizations Are Rising Among Unvaccinated Pregnant Women
Latest Pregnancy News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) Since the rise of the Delta variant, one Texas hospital has seen a surge in severe COVID-19 among pregnant women — nearly all unvaccinated. Researchers at the Dallas hospital found that in late August and early September, 10% to […]
Air Pollution Linked to 6 Million Premature Births in 1 Year
Latest Pregnancy News TUESDAY, Sept. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) Air pollution impacts the youngest humans, with new research linking dirty air to almost 6 million premature births and almost 3 million underweight babies worldwide in 2019. More than 90% of the world’s population lives with polluted outdoor air, a new study points out. […]
Diabetes Drug Might Help Women With Preeclampsia Prolong Their Pregnancy
Latest Pregnancy News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) Metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes drug, may help stave off preterm birth among women who develop pregnancy-related high blood pressure. Preeclampsia is marked by a sudden spike in blood pressure, protein in urine, or other problems during pregnancy. Preterm […]
Pandemic Has Many Women Holding Back on Motherhood, NYC Study Finds
Latest Pregnancy News THURSDAY, Sept. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) The COVID-19 pandemic has many women thinking twice about having more kids. In a survey of close to 1,200 New York City women with young children, one-third of respondents who had been thinking about having another baby before the pandemic but hadn’t started trying […]
Mom’s Obesity During Pregnancy Linked to Colon Cancer in Offspring
Overweight and obesity in mothers during pregnancy increased the risk for colorectal cancer (CRC) in their children later on in life, according to a population-based study. Compared with underweight/healthy weight during pregnancy, both obesity and overweight were associated with increased risk of CRC in offspring (adjusted HR 2.51, 95% CI 1.05-6.02 and adjusted HR 2.12, […]
Dangerous Diabetes Tied to Pregnancy Is on the Rise
Latest Pregnancy News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Aug. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) Growing numbers of pregnant women are developing gestational diabetes, putting them and their babies at risk for complications later on. Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that develops during pregnancy in women who weren’t already diabetic. Between 2011 […]
COVID Vaccine in Pregnancy Means Healthier Births, Babies: Studies
Latest Pregnancy News By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) Since COVID-19 and three vaccines to help prevent it arrived in the United States, questions have swirled about their impact on pregnant women, new moms and infants. How would the virus affect them and their health risks? Should women […]
COVID Vaccine Safe, Recommended for Pregnant Women, CDC Says
Latest Pregnancy News WEDNESDAY, Aug. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) Pregnant women should not hesitate to get coronavirus vaccines, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in updated guidance issued Wednesday. The latest recommendation comes after new data collected by the agency showed no raised risk for miscarriage in mothers-to-be who get […]
Leading U.S. Ob-Gyn Groups Urge COVID Vaccines for All Pregnant Women
Latest Pregnancy News MONDAY, Aug. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) All pregnant women should be vaccinated “without delay” against COVID-19, two leading groups of U.S. obstetric specialists recommend. That advice — from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) — is based on tens of thousands […]