#pregnancy — Public Fediverse posts

‘My ability to cope was unravelling’: how I navigated ADHD and childbirth – and seven things I learned
By Sarah Marsh

Neurodivergence can make an already challenging process far trickier — and in the UK support isn’t automatically available. A new book aims to help mothers prepare

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/22/my-ability-to-cope-was-unravelling-how-i-navigated-adhd-and-childbirth-and-seven-things-i-learned

#Attentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder #Books #Society #Healthwellbeing #Pregnancy #Children #TheGuardian #SarahMarsh

Belly2Birth Podcast
Join childbirth educator and Hypnobirthing practitioner Shari Lyon for evidence-based conversations that empower you through conception, pregnancy, birth, postpartum and pregnancy loss...

Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/belly2birth/

#AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Education #Parenting #Pregnancy

John Oliver on fetal personhood: ‘It effectively treats women as incubators’
By Guardian staff

The host discussed problems with giving fetuses equivalent rights to humans after the overturning of Roe v Wade

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/aug/17/john-oliver-abortion-fetal-personhood

#JohnOliver #TVcomedy #Comedy #Culture #Television #Televisionradio #Pregnancy #Healthwellbeing #Abortion #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff

John Oliver on fetal personhood: ‘It effectively treats women as incubators’ https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/aug/17/john-oliver-abortion-fetal-personhood #JohnOliver #TvComedy #Comedy #Culture #Television #TelevisionRadio #Pregnancy #HealthWellbeing #Abortion

Nothing less than radical whole-system change is required to fix the NHS's maternity services | Julia Sanders
By Julia Sanders

It’s vital that Yvette Cooper’s taskforce acts on the Amos and Ockenden reports – and puts the needs of women and families at the heart of maternity services

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/17/nhs-maternity-care-crisis-reports-yvette-cooper-women

#Childbirth #NHS #Pregnancy #Health #Women #Society #YvetteCooper #Maternalmortality #Lifeandstyle #Healthwellbeing #Politics #TheGuardian #JuliaSanders

How surrogacy helped my sister and friends | Letters
By Guardian Staff

Hazel Davis responds to a letter about the regulation and ethics of surrogacy

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/aug/16/how-surrogacy-helped-my-sister-and-friends

#Surrogacy #Pregnancy #Children #Familyfilms #Friendship #Parentsandparenting #Health #Society #Family #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

Women should not have to travel for hours to give birth | Letters
By Guardian Staff

Readers reflect on how hospital closures are putting pregnant women’s lives at risk

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/aug/16/women-should-not-have-to-travel-for-hours-to-give-birth

#Pregnancy #Hospitals #Health #Healthwellbeing #Family #NHS #Women #Society #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

Had a #pregnancy session in the Alps these days.

#photography #alps

AOC Freezing Her Eggs

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://theonion.com/aoc-freezing-her-eggs/

AOC’s public egg-freezing shouldn’t feel radical. But in today’s US, it does https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/13/aoc-egg-freezing-announcement #AlexandriaOcasiocortez #Women #Pregnancy #Gender #Feminism #Society #UsNews #WorldNews #TrumpAdministration #ReproductiveRights #UsPolitics #UsCongress #Democrats

🚬 EXPERT REACTION: Vanilla flavouring in vapes may be linked to difficulty conceiving and miscarriages - lab study suggests

🗨️Read the expert commentary here:
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/vanilla-flavouring-in-vapes-may-be-linked-to-difficulty-conceiving-and-miscarriages

#science #vaping #Pregnancy #Miscarriage

More evidence that #COVID19 mRNA #vaccines are safe during #pregnancy: "Our descriptive analysis indicated pregnancy loss among those vaccinated in first trimester (8.9%) appears to be lower than expected and lower than the rates observed before the COVID-19 pandemic."

https://www.jogc.com/article/S1701-2163(26)00273-2/fulltext

I thought having a second baby would be easier – but, from food to teeth to poos, I’ve forgotten so much | Bim Adewunmi
By Bim Adewunmi

My mum has been a huge help with the practical stuff. She’s also stirred up memories of my own blissfully bored childhood

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/11/second-baby-parenting-food-teething-poos

#Pregnancy #Family #Children #Lifeandstyle #Parentsandparenting #Society #Childbirth #Breastfeeding #TheGuardian #BimAdewunmi

Facemasks compulsory at health centres at popular UK Spain tourist hotspot after measles outbreak

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/facemasks-compulsory-health-centres-popular-37536607

@ScienceScholar

Another question - would beet root juice consumption help with morning sickness / hyperemesis gravidarum [HG], since
HG is associated with increased serum asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), which is a uremic toxin?

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00404-011-1982-y

#pregnancy #MorningSickness #HyperemesisGravidarum

What If We Were Taught..
A podcast developed to bring a collective amount of resources, wisdom and knowledge to couples surrounding pregnancy, birth, the postpartum and parenting...

Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/what-if-we-were-taught/

#AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Education #Parenting #Pregnancy #Families

Wissensstammtisch zum Thema "Schwangerschaft und Spitzensport: Zwischen Höchstleistung und Familienplanung" mit Prof. Dr. Kirsten Legerlotz, Jana Nolte, Prof. Dr. med. Petra Platen, Dr. med. Susanne Weber und Prof. Dr. Birgit Schulte-Frei.

Ein digitaler Wissensstammtisch der Servicestelle Wissensmanagement in Zusammenarbeit mit dem BISp.

Inhalt:
Die BISp-Expertise "Schwangerschaft und Spitzensport" bündelt den aktuellen wissenschaftlichen Kenntnisstand sowie Erfahrungswissen von Athletinnen und Expertinnen und Experten zu Kinderwunsch, Schwangerschaft, Geburt und Rückkehr in den Leistungssport. Im Rahmen der Veranstaltung werden zentrale Erkenntnisse zu Training während der Schwangerschaft sowie praxisnahe Transferprodukte wie Factsheets, Checklisten, ein Manual und die Athletin-D-Webseite vorgestellt. Ergänzend werden Aspekte wie Sicherheit und Wohlbefinden während der Schwangerschaft sowie die Bedeutung des Beckenbodens aufgegriffen und diskutiert.

Die Teilnahme an der Veranstaltung ist kostenlos.

Am 03. September 2026 von 17:00 - 19:00 Uhr via Zoom.

Zoom-Link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82530363548?pwd=mavU0PNyHdXApOlz5iL2LbtUrqciz3.1

Weitere Infos:
https://www.bisp.de/SharedDocs/Kurzmeldungen/DE/Nachrichten/2026/Expertise_Schwangerschaft_Spitzensport.html

Veranstaltungsseite:
https://www.wvl-wm.de/termine/151-wissensstammtisch-schwangerschaft-und-spitzensport---zwischen-h%C3%B6chstleistung-und-familienplanung

#sciencenews #wissenschaft #Wisskomm #returntosport #pregnancy #athlete

The culture surrounding ‘ideal’ childbirth has to evolve | Letters
By Guardian Staff

Molly O’Brien responds to an article by Natalie Morris about her five-day labour, while an NHS doctor shares her personal experience of feeling ‘othered’

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/aug/09/the-culture-surrounding-ideal-childbirth-has-to-evolve

#Childbirth #Pregnancy #Women #Health #NHS #Midwifery #Doctors #Parentsandparenting #Society #Family #Healthwellbeing #YvetteCooper #Labour #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

#Pregnancy: Small sample, but no significant differences were observed between #vegan & omnivore groups for newborn outcomes, birth characteristics or maternal #health parameters, showing no clear adverse effects of a supplemented vegan diet: doi.org/10.1177/0260...

Maternal and newborn health in...