#prenatalcare — Public Fediverse posts

Scientist at Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research stress the need for prenatal care access to safeguard maternal and infant health during wildfires. Wildfire-related birth outcome impacts may be underestimated: mothers were more likely to have premature births & the children had lower birth weights. 😢

https://www.mpg.de/26848028/premature-births-and-low-birth-weight-risks-posed-by-wildfires

#wildfires #climatechange #prenatalcare #health @MPIDR

Access to mental health services and prenatal care are among the top barriers facing Fort Bend County residents, according to a recent study.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/08/11/528426/access-to-mental-health-services-prenatal-care-among-top-barriers-in-fort-bend-county-survey-says/

#FortBend #HealthScience #Healthcare #Local #News #FortBendCounty #FortBendCountyHealthAndHumanServices #MentalHealth #PrenatalCare #RiceUniversitySKinderInstituteForUrbanResearch #UTHealthHouston

#Tennessee's 2025 #Medical #Ethics Defense Act allows #physicians to deny care to #patients whose lifestyles they disagree with.

How's that working out? 😒

"Last Thursday, a 35-year-old woman shared her story: she was denied #PrenatalCare by her physician because they objected to the fact that she wasn’t married, nor did she plan to be. She’d been with her partner for 15 years and they have a 13-year-old child."

#Pregnant #Mother Denied Care for Being #Unmarried
https://nashvillebanner.com/2025/07/20/doctor-denies-pregnant-woman-care/

#IAmDB

Breaking news!
Beginning January 1, 2025, #NewYork will become the first state in the nation to offer paid time off for #PrenatalCare or any medical care related to pregnancy.

I'm not a big fan of #GovHokul but she has my thanks on this one.

https://nygov.nationbuilder.com/r?u=0hvJFdSwny0gg-YFL9WIFHMgeXfBBo0nZKst745Jtv1avEKzUfyLr58ImVA-4IR-8NziLu3IKLpEDu_sB_1iOA&e=ce0a15c33bd75e099397c9d6edcb2ffa&n=1&v=1568

I enjoy living in a state where this is seen as a priority and receives bipartisan support #maternitycare #prenatalcare #massachusetts https://willbrownsberger.com/maternal-health-bill-passed/

Join us as we explore how self-regulation and meditation techniques can positively influence pregnancy, fostering the growth of the baby and enhancing the bond between mother and child. We’ll also dive into how these practices strengthen the connections among all family members as they prepare to welcome their newest addition. - https://vero.co/seb_tmg/t-vVZpntMn58m5cQBLr3Qh7D

#SelfRegulation #Meditation #MindfulParenting #BabyBonding #PrenatalCare #HealthyPregnancy #Podcast #TMGcommunity

@meditation @consciousliving

Kids are our future!

From Womb To Cloud: This #Startup Is Monitoring #Maternal Health Using Smart #Wearables.

How IoT and AI helps track critical maternal health parameters

Using technology to address societal and cultural constraints, Kumar and his team conceptualized portable healthcare kits called SaveMom that constantly monitor the health of women in a non-invasive manner. Checking glucose, respiratory rate, ECG and more:

https://www.coe-iot.com/from-womb-to-cloud-this-startup-is-monitoring-maternal-health-using-smart-wearables/

#innovation #prenatalcare #startups

As with our recent data update on infant mortality, a new report from CDC shows that fetal mortality has fallen dramatically since the 1990s but disparities remain across demographic groups.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr72/nvsr72-08.pdf

#PrenatalCare #Smoking #SDOH

Some good news: From 1995 to 2022 California’s infant mortality rate fell by more than 35%.

Read our latest blog https://www.kidsdata.org/blog/?p=10797

#ChildHealth #InfantHealth #PrenatalCare #GoodNews #Data #Trend

#FactOfTheDay: Rates of 1st trimester prenatal care for Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander pregnancies are substantially higher in California (73%) compared with the national average (just under 50%).

Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/313/prenatal-care-race/table#fmt=95&loc=2,1&tf=110&ch=7,11,70,507,72,9,73&sortColumnId=0&sortType=asc

#Data #Trends #PrenatalCare #Pregnancy #Health #Healthcare #InfantHealth #PublicHealth

A Texas Jail Delayed My Prenatal Care to Keep Costs Down. Then I Had a Miscarriage.
Collin County Jail failed to send a bleeding, cramping Lauren Kent to an outside OB-GYN. In a lawsuit, she blames their “cost-containment” strategy

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/07/07/texas-miscarriage-collin-county-jail-wellpath

#Texas #jail #pregnancy #prenatalcare #miscarriage #humanrights

Heightened immigration enforcement linked to less prenatal care and lower infant birth weights among foreign-born U.S. citizens in the southeastern United States.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33534807

#NICHDImpact #Immigration #PrenatalCare #Birth #FPRH

Women who engage in substance use during pregnancy are less likely to get prenatal and postpartum care in states that consider substance use during pregnancy as child abuse and require mandated reporting.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36121649

@uncpopcenter #NICHDImpact #SubstanceUse #Pregnancy #PrenatalCare #PostpartumCare

#FactOfTheDay: In 2020, 72.9% of California's Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander births received prenatal care in the first trimester, compared to 49.6% nationwide. https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/313/prenatal-care-race/bar#fmt=95&loc=2,1&tf=110&pdist=73&ch=7,11,70,507,72,9,73&sort=loc
#PrenatalCare #MaternalHealth #InfantHealth #Healthcare #SDoH #MedMastodon @medmastodon