Tag Archives: Pregnancy

wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock Sally Pezaro, Coventry University and Amanda Firth, University of Huddersfield Adverse birth outcomes in England – which include stillborn babies, premature birth, low birth weight and the death of the mother during pregnancy or after birth – are closely linked to inequality. A report on maternal deaths in the UK has found that in comparison to white women, black …

Looking to the future: Charley and her baby daughter. James Clifford Kent, Author provided James Clifford Kent, Royal Holloway University of London and Sarah Lloyd-Fox, University of Cambridge What was it like to be pregnant, to give birth and to look after a baby in the middle of a pandemic? For this Insights article, photographer and researcher of visual cultures …

The study found that child-free people were just as satisfied with their lives as those with kids. Aleksandr Faustov/EyeEm via Getty Images Jennifer Watling Neal, Michigan State University and Zachary Neal, Michigan State University CC BY-NC-ND Fertility rates in the United States have plunged to record lows, and this could be related to the fact that more people are choosing …

Feelings of guilt often compound the grief that follows miscarriage. fizkes/iStock via Getty Images Plus Rochanda Mitchell, University of Virginia Mother’s Day is a happy day for millions, but for those who have experienced a miscarriage, the day can be devastating. As many as one in four recognized pregnancies result in miscarriage. Pregnancy loss can be mentally and physically taxing. …

New infectious diseases come with all kinds of risks for women during pregnancy and childbirth. https://www.pexels.com/, FAL Catherine Thornton, Swansea University and April Rees, Swansea University COVID-19 vaccines are proving highly effective in pregnancy, according to a newly published study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. It has also found that mothers who have been vaccinated are passing …

Prématuré de 34 semaines en couveuse. Sharon McCutcheon / Unsplash, FAL Elsa Lorthe, Université de Paris Voici 60 ans de cela, un grand prématuré, c’est-à-dire un enfant venu au monde avant 6 mois de grossesse, n’avait quasiment aucune chance de survivre. Aujourd’hui, dans notre pays, ces nouveaux-nés peuvent prétendre à vivre et à grandir normalement. Dans le monde, la prématurité reste …

Motortion Films/Shutterstock Melanie Haith-Cooper, University of Bradford Try to imagine for a moment, if you can, how it must feel to be so scared for your life that you are forced to flee your home and seek asylum in another country. Now imagine you are pregnant while doing this. You might hope that when you reach the country of asylum …

Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Hazel Flight, Edge Hill University Vitamin D, often known as the “sunshine vitamin”, is normally obtained through exposure of our skin to the sun. The Department of Health recommends that everyone in the UK should take a supplement of vitamin D during the winter months (October to March), as there is insufficient UV light for our bodies to manufacture …