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A primer on diastasis recti What you need to know about pregnancy-related ab separation byMelayna AliceaMarch 27, 2025
Can antibiotics lower C-section rates for women with obesity? Promising research from the University of Oklahoma byMarianne SwingleMarch 25, 2025
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October 8, 2024 What the data from 1 million births says about your likelihood of having a C-section NBER report finds black women’s C-section rates outstrip anyone else’s byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN
August 17, 2024 Why labor often starts at night: The psychology of labor and birth What does an ideal birth environment look like? byKaitlyn Kulda
July 30, 2024 “Birth can be traumatic, and birth can be healing:” A tale of two birth stories Birth trauma didn't have the last word byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN
September 22, 2023 Should you eat and drink during labor? “Can I get another apple juice, please? byMadison Ayers
June 28, 2023 After 15 years, what have we learned from ‘The Business of Being Born’ about improving maternal health in the United States? I finally watched The Business of Being Born (BoBB) recently, thanks to a free byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN
June 28, 2023 What’s the best position to give birth in to avoid tearing? When you picture someone in the midst of giving birth, what comes to mind? byKristen Curran
June 28, 2023 Positions to speed up labor, and can you really speed up labor? There comes a point in every woman’s pregnancy where she starts to really think byMadison Ayers
June 2, 2023 How much walking does it take to induce labor? By the end of the third trimester, most women are more than ready to have their byKristen Curran
October 28, 2022 Induction drug Pitocin is not the same as natural oxytocin: Some cautions for future moms A nationwide shortage of Pitocin, the intravenous (IV) medicine given to induce byClare Sharp
