Reading Time: 3 minutes It is vitally important for women experiencing postpartum illness to seek help, not only for themselves but to help to keep children safe
Tag: Pregnancy
Ireland’s abortion referendum puts it all on the table
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you probe the granular views of most people, I suspect you’ll find they’re somewhere between the two extremes
Women facing the ‘baby bounce’ have legal options
Reading Time: 3 minutes A pregnant woman facing termination or a mom coming off maternity leave who learns she won’t be rehired may have grounds for a human rights complaint
The waiting is the hardest part, for the hopeful and the pregnant
Reading Time: 3 minutes If abortion is such a hard decision, as even advocates maintain, why aren’t women allowed the time to make it?
Putting a stop to health care that lacks value
Reading Time: 3 minutes Choosing Wisely is helping obstetricians and gynecologists target reductions in unnecessary care that may harm patients and cost the Canadian health system
Defusing the ticking time bomb of postpartum depression
Reading Time: 4 minutes The biggest predictors of postpartum depression are prenatal depression and a history of depression before conception
Why is it so hard for mothers to breastfeed in Canada?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Members of the public can help by supporting women’s right to breastfeed in public and demanding baby-friendly standards in health-care settings
Too many women still die during pregnancy and childbirth
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada has committed toUniversity of Montreal 20 projects in African and has contributed millions to help improve pregnancy outcomes, but much more can be done
Alcohol use in pregnancy part of a complex set of issues
Reading Time: 4 minutes Expecting quick fixes for reducing alcohol use in pregnancy is unrealistic