Maternity Care

Why Komen Is Small Potatoes

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Caesarean Section, Pregnancy, Susan G. Komen, Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, prenatalLow Income Women, Karen Handel, Supreme CourtConstitutional Challenge to the ACA, Health Plans, Breast Cancer, Mandatory Insurance, Mammograms, Affordable Care Act, Mandatory Health Insurance, Newborn Care, Maternity Care, Domestic Violence, Women News
Dr. Peggy Drexler

The Planned Parenthood flap will come and go in a couple of news cycles -- instructive, but ultimately harmless. But if the gains for women in the Affordable Care Act go down with the ship, it may take decades to get them back, if we can get them back at all.

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Miracle Maternity Dressing At Studio City Cafe

Studio City, CA Patch | Danrochelle Yumul | Email the Author | 12:34pm | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: Induce Labor, Pregnancy, Maternity Care, Los Angeles News

The malady: overdue pregnancy. The cure: Caiotti's Balsamic Basil Vinaigrette Salad Dressing a.k.a. "The Maternity Salad Dressing." After trying ...

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Motherhood, It's Complicated

Suzanne Ehlers | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Motherhood, Maternity Leave, Working Mothers, Maternity Care, Maternity Support, Health, Healthy Living News
Suzanne Ehlers

A colleague on maternity leave recently e-mailed saying what an incredible experience pregnancy is and how she can't help thinking of the millions who go through it without support we take for granted.

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Colorado Maternity Bill Diluted By Lobbyists

The Colorado Independent | Joseph Boven | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care, Colorado Legislature, Health Insurance, Lobbyists, Jerry Frangas, Maternity Care, Beth McCann, Denver News

DENVER- Two Denver Democrats reluctantly diluted the bill they co-sponsored aimed at expanding maternity coverage in Colorado. The move took attendees...

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Kyl: "I Don't Need Maternity Care" So Employers Shouldn't Be Required To Provide It (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Bill, Sen. Kyl, Health Care Debate, Stabenow Maternity Care, Senate Finance Committee, Your Mom Did, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Kyl, Kyl Don't Need Maternity, Maternity Care, Kyl Maternity, Maternity Health Care, Health Care, Maternity Health, Stabenow Kyl, Video, Politics News

As the Senate Finance Committee moved into its fourth day of deliberations over the health care bill, tensions continued to rise. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-A...

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Breast, Bottle and The Beauty of Motherhood

Amie Newman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Birth, Breastfeeding, Reproductive Rights, RH Reality Check, Pregnancy, Maternity Care, Maternal Health, Benefits of Breastfeeding, Childbirth, Healthy Living News
Amie Newman

The real focus should be on creating the societal support necessary for mothers to experience new motherhood as optimally as possible. Do we offer adequate paid family leave for new moms?

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