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Save a Mother's Life - Talk About Maternal Death And Near-Miss in the USA

Anne Addison | Posted 05.20.2013 | Impact
Read More: Placental Abruption, Ectopic Pregnancy, Amniotic Fluid Embolism, Every Mother Counts, Save a Mother's Life, Pulmonary Embolism, Preeclampsia, Unexpected Project, Global Motherhood, Impact News
Anne Addison

Part of the problem in the US is that we simply don't know exactly why women are dying, or even how many are. It is hard to be aware when we don't have a system that tracks these deaths and near-misses in a uniform fashion in all 50 states. Let me state that plainly - many states do not even have "pregnancy-related" on the death certificate. If we don't ask the question, how will we ever know the answer?

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Okay With Being Done

Abbie Rumbach | Posted 12.17.2012 | Parents
Read More: Pregnancy, Motherhood, Family Planning, Parenting, Family, Colic, Parents-Pregnancy, Reflux, Fertility, Gestational Diabetes, Epidural, Preeclampsia, Parents News
Abbie Rumbach

Six -- yes, SIX -- of my very closest friends are pregnant. Everywhere I turn, I'm hit with a swollen uterus. If pregnancy were a contagious disease, I'm sure I would have caught it by now

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Catherine Pearson

How Moms' High Blood Pressure Affects Kids' IQs For Years

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 10.03.2012 | Parents
Read More: Pregnancy and IQ, Blood Pressure IQ, High Blood Pressure, Blood Pressure Pregnancy, Pre-Eclampsia, Pregnancy, Blood Pressure, Preeclampsia, High Blood Pressure Pregnancy, Parents News

High blood pressure during pregnancy can cause a slew of problems for mom and for baby, including low birth weight and early delivery. According to ne...

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One Long Week and the Birthing of Our Baby

Justin Cox | Posted 10.21.2012 | Parents
Read More: Parenting, Preeclampsia, Childbirth, Birth, Pregnancy, Newborn, Birthing, Inducing-Labor, Labor, New Parents, Water Birth, Going-Into-Labor, Epidural, Parents News
Justin Cox

The birth she imagined for herself had evaporated into a cloud of tubes and wires -- and now scalpels and anesthesia. As I sat and waited in that hallway, my love for her and our baby really was all-consuming.

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Is Having a Baby Bad for Your Health?

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Maternal Death, The Safe Motherhood Quilt Project, Orthopnea, Pregnancy, Jennifer Dohrn, Health Insurance, Maternal Health, Lifetime Moms, Amnesty International, Dr. Charles S. Mahan, Women's Health, Pulmonary Embolism, Caesarean Section, World Health Organization, Women of Color Health Care, Preeclampsia, Prenatal Care, Health Care, Childbirth, Maternal Mortality, Heatlh Care Reform, Healthy Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

Most American women might presume that the dangers of maternal mortality are a concern and problem only in developing nations. They're wrong.

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