Health Mar 16 Pregnant Californians’ access to doula care delayed as state and professionals spar over payment California was supposed to start paying doulas this year to help Medicaid enrollees have healthy pregnancies. But the benefit has been delayed because doulas feel lowballed by the state’s proposed payment rate. By Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News
Health May 26 For many pregnant trans people, competent medical care is hard to find Transgender men and nonbinary people who are pregnant or trying to conceive are more likely than not to face a reproductive health system that fails to provide them with quality care. By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas
Health Apr 06 Watch 6:24 What’s it like to be pregnant amid a pandemic? New and prospective mothers share stories Across the U.S., expectant parents and those who have recently given birth are confronting an unanticipated layer of stress due to coronavirus. Health care providers have had to rethink how best to offer prenatal care at a time people are… By Amna Nawaz, Jaywon Choe, Rhana Natour
Health Mar 29 Watch 2:39 Giving birth in the epicenter of the pandemic Thousands of women in the U.S. have given birth over the last month, many in the very hospitals where medical professionals have been preparing for an onslaught of patients stricken with COVID-19. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Karla Murthy spoke with… By Karla Murthy
Aug 15 The year after childbirth is the deadliest for addicted women By Christine Vestal, Stateline Growing evidence suggests that women should receive continuous medical attention during what is now called the “fourth trimester” — a period lasting at least a year after childbirth. Continue reading
May 17 ‘Mother of Lamaze’ Elisabeth Bing dies at 100 By Elisabeth Ponsot Elisabeth Bing, the natural childbirth pioneer who co-founded Lamaze International died on Friday in her New York home. She was 100. Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch 3:03 Why are more women dying from childbirth in the U.S. than in Saudi Arabia or the UK? By PBS NewsHour The United States is the only advanced economy in the world with an increasing number of women who die in childbirth. In fact, a woman giving birth in the U.S. is twice as likely to die than in Saudi Arabia… Continue watching
May 10 Mothers-to-be gain new options under health care law By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The health care law has opened up an unusual opportunity for some mothers-to-be to save on medical bills for childbirth. Continue reading
May 08 Watch Cleveland Kidnapping Victims Lived in ‘Dungeon-Like’ Environment Cleveland Kidnapping Victims Lived in 'Dungeon-Like' Environment… Continue watching