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Category: Pregnancy
Creating Community While Preparing for Baby
The CenteringPregnancy program brings parents-to-be together for prenatal care.
Meet Your Birth Team
It’s a challenging time to give birth, but you’ll be surrounded by experts.
What Moms-to-Be Need to Know About Pregnancy Blood Tests
Screening tests can tell you how your baby is developing.
Mom Delivers Twins After Scary Diagnosis
Placenta accreta can be dangerous for mom and baby, so an expert team is critical.
4 Questions to Ask if Your Doctor Suggests a Scheduled C-Section
Know what to expect before a surgical delivery.
Pregnant? Here Are 4 Things to Think About When Choosing a Doctor o...
Use these strategies to find someone to care for you and your baby.
Navigating Pregnancy with a Mental Illness
Women with anxiety, depression and other psychological needs might require special care before and after childbirth.
Preterm births more common in mothers who are cancer survivors
UNC Lineberger's Hazel Nichols, PhD, Chelsea Anderson, MPH, and their colleagues report that women diagnosed and treated for cancer during their childbearing years more commonly gave birth prematurely, and to babies whose weights were below normal. Cancer survivors also had a slightly higher rate of cesarean section deliveries.
The Bigger the Bottle, the Bigger the Baby?
A new UNC School of Medicine study shows that the size of a bottle may contribute to greater weight gain and size for formula-fed infants, putting them at greater risk for obesity later in life.
In Good and Caring Hands
Martin McCaffrey, MD, CAPT, USN (Ret), has taken the lessons he learned in the Navy and applied them to helping military families as they cope with the challenges of having a newborn in the Newborn Critical Care Center at UNC Hospitals.
Women who experience postpartum depression symptoms before giving b...
Postpartum depression (PPD) may have a diverse clinical presentation and this has critical implications for diagnosis, treatment and understanding the underlying biology of the illness, a new study finds.