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  • Maternity’s Most Dangerous Time: After New Mother’s Come Home, New York Times
  • With Less Breastfeeding Support, Mothers Are Turning to Online Help, New York Times
  • Rethinking Relationships in Isolation: Support for new parents, WBTV
  • What women need most after giving birth, especially now, CNN
  • Depression, Anxiety During And After Pregnancy May Harm Childhood Development, CNN
  • Friend Is Pregnant and Depressed, New York Times Parenting
  • The Pressure To Breastfeed Can Hurt Moms. And Doctors Are Finally Realizing It, Huffington Post
  • Ask An Expert: Pevlic Floor Recovery, The Skimm
  • You’re Black and Pregnant. What Should Your Birth Plan Actually Look Like?, Self
  • It’s Startling How Little We Know About Good Postpartum Care, Slate Magazine
  • A Survival Guide for the Fourth Trimester, The New York Times
  • Unprepared and unsupported, I fell through the cracks as a new mom, Quartz
  • What no one tells new moms about what childbirth can do to their bodies, Vox
  • Redesigning Maternal Care: OB-GYNs Are Urged to See New Mothers Sooner And More Often, NPR
  • Paying Attention In The Postpartum Period, NPR Studio 1A
  • What Coronavirus Means for Pregnancy, and Other Things New and Expecting Mothers Should Know, ProPublica
  • The ‘fourth trimester’ and plight of new mothers during a pandemic, The Boston Globe
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