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Lindsay Herriott's experience highlights the importance of recognizing serious postpartum complications like preeclampsia, which was initially dismissed as anxiety, but can have life-threatening consequences and long-term health implications.
Sofia Richie Grainge shared heartwarming family photos on Instagram to celebrate her husband Elliot Grainge's 31st birthday, featuring their 5-month-old daughter Eloise. The couple, who welcomed Eloise in May, have been open about Sofia's challenging pregnancy and postpartum experience, including a six-week active labor and postpartum preeclampsia. Despite these challenges, Sofia is enjoying motherhood and is set to launch a baby clothing line with Amazon, inspired by her daughter.
A study published in "The Lancet Global Health" reveals that more than one in three women globally experience lasting health problems after giving birth, including low back pain, pain during intercourse, urinary incontinence, depression, anxiety, fear of childbirth, and secondary infertility. These issues often go under-recognized and under-diagnosed, as postnatal care services typically only cover the first six weeks after birth. The lack of focus on postpartum complications can have long-term social and economic consequences. The study highlights the need for comprehensive and multidisciplinary healthcare services that extend beyond the six-week mark to promptly identify and address these conditions. Women are encouraged to seek help from healthcare providers and not suffer in silence.
A new study published in The Lancet Global Health reveals that more than a third of women worldwide experience lasting health problems caused by childbirth, which are often neglected and ignored. The study highlights common complications such as pain during sex, low back pain, anal and urinary incontinence, anxiety, depression, perineal pain, fear of childbirth, and secondary infertility. These conditions are often difficult for women and healthcare providers to address due to cultural and political stigmas. The report calls for greater recognition, increased funding, and access to information to improve the quality of life for women after childbirth.
New research has highlighted the frequency with which serious pregnancy-related medical complications emerge after childbirth, often well after the mother is discharged from the hospital. The first six weeks after delivery are the most dangerous, but complications related to pregnancy can emerge up to a year after childbearing. Black women are almost twice as likely as white women to have serious complications during the postpartum period. Women who had a cesarean section and those who had a stillbirth also have higher odds of complications, as do obese women and those with underlying conditions like heart disease.