Childbirth articles
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Congrats to Us! Women Are Officially Entitled to (Unpaid) Time Off for Childbirth, Abortions
At the end of 2022, Congress passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, a bill to allow pregnant workers to take bathroom breaks without retaliation, among other common-sense protections. After significant pushback from Senate Republicans who were determined to paint the bill as a poison pill to push “abortion on demand” (if only!), the law took effect last summer. And on Monday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a list of final regulations to detail how the law will work...
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Surviving dual disasters: SoCal mom got through stroke after childbirth, freak crash
A young SoCal mother survived a freak car crash only weeks after undergoing emergency surgery for a stroke that followed the birth of her daughter.
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Giving mothers KETAMINE-based drug immediately after childbirth 'cuts their risk of postnatal depression'
A single low dose of esketamine, a high-strength form of powerful hallucinogenic, decreased the number of major depressive episodes 42 days after birth by about three-quarters.