/tags/pregnancy Pregnancy en-US Copyright Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:48:47 GMT /news/2024-10-25/helene-pregnant-women-maternal-health Pregnant and newly postpartum women found themselves displaced by Helene 鈥� confronting canceled appointments, reworked birth plans and the loss of their belongings. Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:48:47 GMT /news/2024-10-25/helene-pregnant-women-maternal-health Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News /show/due-south/2024-09-04/nc-hospitals-respond-overdose-a-leading-cause-death-pregnant-postpartum-people Two NC doctors want to destigmatize PSUD (perinatal substance use disorder) and get pregnant people into treatment. Wed, 04 Sep 2024 14:00:00 GMT /show/due-south/2024-09-04/nc-hospitals-respond-overdose-a-leading-cause-death-pregnant-postpartum-people Jeff Tiberii, Rachel McCarthy /health/2024-04-19/emergency-rooms-turned-away-pregnant-women-miscarriage Complaints about pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms spiked in the months after states began enacting strict abortion laws following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:54:13 GMT /health/2024-04-19/emergency-rooms-turned-away-pregnant-women-miscarriage Associated Press /news/2023-12-06/study-pregnant-black-native-americans-high-blood-pressure The Thriving Heart鈥檚 study received $21 million in funding to offer programs, like prenatal care across 10 counties in North Carolina. Wed, 06 Dec 2023 17:44:31 GMT /news/2023-12-06/study-pregnant-black-native-americans-high-blood-pressure Sharryse Piggott /show/embodied-radio-show/2023-05-05/postpartum-baby-body-pregnant-pregnancy-birth-delivery-labor Pregnancy is a full body experience. But when it comes to physical changes and recovery, the common sentiment is: Why did nobody tell me?! Fri, 05 May 2023 16:01:00 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2023-05-05/postpartum-baby-body-pregnant-pregnancy-birth-delivery-labor Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /show/embodied-radio-show/2021-07-09/embodied-surrogacy-pregnancy-families-surrogate Embodied looks into the structural components of surrogacy in the U.S. and the relationships forged in the process from the perspective of an intended parent and a surrogate. Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:03:00 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2021-07-09/embodied-surrogacy-pregnancy-families-surrogate Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /podcast/embodied-podcast/2022-10-21/carried-how-surrogacy-grows-families Anita is well aware that bringing a new baby into the world is a lotttttt of work (even though she's never done it herself). But when she heard about friends and family members choosing surrogacy to build their families, she realized how little she knows about that process 鈥� and how many misconceptions exist. She talks to a three-time surrogate about why she chose this path. A father who has had a child via surrogacy details how his family navigated the process from a financial, legal and emotional perspective; and a sociologist zooms out to give the big picture of the surrogacy industry. Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:04:28 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2022-10-21/carried-how-surrogacy-grows-families Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /news/2021-08-25/nc-senate-backs-protections-for-incarcerated-pregnant-women The use of physical restraints like handcuffs and shackles on pregnant women and new mothers in North Carolina prisons and jails would be largely barred in a measure nearing final legislative approval. Wed, 25 Aug 2021 21:45:24 GMT /news/2021-08-25/nc-senate-backs-protections-for-incarcerated-pregnant-women Associated Press /race-demographics/2020-12-11/embodied-child-free-not-childless There will be no COVID baby boom in the United States. In fact, a decrease in childbirth is expected, with existential fear prevailing over hormones and鈥� Fri, 11 Dec 2020 17:09:19 GMT /race-demographics/2020-12-11/embodied-child-free-not-childless Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /podcast/embodied-podcast/2020-09-17/mothered-raising-kids-radically Anita is thinking more and more about entering the club of motherhood. But first, she'd appreciate a reality check on things we don't often talk about 鈥� like child care and health concerns around pregnancy and labor. Thu, 17 Sep 2020 05:23:00 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2020-09-17/mothered-raising-kids-radically Anita Rao