?? Pregnancy is intense. You’ll experience more care than almost any other time in your adult life which is critical in ensuring your health and that your baby’s development is progressing as expected. In pregnancy, you’ll attend or receive multiple checkups, ultrasounds, blood work, and diagnostic or screening tests.?While technology & the standard of care in pregnancy is continuously refined - it’s vital in early detection & risk reduction. You can expect 700 minutes of care during pregnancy (!!), but only 30 minutes postpartum (and, almost all pre-pregnancy care or testing is initiated or managed by you). You’ll learn a lot about your body & health in pregnancy. BUT after birth, the level of care and understanding drops SHARPLY. Most women receive just a single 6-week postpartum visit. We don’t currently have defined standards of care for holistic support around mental health, lactation, hormone rebalancing, physio- and biomechanics recovery, lab testing, deficiencies, cardio-metabolic or complications recovery. 40% of maternal deaths occur after childbirth, 1 in 3 women experience postpartum complications like hemorrhage or infection, mental health challenges such as postpartum depression affects 1 in 7 new mothers (and is likely underreported), preeclampsia increases the risk of heart disease later in life 7x, and people with gestational diabetes have a 1-in-2 chance of being diagnosed with type II diabetes within 5 years. We don’t tend to look at individual health journeys in context - before, during, after - but your health is dynamic with pregnancy being one of the most pivotal, dynamic health events in your life. Intense measurement before-during-after pregnancy will enrich understanding and can radically improve health outcomes. As a whole, we need to do more to improve standards of care before and after pregnancy to match the intensity during. By supporting a woman’s ENTIRE journey - in full context - we can collectively improve outcomes for moms, babies, families, communities, and future generations. ?? #maternalcare #womenshealth #pregnancy
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