Rare postpartum condition left her critically ill
A rare postpartum bowel emergency left surgeons facing a dangerous intestinal knot A 30 year old woman in Ethiopia developed a life-threatening bowel obstruction three days after giving birth, with doctors discovering an unusually rare knot involving her small and large intestines. Her symptoms worsened after childbirth The woman had delivered a healthy baby boy […]
Postpartum Depression Is More Common Than Most New Mothers Realize
The weeks after childbirth bring a flood of physical, hormonal, and emotional changes that most new mothers are not fully prepared for, regardless of how much they read beforehand. For many, a stretch of mood swings, tearfulness, and low energy follows delivery and then clears up on its own within about two weeks Postpartum. That […]