pregnancy

A new statewide project, lead by Wisconsin Medical Society, Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Nurses Association, is working to improve health outcomes for Black people, post pregnancy.

Across the U.S., and especially here in Milwaukee, pregnant people and newborn infants are more at risk for dying from complications compared to other developed countries. AkkeNeel Talsma, an associate professor at the college of nursing at UW-Milwaukee, developed the MaternityMetrix app to help change that.

The WeRISE Community Doula program is working to train more people to become doulas who can support Black and brown pregnant people. Dalvery Blackwell, a co-founder of the African American Breastfeeding Network, shares more.

Milwaukee actor and artist N’Jameh Russell-Camara teamed up with local doula Hanna Barton to create the Pandemic Pregnancy Project. Out of that came their series: Pandemic Pregnancies and Popsicles!, stories of pregnancy during a time of unique challenges.

Wisconsin's first Afro Latina, certified professional midwife talks about navigating COVID-19 as both a new midwife and a business owner.

Although pregnant women were not included in the vaccine trials, more than 15,000 pregnant women in the U.S. have received the vaccine — with no evidence of complications, according to Dr. Sheldon Wasserman.

The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically changed experiences for everyone, including new families. A lot of stories have been shared on what it’s like to…

Pregnancy can be incredibly difficult. Sometimes the hardest part is not knowing what’s really happening to the fetus and whether it’s developing into a…

Doctors define the “perinatal period” as running from before conception, through a woman’s pregnancy, all the way to a year post-partum. It’s a time when…

Doctors define the “perinatal period” as running from before conception, through a woman’s pregnancy, all the way to a year post-partum. It’s a time when…