Hacker News with Generative AI: Pregnancy

Pregnant Women Are Losing Access to Care, Formula and Shelter (forbes.com)
Elon Musk has long claimed civilization will collapse unless we raise the birth rate. Meanwhile, his “DOGE” group is slashing billions in funding for pregnant and nursing mothers and their children.
Pregnancy, Social Issues, Economics, Elon Musk, Politics
15 points by rendx 11 days ago | 2 comments
Pregnancy's true toll on the body: birth study paints detailed picture (nature.com)
Biologists have built up one of the most detailed pictures ever of the changes that occur in women’s bodies before and after pregnancy, by pooling and studying around 44 million physiological measurements from more than 300,000 births.
Pregnancy, Biology, Health, Science, Women's Health
8 points by ohjeez 26 days ago | 0 comments
Mid-pregnancy pollution exposure linked to postpartum depression (bps.org.uk)
New work finds that exposure to particular pollutants during pregnancy is associated with depression up to three years postpartum.
Health, Pregnancy, Pollution, Mental Health
60 points by wjb3 29 days ago | 11 comments
Hospitals gave patients meds during childbirth, then reported them for drug use (themarshallproject.org)
Amairani Salinas was 32 weeks pregnant with her fourth child in 2023 when doctors at a Texas hospital discovered that her baby no longer had a heartbeat. As they prepped her for an emergency cesarean section, they gave her midazolam, a benzodiazepine commonly prescribed to keep patients calm. A day later, the grieving mother was cradling her stillborn daughter when a social worker stopped by her room to deliver another devastating blow: Salinas was being reported to child welfare authorities.
Health, Legal Issues, Texas, Childbirth, Pregnancy
62 points by anigbrowl 133 days ago | 34 comments
EPA cancels pesticide shown to be harmful to unborn babies (thenewlede.org)
Citing a need to protect the unborn babies of pregnant women, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday banned a pesticide used to kill weeds on farms, golf courses and athletic fields.
Environmental Protection, Health, Pesticide, Pregnancy, Agriculture
169 points by PaulHoule 178 days ago | 104 comments
To Be Born in a Bag (asimov.com)
The womb is a remarkable organ — a muscular, pear-shaped chamber that supports the transformation of a tiny cluster of dividing cells into an entirely new person. All humans begin their lives in this sturdy chamber.
Human Development, Biology, Pregnancy
95 points by mailyk 201 days ago | 134 comments
Mother's gut microbiome during pregnancy shapes baby's brain development (medicalxpress.com)
Microbiome, Pregnancy, Brain Development, Science, Health
104 points by rbanffy 235 days ago | 23 comments
Black mothers in England twice as likely to have NHS birth investigated (theguardian.com)
Health, Racial Inequality, England, United Kingdom, Pregnancy
3 points by ljf 277 days ago | 0 comments
Dad's Diet Before Conception Affects Kids' Health (neurosciencenews.com)
Health, Genetics, Pregnancy, Parenthood
11 points by lolinder 320 days ago | 4 comments
The Hidden-Pregnancy Experiment: Could I Hide My Pregnancy from My Phone? (newyorker.com)
Privacy, Technology, Pregnancy, Social Experiment
73 points by fortran77 357 days ago | 60 comments