Hacker News with Generative AI: Pregnancy

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mother's gut microbiome during pregnancy shapes baby's brain development (medicalxpress.com)
Black mothers in England twice as likely to have NHS birth investigated (theguardian.com)
Dad's Diet Before Conception Affects Kids' Health (neurosciencenews.com)
The Hidden-Pregnancy Experiment: Could I Hide My Pregnancy from My Phone? (newyorker.com)