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Hair brush and comb

Updated on Oct. 29, 2025

2 minute read

What Can I Do About Postpartum Hair Loss?

Emily Oster, PhD

A woman looks into the mirror and rubs her temple as her baby grabs her toothbrush.

Updated on Oct. 22, 2025

2 minute read

Is This Level of Mom Brain Normal?

Emily Oster, PhD

A baby basket with onsie, stuffed rabbit, and sonogram picture waits ready for a baby.

Updated on Oct. 16, 2025

1 minute read

Should I Consider Membrane Sweeping?

Emily Oster, PhD

Woman in beige underwear and bra set holding a bouquet of flowers.

Updated on Oct. 10, 2025

2 minute read

Is It Normal To Smell Different Postpartum?

Sara Reardon, MD

A pregnant person is supported by a partner in a pool of water for a water birth.

Updated on Oct. 8, 2025

7 minute read

The Stages of Labor and Best Positions for Each

Emily Oster, PhD

A queer couple with a baby.

Updated on Sep. 19, 2025

5 minute read

How Can You Prepare for Your Postpartum as a Queer Parent?

Marea Goodman, LM, CPM

An empty NICU isolette is pictured against a gray wall.

Updated on Sep. 17, 2025

3 minute read

How Much Time Should I Spend with My Baby in the NICU?

Emily Oster, PhD

An over-the-shoulder shot of a father in a gray t-shirt holding a newborn baby.

Updated on Sep. 8, 2025

8 minute read

Postpartum Depression for Dads

Kevin Maguire

A close-up of a lime in a fizzing seltzer drink.

Updated on Jul. 2, 2025

2 minute read

Should I Quit Drinking Seltzer?

Sara Reardon, MD

A bandaid is applied over a tear in a piece of orange paper.

Updated on Jun. 12, 2025

1 minute read

Does Childbirth Increase Your Pain Tolerance?

Emily Oster, PhD

A heavily pregnant person with her feet up at her office closes her eyes.

Updated on May 15, 2025

10 minute read

Does Labor Induction Make a C-Section More Likely?

Emily Oster, PhD

ParentData village illustration of the confusing postpartum landscape

Updated on May 12, 2025

4 minute read

Our Top Reader Comments on Postpartum

Denisse Myrick

A parent holding her baby in the background with a breast pump and a bunny toy in focus

Updated on May 2, 2025

3 minute read

Does Pumped Breast Milk Have Fewer Antibodies?

Emily Oster, PhD

A close up of a couple holding hands at a table. The hands are in shadow, backlit by a window.

Updated on Apr. 25, 2025

9 minute read

The Facts About Stillbirth

Emily Oster, PhD

doctor monitoring the health parameters on a screen

Updated on Apr. 23, 2025

4 minute read

Do the Benefits of Magnesium Sulfate Outweigh the Risks?

Nathan Fox, MD

A new parent wearing a baby during skin-to-skin contact smiles and laughs with a visitor.

Updated on Mar. 20, 2025

6 minute read

What’s the Data on Kangaroo Mother Care?

Teryn Mattox