Maternity

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App helps nursing parents find lactation rooms in City Center municipal buildings

A Bucks County mom gave birth to a premature baby on a Caribbean vacation, and a CHOP team flew in to save the day

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New blood test predicts which pregnant women will develop preeclampsia

Preeclampsia Blood Test

10 Philly-area hospitals recognized for high-quality maternity care by U.S. News & World Report

Best Hospitals Maternity Care

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Insurers test new way to cut maternity care costs

Maternity Care Bundled Insurance payments

New Jersey awarded federal grant worth $10.5 million to improve maternal health

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Home birth may start babies off with health-promoting microbes

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Maternity Care Coalition helps families adjust to pregnancy, parenting

Maternity Care Coalition Philadelphia Nonprofits

With hospitals charging $32,093 to deliver a baby in the U.S., you should know what's in the bill

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Zika publicity has faded, but the health threat remains real

Holding space for pregnancy loss: 3 components for doulas to consider

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Having a baby is costly and confusing, even for a health policy expert

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Medicaid is rural America’s financial midwife

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New Jersey bill would create commission to probe deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth

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South Jersey bakery pays woman $60,000 in 'magic word' maternity leave case

An expecting mother and the Zika virus

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CHOP, Einstein announce alliance in maternity care, pediatrics

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Would you judge a father for taking equal time off after child's birth?

Maternity beach: Not your grandmother’s bathing suit

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Camden's Campbell's Soup Co. adopts 10 paid weeks of parental leave for primary caregivers

Study: Weight gain between pregnancies raises risk of stillbirths

Study: Philadelphia maternal mortality rate higher than national average

Placenta research secures NIH funding

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