Nutrients or nursing? Understanding how breast milk feeding affects child cognition

Exposure to stress during pregnancy has been linked to derangements in the emotional and behavioral development of children. A possible mechanism through which prenatal stress impacts children is through the maternal microbiome. In this study by Hechler et al. (2019), the authors investigated the links between psychosocial stress and the gut microbiome in 70 pregnant […]

This 2019 review examined the link between anemia and/or iron deficiency with postpartum depression (depression during the period immediately after childbirth). Iron deficiency and anemia are common in women during pregnancy and postpartum due to blood loss and increase in demand. But many women may also enter pregnancy with low iron stores. After identifying and […]