BlackDoctor.org spoke with Dr. Shaenor Ishmael, a dedicated perinatal mental health therapist with over 10 years of ...

Core Strengthening: Around a month postpartum (longer after a C-section), work on core exercises like planks and bridges to rebuild abdominal strength. Save intense workouts like running or ...

Yet, trusting the process is exactly what Gemma learned during pregnancy – especially this second postpartum C-section recovery. ‘It was a lot more swollen the second time around,’ she says ...

Following her third C-section, Judelson took advantage of the program, which provides hospital-level support for postpartum mothers in their own homes, allowing nurses to come directly to her ...

Medically reviewed by Kathleen Daly, MD Postpartum depression (PPD), sometimes called perinatal depression, is a type of ...

Four million women give birth each year in the United States, yet postpartum health has gone largely unaddressed by researchers, clinicians, and women themselves. In light of rising US cesarean ...

Most cases of postpartum haemorrhage occur right after the placenta is delivered. PPH may be more likely after a C-section. Low blood pressure Dr Wahome says postpartum haemorrhage is recorded in ...

Scars are a natural part of life but they don’t have to remain a permanent reminder of past injuries or procedures.