Decades of excluding women as well as pregnant and lactating women from clinical research have led to substantial gaps in understanding the treatment and care needed to promote positive maternal health.
Whether you plan your pregnancy or not, there are ways you can be prepared to have a positive maternal health journey.
To support women and providers with proven strategies to improve maternal health, the Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) has published the Journey to Motherhood: A Patient Empowerment Guide.
The guide features information about the three major phases of the motherhood journey—pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, and postpartum—while offering provider, nutrition, and care recommendations to support the mental, physical and emotional health of mothers before, during, and after pregnancy.
Take a look at the guide here.
Discover more about Society for Women’s Health Research:
The Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) is a national nonprofit and thought leader dedicated to advancing women’s health through science, policy, and education while promoting research on sex differences to optimize women’s health. Founded in 1990 by a group of physicians, medical researchers, and health advocates, SWHR is making women’s health mainstream by addressing unmet needs and research gaps in women’s health. Thanks to SWHR’s efforts, women are now routinely included in most major medical research studies and more scientists are considering sex as a biological variable in their research. Visit www.swhr.org for more information.
