Regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act would protect 2.8 million pregnant workers WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 26, 2024 – The National Partnership for Women & Families is calling out the recent partisan lawsuit led by 17 states to...
Blueprint for Advancing High-Value Maternity Care Through Physiologic Childbearing – Chapter 6
REPORT | Chapter 6: Conduct Priority Research to Advance the Science of Physiologic Childbearing and Its Impact on Maternal and Child Health Outcomes
Blueprint for Advancing High-Value Maternity Care Through Physiologic Childbearing – Chapter 5
REPORT | Chapter 5: Foster an Optimal Maternity Care Workforce Composition and Distribution
Blueprint for Advancing High-Value Maternity Care Through Physiologic Childbearing – Chapter 4
REPORT | Chapter 4: Transition to Interprofessional Education That Supports Team-Based Care for Maternity Care Professionals
Blueprint for Advancing High-Value Maternity Care Through Physiologic Childbearing – Chapter 3
REPORT | Chapter 3: Meaningfully Engage All Childbearing Women and Families
Blueprint for Advancing High-Value Maternity Care Through Physiologic Childbearing – Chapter 2
REPORT | Chapter 2: Advance Performance Measurement for High-Value Maternity Care
Blueprint for Advancing High-Value Maternity Care Through Physiologic Childbearing – Chapter 1
REPORT | Chapter 1: Improve Maternity Care Through Innovative Delivery and Payment Systems and Quality Improvement Initiatives
Blueprint for Advancing High-Value Maternity Care Through Physiologic Childbearing
REPORT | This Blueprint identifies six widely accepted improvement strategies to transform maternity care and a series of specific recommendations within each strategy.
Maternity Snapshot: Black Maternal Health
FACT SHEET | Black women in the United States experience unacceptably poor maternal health outcomes, including disproportionately high rates of maternal death related to pregnancy or childbirth.
Continuous Support for Women During Childbirth: 2017 Cochrane Review Update Key Takeaways
Key takeaways from a popular Cochrane systematic review that summarizes the best available studies about the effects of continuous support on laboring women and their newborns.
New Professional Recommendations to Limit Labor and Birth Interventions: What Pregnant Women Need to Know
FACT SHEET | Summary of ACOG's recommendations that maternity care providers restrict use of many common labor and birth interventions that offer limited or uncertain benefit to low-risk women.
Quick Facts about Labor Induction
FACT SHEET | any pregnant women in the United States experience medical induction of labor. This fact sheet reviews some key points about labor induction.
Why Is the C-Section Rate So High?
FACT SHEET | When first measured in 1965, the national U.S. cesarean birth rate was 4.5%. However, the national cesarean rate has increased seven-fold.
Pathway to a Healthy Birth: Poster for Clinicians
POSTER | How Clinicians Can Support Beneficial Hormonal Action in Childbirth
Pathway to a Healthy Birth: Poster for Women
POSTER | Helping Your Hormones Do Their Most Wonderful Work.
Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act Fact Sheet (2016)
FACT SHEET | This three-page fact sheet reviews the Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act.
Childbirth Connection: Labor pain tables
FACT SHEET | There are many drug and drug-free ways to help you cope with labor pain. The benefits of some methods are better understood than others.
What to Ask…When Visiting a Hospital Maternity Ward
What to Ask…A Midwife or Other Care Provider Who May Attend Your Home Birth
What to Ask…A Doula Who May Provide Continuous Labor Support
We encourage you to meet and talk with different doulas, and to print and bring this list of questions.
What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know About Cesarean Section
FAQ | You might wonder if a C-section is easier or safer than vaginal birth. It’s important to get the facts and understand your options, so you can be prepared to make the best decisions for you and your baby.