Perinatal Mental Health: Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Emotional Care
Perinatal mental health covers emotional and psychological well-being during pregnancy and after childbirth, including depression, anxiety, trauma, and postpartum conditions.
Perinatal mental health covers emotional and psychological well-being during pregnancy and after childbirth, including depression, anxiety, trauma, and postpartum conditions.
Pregnancy after loss is a pregnancy following miscarriage, stillbirth, ectopic pregnancy, neonatal loss, or another reproductive loss.
A rainbow baby is a baby born after miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal loss, or another reproductive loss and symbolizes hope after grief.
Neonatal loss is the death of a baby within the first 28 days after live birth and may involve prematurity, infection, congenital conditions, or birth complications.
Postpartum recovery is the physical, hormonal, emotional, and sexual healing process after childbirth and may continue for weeks or months.
A missed miscarriage occurs when a pregnancy stops developing but the tissue remains in the uterus, often without immediate bleeding or cramping.
Stillbirth is fetal death later in pregnancy and may result from placental, fetal, maternal, genetic, infectious, or unexplained causes.
Ectopic pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg implants outside the main uterine cavity, most often in a fallopian tube, and can become a medical emergency.
A molar pregnancy is an abnormal pregnancy caused by unusual fertilization, leading to abnormal placental growth and the need for hCG monitoring after treatment.
A chemical pregnancy is a very early pregnancy loss detected by hCG before the pregnancy can usually be seen on ultrasound.