Nine Months of Medical Attention. Then Almost Nothing. -Opinion

This is an interesting opinion piece by Dr. Hathi, a new mother and a physician. She talks about the importance of seeing the baby and mother treatment as a unit since often once the baby is born the mother has a gap in her own care.

A mother and her newborn’s health are inextricably intertwined. When a mother’s depression goes untreated, infant cognitive development suffers. When her baby falls ill, she produces targeted antibodies in her breast milk to fight infection. States with the worst maternal mortality rates tend also to have the worst infant outcomes.

Click here to read the article printed in The New York Times.