COMMENTARY: New moms need support in 'new normal' world
"Being pregnant in the time of the coronavirus means facing an enormous conflation of socioeconomic, medical, racial, cultural, mental and physical challenges that place an unreasonable burden of stress on any expecting mother. As pregnant people face deadly risks with the delta variant, experience heightened levels of stress and are less able to lean on child care and community resources than ever before, health inequities will invariably rise — and further feed the burden of stress placed on new moms.
It is up to us to act now, to allocate resources and treatment without stigma or consequence, so that we can limit future disparities in maternal mortality and postpartum mental health before they threaten a new generation of our mothers and their children."
