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10/17/2022

Shelly Bridgewater, our namesake, is included in this new book on maternal health issues in the USA. " : True Stories of Pregnancy-Related Death and Near-Miss has been published and is AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE!" Foreword is written by Dr. Mark Santillan, MFM, FACOG University of Iowa.

BUY it here: https://www.endpreeclampsia.org/hush

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is an anthology of stories written, edited, and compiled by Anne Garrett, co-founder of the Preeclampsia Foundation and the Unexpected Project, and herself a three-time survivor of pregnancy-related near-death. Told in chronological order from 1986 (her first near-death due to a ruptured ectopic pregnancy) until 2022, Hush shares 48 stories from survivors across the U.S. representing the leading causes of pregnancy-related death and near-miss including hemorrhage, eclampsia/HELLP Syndrome, postpartum psychosis, amniotic fluid embolism, ectopic pregnancy, and medical malpractice. Hush includes first-person accounts from Jennifer Binkley Carney, Todd Heiden, Aimee Woolwine, Joan Lambert, and Dr. Linda Burke, as well as stories shared with the author. Harrowing, heartbreaking, and honest, it is a hard but essential read.

: True Stories of Pregnancy-Related Death and Near-Miss has been published and is AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE!

BUY it here ->> https://www.endpreeclampsia.org/hush

is an anthology of stories written, edited, and compiled by Anne Garrett, co-founder of the Preeclampsia Foundation and the Unexpected Project, and herself a three-time survivor of pregnancy-related near-death. Told in chronological order from 1986 (her first near-death due to a ruptured ectopic pregnancy) until 2022, Hush shares 48 stories from survivors across the U.S. representing the leading causes of pregnancy-related death and near-miss including hemorrhage, eclampsia/HELLP Syndrome, postpartum psychosis, amniotic fluid embolism, ectopic pregnancy, and medical malpractice. Hush includes first-person accounts from Jennifer Binkley Carney, Todd Heiden, Aimee Woolwine, Joan Lambert, and Dr. Linda Burke, as well as stories shared with the author. Harrowing, heartbreaking, and honest, it is a hard but essential read.

Buy it here:
https://www.endpreeclampsia.org/hush

07/19/2022

New Research Regarding Women with Mild Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy in the United States

We have had some questions about this recently, so we are reposting the information we shared in April, 2022.

Some of you have seen your doctors or the modmins reference new recommendations to start BP meds for US women with chronic hypertension at 140/90, instead of at severe range of 160/105-110, and may be wondering what this means.

In April, 2022, several well-known researchers in the field of preeclampsia published a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine, regarding the Chronic Hypertension and Pregnancy (CHAP) Trial. This trial studied over 2400 women at multiple centers, randomizing the women to BP treatment at either 140/90 or 160/105.

The 2019 ACOG Practice Bulletin on chronic hypertension previously recommended waiting to start BP meds until around 160/105-110 for women with chronic hypertension because of concerns about fetal growth restriction. The CHAP Trial found that starting BP meds at 140/90 compared to 160/105 led to significant reductions in preeclampsia and preterm birth, with no increase in fetal growth restriction.

In light of this information, ACOG and SMFM have issued statements supporting the use of BP meds at 140/90 in women with chronic hypertension during pregnancy, rather than waiting for severe range. (This is similar to established recommendations in several other countries other than the US.) While a new practice bulletin has not yet been issued, some doctors are already using a threshold of 140/90, so some of you may see a change from a previous pregnancy.

This is exciting! We are watching scientific development in real time! The modmins have been reading the new statements and watching for updates. We will continue to share information with you as we see it, and we will update our explainers and guides as needed.

ACOG's statement (with some additional details):
https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/practice-advisory/articles/2022/04/clinical-guidance-for-the-integration-of-the-findings-of-the-chronic-hypertension-and-pregnancy-chap-study?fbclid=IwAR0ILPDc12nPNOOIUVyBSxPNjL2BVtdJWVJoTc1mcceGMmH52oY6e5LHi3Q

SMFM's statement (with some additional details):

https://www.smfm.org/publications/439-smfm-statement-antihypertensive-therapy-for-mild-chronic-hypertension-in-pregnancy-the-chap-trial?fbclid=IwAR2KBVPvl2ZbUGADK0K3eD9F5Ifdm_WtSAdtncNCGurAYNiSrWboCEkMjoo

Link to the paper: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2201295?query=featured_home](https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nejm.org%2Fdoi%2Ffull%2F10.1056%2FNEJMoa2201295%3Fquery%3Dfeatured_home)&fbclid=IwAR2r9eSm_mS-4e1obW-zTKaV-BUG5vuzIOxBB5QgTK9-VFRpXquxoDCsC5w

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04/05/2022

Urge Iowa's lawmakers to support the health of our new moms.

01/08/2022

This is IRB-approved research.

Researchers at the University of Iowa are trying to learn more about the hospital experience of people who had preeclampsia, eclampsia, or HELLP. regardless of where you live. We would greatly appreciate your help by completing this survey about your most recent pregnancy in which you experienced any of these conditions. We will use the results of this survey to design new programs to help improve the experience of birth persons.

Complete the Survey here:
https://redcap.icts.uiowa.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=99ELMNWDEYKTNRDF

05/17/2019

05/16/2019

Join us for a planning meeting on Sunday 5/19/19 at 3pm at the Iowa City Public Library Meeting Room B.

05/15/2019

05/08/2019

https://apnews.com/4907da5c58c84a708a548c4ea18fc5c7

Pregnancy-related deaths are rising in the United States and the main risk factor is being black, according to new reports that highlight racial disparities in care during and after...