Women’s prenatal and postnatal health

Several people commented about yesterday’s post on the health and well being of pregnant and post pregnant women in this country per research I cited. My current thoughts on that and from 3 more related articles:

The demographics cover a lot of territory from ethnicity, income, location, mental health-a huge issue including post partum depression, high suicide rates, Covid. The Covid paper is outspoken about the gov view and the actual view. I can’t give all the details given n these papers due to their length. The damage is large, and largely ignored. From my work in psyche, emergency med and nutrition I am thinking that we have a lot to offer to make this story completely different, in a healthy way. An optimally nourished brain will be more able to cope with stressors. There are tools to learn and use to counter balance stress, such as Positive Intelligence. The stressors are an equal opportunity problem for all, perhaps more seen in stressed communities than in highly educated and high income earning people, although it is alive and kicking there also. This is not a new phenomenon, just recently turbocharged. Why do we persist in so many aspects of our government lack of action, citizen laissez faire, status quo, and since it is not me I do not have to do anything to fix it mindset? My specialty is nutrition. We have some excellent tools. Ask me…