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The 4th Trimester Project team of experts have published multiple peer-reviewed journals and garnered national, local, and trade media attention. Drs. Verbiest, Stuebe, and Tully have been quoted in various news outlets, including (updated June 2020):

  • With Less Breastfeeding Support, Mothers Are Turning to Online Help, New York Times
  • The ‘fourth trimester’ and plight of new mothers during a pandemic, The Boston Globe
  • Coronavirus Might Make Black Maternal Mortality Even Worse, Self
  • Pandemic creates more risk for pregnant women of color, WRAL
  • Rethinking Relationships in Isolation: Support for new parents, WBTV
  • Without access to support, supplies, or even pediatricians, new moms are struggling under the pandemic’s ‘big black fog’, Insider.com
  • What women need most after giving birth, especially now, CNN
  • Depression, Anxiety During And After Pregnancy May Harm Childhood Development, CNN
  • What Coronavirus Means for Pregnancy, and Other Things New and Expecting Mothers Should Know, ProPublica
  • Why Some Moms Experiences Major Mood Shifts When They Stop Breastfeeding, Shape
  • Pediatrician Dr. Jessica Madden Talks Giving Birth In A Pandemic And What Happens After, BabyGaga
  • The Long Drive To Safe Birth in NC, WUNC
  • Should infants be separated from COVID-19-positive mothers?, Medical Express
  • UNC study finds that pain care inequity persists, The Daily Tar Heel
  • When Your Friend Is Pregnant and Depressed, New York Times Parenting
  • The Pressure To Breastfeed Can Hurt Moms. And Doctors Are Finally Realizing It, Huffington Post
  • Medicaid Tweak Might Offer Means To Improve U.S. Maternal Health, Kaiser Health News
  • Imagine Being Kicked off Your Health Insurance Two Months After Giving Birth, Vice
  • Postpartum Care in America Is Shamefully Inadequate. Here’s What Needs to Change, Self
  • You’re Black and Pregnant. What Should Your Birth Plan Actually Look Like?, Self
  • 13 Things Nobody Tells You About Postpartum Recovery (But Really Should), Good Housekeeping
  • Embodied: The Long Drive To Safe Birth in NC, WUNC
  • UNC study finds that pain care inequity persists, The Daily Tar Heel
  • Why Doctors Are Now Recommending ‘Fourth Trimester’ Checkups at 3 Weeks Postpartum as Opposed to 6, People Magazine
  • 700 new moms die each year in the U.S. Could Medicaid help?, PBS News Hour
  • How The Fourth Trimester Affects Your Mental Health, According To Experts, Romper
  • Even Doctors Admit That Pressuring Moms To Breastfeed Does More Harm Than Good, Scary Mommy
  • The Extraordinary Danger of Being Pregnant and Uninsured in Texas, ProPublica
  • Pregnant women in Texas face dangers from a lack of medical care, Dallas News It’s Startling How Little We Know About Good Postpartum Care, Slate Magazine
  • A Survival Guide for the Fourth Trimester, The New York Times
  • Unprepared and unsupported, I fell through the cracks as a new mom, Quartz
  • What no one tells new moms about what childbirth can do to their bodies, Vox
  • Redesigning Maternal Care: OB-GYNs Are Urged to See New Mothers Sooner And More Often, NPR
  • Paying Attention In The Postpartum Period, NPR Studio 1A
  • Why Are So Many Women Dying In Childbirth? Local Experts Discuss Troubling Trend, Charlotte Talks (NPR Affiliate)
  • Why so little is done to help new mums cope, The Economist
  • A startling statistic about black babies and white babies, The Charlotte Observer
  • New Recommendations for Postpartum Care Are Long Overdue, Slate
  • Why a Change in 4th Trimester Guidelines is SO Important, Parents
  • Mothers Dying After Childbirth Is a Medical Issue—But Cultural, Too, YES! Magazine
  • Redesigning Maternal Care: OB-GYNs Are Urged to See New Mothers Sooner and More Often, Propublica
  • Postpartum Care Should Begin During Pregnancy, Psych Congress Network
  • ACOG Stresses ‘Fourth Trimester’ for Better Postpartum Care, Medscape
  • The ‘Fourth Trimester:’ What Updated Postpartum Guidance Means for New Moms, US News & World Report
  • Serena Williams calls post-pregnancy the ‘fourth trimester’: Why she’s right and what women should know, ABC News
  • Updated Postpartum Guidelines and Exercise, Shape Magazine
  • Supporting New Moms with ‘4th Trimester’ Care Could Save Lives, Healthline
  • Project aims to improve care in the ‘4th trimester,’ OB-Gyn News
  • Postpartum Care Gets A New Look, OB-Gyn News
  • A Pumping Conspiracy, The New York Times
  • The Breastfeeding Option We Don’t Talk About, The Huffington Post
  • The New, Improved World of Infant Care, The Wall Street Journal
  • Moms, Babies + Improving Health Across Generations, The Methods Section
  • Doctors Want Postpartum Checkups To Happen A Lot Sooner Than 6 Weeks, Scary Mommy
  • How Better Postpartum Care Could Help U.S. Mothers Thrive, Rewire News
  • America Can Be A Difficult Place To Be A Mother, The Hill
  • Childbirth taboo leaving thousands of mothers to suffer in silence, Daily Mail (UK)
  • The 6-Week Postpartum Visit is Failing Moms, Romper
  • Breastfeeding Anxiety is Real, Romper
  • Why These New Postpartum Care Recommendations Are So Important for New Moms, What To Expect
  • Long-term maternal benefits of breastfeeding, Contemporary OBGYN
  • The fourth trimester: a critical transition period with unmet maternal health needs, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • ACOG Redesigns Postpartum Care, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • CGBI Breastfeeding Exclusive
  • UNC approved for a $248,594 award from Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, UNC Health Talk

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