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The recommendations say physicians should look for these risk factors: "a history of depression, current depressive symptoms (like persisting hopelessness, lack of sleep, etc.) or certain socioeconomic risk factors," such as being low-income, very young,

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Panel: Doctors Should Focus On Preventing Depression In Pregnant Women, New Moms

4:27pm August 28, 2018

by Rhitu Chatterjee

Physicians are urged to identify which pregnant women and new mothers are at high risk of depression and refer them to talk therapy before they show worsening symptoms.

Vanessa Wauchope begins abdominal exercises in Leah Keller's class in San Francisco, Calif. Keller teaches an exercise, called "drawing in," to help strengthen abdominal muscles that tend to spread apart a bit during pregnancy.

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Getting To The Core Of Exercises Said To Strengthen 'Mum Tum'

2:56pm August 20, 2017

by Michaeleen Doucleff

NPR listeners had lots of questions after our story about diastasis recti, a medical condition of abdominal muscles that's common among new moms. Many wanted to know more about how to fix the problem.