Stress, low support, loneliness and depression during pregnancy were the factors most strongly linked to postpartum depression in a 2026 survey of 975 mothers from German-speaking countries. Medical factors such as cesarean delivery and gestational diabetes showed no significant link.1 Research Highlights Life stress after birth stood out: feeling stressed by one’s general life situation …
Restless legs syndrome (RLS), now also called Willis-Ekbom disease (WED), is a sleep-disrupting neurologic disorder that affects roughly 20–30% of pregnancies in some series and is linked to preeclampsia, increased cesarean delivery, and perinatal depression. A 2026 Nature and Science of Sleep synthesis turned 9 source documents into 27 practice recommendations across 5 domains, ending …
An Ethiopian umbrella review estimated perinatal depressive symptoms at 22.49% across 8 systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Antenatal and postnatal rates were similar, so the burden spans the whole perinatal window rather than clustering only after delivery.1 Research Highlights Overall pooled prevalence was 22.49%: Necho et al. combined 8 Ethiopian systematic reviews and meta-analyses covering 28 …