Obstetrics

One in 3 FQHCs lack on-site prenatal care, with gaps concentrated in maternity deserts, a national study finds.

New York’s Safe Motherhood Initiative bundle coincided with drops in SMM, DIC, and hysterectomy after postpartum hemorrhage.

Get caught up with Contemporary OB/GYN! This list helps you navigate our top stories from the week, all in one place.

ACOG, SWHR, and WFRC are calling on Congress to invest $20B over 10 years to close the women's health gap.

IGFBP4/SHBG screen-guided care cut NICU admissions from 16.4% to 12.8% in nulliparous PRIME trial participants.

Alcohol use increased from 8% to 44% postpartum among pregnant people with HIV, with distinct risk factors identified for alcohol vs cannabis use.

A recap of the top-performing, most-viewed Contemporary OB/GYN stories from June 2026, including new SMFM guidance on acetaminophen in pregnancy, ACOG's break from federal vaccine recommendations, and our coverage of SLEEP 2026 in Baltimore.

Nishita Pondugula, MD, MS, explains her session surrounding associations of gestational weight gain and hypertensive pregnancy disorders with prepregnancy GLP-1 exposure.

An updated consensus statement from the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine confirms that acetaminophen remains the safest first-line treatment for pain and fever during pregnancy.

These are the top 5 headlines you might have missed from May 2026.

Esther H. Chung, MD, discusses how earlier fertility education, emotional screening, and structured referrals can improve patient experiences and outcomes in infertility care.

“The data show that Tdap vaccination during pregnancy is an effective way to protect infants from a serious disease at a time when they are most at risk," said Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH.

Eduardo Lara-Torre, MD, FACOG, explains that the unbundling of obstetric codes on January 1, 2027, will allow physicians to bill for each visit individually rather than receiving a single bundled payment.

Members of the BillionToOne team joined us at ACOG to discuss the launch of the new Unity Confirm fetal cell-based test for confirmation of high-risk prenatal screening results.

Take a look back at our coverage (so far) of the 2026 ACOG meeting in Washington, DC

The review of over 120 studies published since 2024 found no credible evidence linking HPV vaccination to serious adverse pregnancy outcomes or other long-term health risks.

Contemporary OB/GYN will be on site in Washington, D.C. to cover the latest data out of the 75th Annual ACOG Clinical & Scientific Meeting.

Yeo details the use of PBPK modeling alongside organ-on-a-chip technology to predict fetal drug exposure and optimize the maternal risk-benefit ratio.

"Results remained similar in subgroup analyses of early- and late-onset, and preterm and term preeclampsia," according to findings.

Effective January 1, 2027, the Current Procedural Terminology codes will replace the global maternity payment model to bill for antepartum, labor, delivery, and postpartum phases.

Ramu Perni highlights how the "one tube" workflow streamlines obstetric practices by enabling add-on RBC and platelet antigen tests.

The incidence of SUI at 6 weeks post partum was 8.7% for the PEFLOW group compared to 13.9% for those receiving usual care (P = .03).

Scott Sullivan, MD, describes a new strategy of training ER staff in hospitals without OB services to manage "drop-in" obstetric emergencies through simulation and remote support.

According to Amy Sarma, MD, moving beyond episodic office visits to multimodality care strategies is essential for reducing adverse cardiovascular outcomes in high-risk patients.

Scott Sullivan, MD, highlights that a third of Virginia is a maternity desert, creating even more severe gaps for patients requiring maternal-fetal medicine.