Immediate Postpartum Breastfeeding following Pregnancy with Cardiac Disease.

Objective:  This study aimed to identify predictors of immediate postpartum breastfeeding among women with maternal cardiac disease (MCD).

Study Design:  This study included all gravidas with MCD who delivered at a single institution from 2012 to 2018. Charts were abstracted for maternal demographics, obstetrical outcome, cardiac diagnoses, cardiac risk stratification scores, and prepregnancy echocardiogram findings.

Obstetrical and perinatal outcomes of patients with methamphetamine-positive drug screen on labor and delivery.

Background: The incidence of methamphetamine use in reproductive-age women across the United States is increasing. The existing literature on methamphetamine use in pregnancy has indicated an elevated risk of adverse maternal and neonatal health outcomes.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate pregnancy outcomes in patients with recent methamphetamine use compared with patients who received negative test results for methamphetamine at the time of delivery.