NewBloom Editorial Team, Author at NewBloom

August 29, 2026Postpartum

What Your Partner Should Watch for After Birth

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A practical postpartum plan for partners: what changes to notice, when to call a provider, when to call 911, and how to help after the call.

August 29, 2026Pregnancy

Woke Up on Your Back While Pregnant? What to Do Next

Gouache illustration of a pregnant adult turning from her back onto her side in a softly lit bedroom

Woke up on your back during pregnancy? Turn onto either side and go back to sleep. Here is what the guidance says and which other signs need a call.

August 25, 2026Newborn Care

Cradle Cap: Your Baby Cannot Feel It

Gouache illustration of a soft baby hairbrush, a small open dish of oil and a folded towel on a bathroom shelf.

Your baby feels nothing. You feel all of it, which is the only way cradle cap gets worse. The oil to skip, the one both pages name, and when to call.

August 25, 2026Postpartum

Postpartum Hair Loss: It Slows Before It Stops

A wide tooth comb on the edge of a white bathroom sink next to a small coil of loose hair in morning daylight.

There is no day it stops. There is a slope measured in months, a drain that cannot tell you anything, and one loose hair worth finding on your baby.

August 25, 2026August 25, 2026Pregnancy

Heartburn at Night in Pregnancy: It Is Not What You Ate

Three bed pillows stacked into a stepped slope against a headboard in a dark bedroom, with rumpled cotton sheets in the foreground.

The dinner list was never the lever. What moves night heartburn in pregnancy is the slope you sleep on and the gap between your antacid and your iron.

August 21, 2026Feeding

Sore Nipples From Breastfeeding: Unlatch and Start Over

An empty armchair at night with a soft cloth folded over one arm and a single low lamp beside it, painted in gouache.

Sore nipples are a position problem, not a skin problem. The fix is taking the baby off in the middle of a feed and starting again.

August 21, 2026Postpartum

Stitches After Birth: The Risk Is Not That They Tear

Clean folded towels stacked on a narrow shelf beside a bathroom window in early morning light, painted in gouache.

Stitches almost never come apart from force. What actually goes wrong is infection, and it arrives as the first day that hurts more than yesterday.

August 21, 2026Pregnancy

Swollen Feet in Pregnancy: Sitting Down Is Not the Fix

A low wooden footstool on a rug in front of an armchair, with a plain glass of water on the floor beside it, in ordinary summer daylight.

Sitting down is not what brings the swelling down. Not staying in one position is, and two items on the NHS list of four pull against each other.

August 19, 2026Sleep

When Your Newborn Stops Breathing in Her Sleep

A gouache illustration of a dark bedroom at night, with one adult hand resting on the corner of a wooden crib rail and a band of hallway light on the floor.

Normal and urgent make the same sound, which is no sound. The two things that actually separate them are her color and whether the pause ends.

August 19, 2026Postpartum

Postpartum Preeclampsia: Symptoms That Look Like Recovery

A half-finished glass of water standing on a wooden bedside table in morning daylight, with a rumpled unmade bed out of focus behind it.

Every symptom on the list turns up with a perfectly good postpartum explanation already attached, and the explanation gets there first.