The Year After Birth: What We Still Miss

These postpartum complications account for most morbidity in the first year—and how to diagnose and manage them before they become crises.

The postpartum year remains one of the most dangerous periods in a woman’s life. The recent AJOG systematic review by Ke et al. (2025) “Frequency and timing of complications within the first postpartum year in the United States and Canada: a systematic review and meta-analysis,” pooled over 246 million deliveries in the United States and Canada and cata…