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Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) use across the menstrual cycle and oral contraceptive regimen: A proof-of-concept intensive longitudinal study Open

Chrystal Vergara‐Lopez, George D. Papandonatos, Margaret H. Bublitz, Alicia M. Allen, Laura R. Stroud · 2025

Preliminary evidence indicates that ENDS use among NC individuals varies as a function of natural fluctuations in ovarian hormones while OCs appear to lower and stabilize ENDS use. Despite the small sample, this study suggests that intensi…

Predictors of Vaginal Birth at the Time of Admission in a Contemporary Cohort of Term Nulliparas Open

Nadine Sunji, Amy Pan, Liyun Zhang, Margaret H. Bublitz, Nina K. Ayala , et al. · 2025

Background Designing a model to accurately predict vaginal birth in nulliparas may play a role in reducing cesarean delivery rates. This study aimed to identify predictors of vaginal birth at the time of admission in a contemporary and div…

Association between maternal body mass index, skin incision-to-delivery time, and umbilical artery pH in cesarean deliveries Open

Nadine Sunji, A. Hernández, Robert L. Schmidt, Amy Pan, Nina K. Ayala , et al. · 2025

Objective To estimate the association between maternal body mass index (BMI) at delivery, time from skin incision to infant delivery, and umbilical artery (UA) pH <7.0. Methods This was a secondary analysis of the Assessment of Perinatal E…

Trait mindfulness in early pregnancy and adverse perinatal outcomes: a prospective cohort study Open

Audra Fain, Tess E.K. Cersonsky, Margaret H. Bublitz, Adam K. Lewkowitz, Erika F. Werner , et al. · 2025

Background Mindfulness centered therapy has been shown to improve perinatal mental health outcomes. There is emerging evidence that mindfulness training (MT) can also be harnessed to improve somatic outcomes. Yet, little is known about whi…

A global perspective: Access to mental health care for perinatal populations Open

Claire A. Wilson, Margaret H. Bublitz, Prabha S. Chandra, Sarah M. Hanley, Simone Honikman , et al. · 2024

Perinatal mental health care differs around the world. We provide a global perspective on the current status of service provision, barriers and facilitators to access, and strategies to improve access in high-income and low- and middle-inc…

Female adolescents’ early life stress and body mass index: Differential effects of anger and anxiety in response to rejection Open

Sharon Y. Lee, Nancy C. Jao, Allison E. Gaffey, Brie M. Reid, Chrystal Vergara‐Lopez , et al. · 2024

Introduction Early life stress is linked to childhood obesity. As children enter adolescence, early life stress may be associated with increased rejection sensitivity, resulting in activation of behavioral and physiological changes that co…

Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Phone-Based Prenatal Mindfulness Training to Usual Care for Pregnant People at Risk for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Open

Nina K. Ayala, Elena Salmoraigo-Blotcher, Ghada Bourjeily, Nicole R. Nugent, Laura Sanapo , et al. · 2024

Longitudinally assessed maternal sleep position, measures of breathing during sleep, and fetal growth in high-risk pregnancies Open

Juliana Katz, Laura Sanapo, Margaret H. Bublitz, Melissa Guillen, Ashanti Avalos , et al. · 2023

Study Objectives Subjective recall of supine sleep during pregnancy has been linked to increased risk of stillbirth, but longitudinal, objective data are lacking. We aimed to examine how sleep position and breathing parameters change throu…

Feasibility of an online mindfulness-based program for mothers of NICU graduates in Japan Open

Kento Suzuki, Margaret H. Bublitz, Jonathan JaeHong Park, Takeshi Arimisty, Jeffrey Proulx · 2023

Objectives: To assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of an onlinereal-time mindfulness-based program for mothers of NICU graduates in Japan.Methods: 20 Japanese mothers of children who used to be hospitalized in t…

Maternal sleep disordered breathing and offspring growth outcome: A systematic review and meta-analysis Open

Laura Sanapo, Sandra Hackethal, Margaret H. Bublitz, Kelsey Sawyer, Corrado Garbazza , et al. · 2023

The Impact of Mindfulness Treatment on Maternal Inflammation and Fetal Neurodevelopment Among Participants with Histories of Hypertensive Disorders Open

Katherine G. Unger, Laura Sanapo, Ghada Bourjeily, Elena Salmoirago‐Blotcher, Margaret H. Bublitz · 2023

This was a secondary analysis of a prenatal mindfulness training (MT) RCT versus treatment as usual (TAU) on neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), a measure of maternal inflammation, and fetal head circumference. Fifteen participants were …

Neural activation to peer acceptance and rejection in relation to concurrent and prospective depression risk in adolescent and pre-adolescent girls Open

Laura R. Stroud, Michele Morningstar, Chrystal Vergara‐Lopez, Margaret H. Bublitz, Sharon Y. Lee , et al. · 2023

Experiences of maltreatment in childhood are associated with increasing anxiety and lower body acceptance over pregnancy Open

Laura Georgina Ward, Margaret H. Bublitz, Natasha Sokol, Shaquanna Brown, Laura R. Stroud · 2023

A Systematic Review of Studies Examining Associations between Sleep Characteristics with Dietary Intake and Eating Behaviors during Pregnancy Open

Tayla von Ash, Laura Sanapo, Margaret H. Bublitz, Ghada Bourjeily, Amy L. Salisbury , et al. · 2023

Little is known about the association between sleep and diet in pregnancy, despite both behaviors impacting maternal and fetal health. We aimed to perform a systematic review of the available literature on associations between sleep charac…

Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of mindfulness training on antenatal blood pressure Open

Margaret H. Bublitz, Elena Salmoirago‐Blotcher, Laura Sanapo, Nina K. Ayala, Niharika Mehta , et al. · 2023

Posttraumatic stress disorder, diurnal cortisol, and ambulatory blood pressure in early and late pregnancy Open

Margaret H. Bublitz, Yael I. Nillni, Nicole R. Nugent, Laura Sanapo, Naya Habr , et al. · 2022

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects 1 in 20 reproductive‐aged women and is associated with cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality. The pathophysiology linking PTSD to cardiovascular disease in nonpregnant adults is propose…

A Narrative Review of Sex and Gender Differences in Sleep Disordered Breathing: Gaps and Opportunities Open

Margaret H. Bublitz, Nour Adra, Leen Hijazi, Fidaa Shaib, Hrayr Attarian , et al. · 2022

Introduction: Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is a common condition, associated with multiple comorbidities including cardiovascular and metabolic disease. It has been previously established that SDB is more prevalent in men than women, s…

Adolescent girls’ cardiovascular responses to peer rejection: exploring the impact of early life stress Open

Sharon Y. Lee, Chrystal Vergara‐Lopez, Margaret H. Bublitz, Allison E. Gaffey, Christina D’Angelo , et al. · 2022

Sleep disordered breathing and the risk of severe maternal morbidity in women with preeclampsia: A population-based study Open

Isabelle Malhamé, Margaret H. Bublitz, Danielle L. Wilson, Laura Sanapo, Elizabeth Rochin , et al. · 2022

Maternal perinatal hypertensive disorders and parenting in infancy Open

Lindsay Huffhines, Margaret H. Bublitz, Jesse L. Coe, Ronald Seifer, Stephanie H. Parade · 2022

Maternal History of Childhood Maltreatment and Brain Responses to Infant Cues Across the Postpartum Period Open

Margaret H. Bublitz, James E. Swain, Shoshanna Lustig, Christine Barthélémy, Lena L.A. DeYoung , et al. · 2022

Adults with histories of childhood maltreatment (CM) are more likely to display problematic parenting behaviors. The goal of this study was to examine changes in maternal brain activation to negative infant cues over the early postpartum p…

Exploring the Impact of Maternal and Paternal Acceptance on Adolescent Girls’ Emotion Regulation Open

Chrystal Vergara‐Lopez, Natasha Sokol, Margaret H. Bublitz, Allison E. Gaffey, Andrea Gómez , et al. · 2022

Dispositional Optimism, Mode of Delivery, and Perceived Labor Control among Recently Delivered Parturients Open

Nina K. Ayala, Anna Whelan, Olivia Recabo, Tess E.K. Cersonsky, Margaret H. Bublitz , et al. · 2022

Objective Dispositional optimism (DO) is an understudied transdiagnostic resilience factor among peripartum individuals. Low DO is associated with increased fear and pain in labor and increased rates of emergent cesarean delivery, but it i…

Maternal history of childhood maltreatment is associated with diurnal cortisol and DNA methylation of placental 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 Open

Margaret H. Bublitz, Karl T. Kelsey, Rondi A. Butler, Ghada Bourjeily · 2022

Background Accumulating evidence indicates that maternal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity over pregnancy differs according to maternal history of childhood maltreatment. DNA methylation of the placental 11-beta-hydroxyste…

Acknowledgment Open

Elizabeth L. Addington, Shana Adise, Sarah L. Aghjayan, Julia Allan, Kimberley Allison , et al. · 2022

The effects of a brief mindfulness-based intervention on pain perceptions in patients with chronic pelvic pain: A case series Open

Lindsay E Clark Donat, Jennifer Reynolds, Margaret H. Bublitz, Ellen Flynn, Lauri S. Friedman , et al. · 2022

Early life stress and latent trait cortisol in adolescent girls: a prospective examination Open

Chrystal Vergara‐Lopez, Margaret H. Bublitz, Nadia Mercado, Hannah N. Ziobrowski, Andrea Gómez , et al. · 2021

Early life stress (ELS) may become embedded into an individual's stress physiology, changing their hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-axis in an enduring, trait-like fashion. Cortisol is often utilized to investigate HPA-axis function. H…

Timing is everything: snoring onset and blood pressure trajectories in pregnancyCommentary on Dunietz GL, Hao W, Shedden K, et al. Maternal habitual snoring and blood pressure trajectories in pregnancy. <i>J Clin Sleep Med</i> . 2022;18(1):31–38. doi:10.5664/jcsm.9474 Open

Margaret H. Bublitz, Ghada Bourjeily · 2021

Sleep Disordered Breathing Measures in Early Pregnancy Are Associated with Depressive Symptoms in Late Pregnancy Open

Margaret H. Bublitz, Meghan Sharp, Taylor Freeburg, Laura Sanapo, Nicole R. Nugent , et al. · 2021

Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) and depression are both common complications of pregnancy and increase risk for adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. SDB precedes onset of depression in non-pregnant adults; however, the longitudinal rel…

Childhood adversity, prenatal depression, and maternal inflammation across pregnancy Open

Margaret H. Bublitz, Taylor Freeburg, Meghan Sharp, Myriam Salameh, Ghada Bourjeily · 2021

Background To examine whether change in neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio, a marker of systemic inflammation, differs by childhood adversity and prenatal depression. Methods Prenatal complete blood count data were used to calculate neutrophil–ly…

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