Recently, Mirvie CEO and Co-Founder Maneesh Jain sat down with one of Mirvie’s investors, Holly Maloney, Managing Director at General Catalyst, to discuss how better diagnostics can enable biology-driven and preventative care that can leapfrog pregnancy care into the 21st century.

“I didn't think I had a risk,” Alicia says. “I know there's always a risk of anything because pregnancy is different for everybody, and it's different with each one. But I didn't feel any different than I did with my first pregnancy. That's what was crazy.”

“No one mentioned postpartum preeclampsia,” Courtney says. “Maybe it's because my blood pressure went back to normal after delivery. My labs were perfect. But I’ve learned the more you can listen to your body and listen to yourself to advocate for yourself, the better."‍

ACOG 2023 in Charm City is a wrap! We had a wonderful time connecting with hundreds of attendees from all around the world in Baltimore, hearing from leading experts on themes including the maternal mortality crisis and preeclampsia, and learning so much.‍

The future is bright for innovation in pregnancy health and the prenatal care journey. After decades of patients being forced into the same pathway for care delivery, doctors and patients are breaking the mold and redefining what optimal pregnancy health means for them.

“They told me I was going to have to be admitted,” Jenny recalls. “And I said, ‘I can't really be admitted. I mean, it's too early. And, you know, I have a baby shower to go to.’ They said, ‘Well, you're having a baby today.’”

The Mirvie team is back from attending the largest meeting of pregnancy health leaders of the year, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), which took place in San Francisco at the beginning of February. Such an energizing meeting to reconnect in person after 3 years!

With many headlines in 2022 bringing concerning updates on the state of pregnancy health, it may be difficult to imagine a positive future for 2023. Indeed, with the U.S. maternal mortality rate being the highest among industrialized nations¹ and the recent news that over 80% of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable², the stakes are higher than ever, as are the challenges faced by expecting parents and their care teams.

Mirvie conducted the first ever “Future of Pregnancy Health” Report in the fall of 2022, asking over a thousand new and expecting moms about their views on pregnancy health. As a company laser-focused on the future of pregnancy health, we wanted to hear firsthand what women care about most in pregnancy. We asked them a broad range of questions, from their views on their healthcare to their trust in their team, and gleaned powerful insights along the way.

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