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Maternal health organizations and advocates are urging the California surgeon general to suspend the rollout of a plan aimed at reducing maternal mortality.

According to Helen Cheyne, professor of maternal and infant health research at the University of Stirling, "it is not known" how a cryptic pregnancy like Bryony's can happen.

The NIH lists some possible risk factors including prenatal exposure to pesticides or air pollution, premature birth or low birth weight, maternal health problems and parents conceiving at older ages.

Sarah says the study is learning more about how the body reacts, how nutrition and sleep can help, and the impact of maternal care.

Anecdotes from pregnant people paint a grim picture of the state of maternal health care in the carceral system.