# Discovering changes in birthing narratives during COVID-19

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.11742 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2204.11742/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 5 of its 22 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 25 Apr 2022.

## Builds on (most cited first, 5 of 5)

- [The Pushshift Reddit Dataset](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2001.08435/) (2020)
- [Quantifying the Effects of COVID-19 on Mental Health Support Forums](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2009.04008/) (2020)
- [Temporal Mental Health Dynamics on Social Media](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2008.13121/) (2020)
- [Identifying pandemic-related stress factors from social-media posts -- effects on students and young-adults](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2012.00333/) (2020)
- [Detecting Emerging Symptoms of COVID-19 using Context-based Twitter Embeddings](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2011.03983/) (2020)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We investigate whether, and if so how, birthing narratives written by new parents on Reddit changed during COVID-19. Our results indicate that the presence of family members significantly decreased and themes related to induced labor significantly increased in the narratives during COVID-19. Our work builds upon recent research that analyze how new parents use Reddit to describe their birthing experiences.