Climate Change Lowkey Messing With Pregnancies on the Island 🤰🔥

The Tea

OK, fam, listen up! Climate change is doing the absolute MOST. It's not just about the glaciers melting; it's messing with pregnancies, especially on Vancouver Island. A new report says the rising temps are a whole problem for expectant moms.

So, some non-profit crunched the numbers and came up with this thing called "pregnancy heat-risk days." Basically, days where it's hotter than 95% of the usual temps. And guess what? Those days are popping off way more often now.

Why is this sus? Well, stifling heat is linked to some serious conditions like hypertension, gestational diabetes, and even stillbirths. Plus, more trips to the hospital, which nobody wants. Regions with limited access to healthcare are taking the biggest Ls.

Here's the local tea: Victoria's sweating through an extra 12 pregnancy heat-risk days each year. Climate change is to blame for over half of them! Vancouver's chillin' a bit more with 2 fewer days, and B.C. recorded 13, with 45% attributed to climate change.

Dr. in Nanaimo is like, "Yo, this heat is no joke for pregnant women." They're hoping this report wakes people up and gets them to realize climate change is affecting our health RIGHT NOW. Time to take action, no cap!