By Cat Lafuente/APRIL 9, 2020 If you're one of the folks who haven't quite kicked the habit, now is the time if you're trying to get pregnant, says Dr. Kecia Gaither, a double board-certified physician in OB/GYN and maternal fetal medicine. "Tobacco abuse causes damage directly to the placenta, secondary to the chemicals used to 'cure [...]
By Olivia Youngs, April 9, 2020 The last thing you want to do is use a straw. “You'll just be swallowing more air, resulting in air bubbles in your stomach,” says Kecia Gaither, M.D., OB-GYN and director of Perinatal Services at NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln. Eat slowly and be sure to chew your food fully before swallowing. Click HERE for the full [...]
By George W Citroner, April 6, 2020 “The vagina is essentially a thin mucus membrane with a rich vascular supply. During sex, micro abrasions disrupt this membrane and if there are infectious entities, they’re readily dispersed due to the abundant blood supply that exists,” explained Kecia Gaither, MD, director of perinatal services at Lincoln Medical and Mental [...]
by George Citroner on April 1, 2020 “Once this pandemic began, I have isolated myself from my parents and family members — we talk/text daily. I am teaching them how to Skype, but there has been no contact for weeks,” Gaither said. She also can’t understand why she still sees so many people not following social distancing recommendations — [...]
By Gabrielle Kassel, March 30, 2020 That’s why both he and Kecia Gaither, MD, MPH, FACOG, double board certified in OB-GYN and maternal fetal medicine, and director of perinatal services at NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, recommend calling up your OB-GYN and explaining your sitch. If you don’t have a gynecologist you see regularly, go to a walk-in clinic [...]
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By Alexandria Hein | Fox News, March 24, 2020 Kecia Gaither, MD, MPH, FACOG, director of perinatal services at NYC Health + Hospitals/LINCOLN, said that expectant moms should discuss the situation with their physician ahead of time so they know what to expect prior to arriving at the hospital. Gaither said that pregnant women who are experiencing possible coronavirus [...]
By Ruben Castaneda, March 23, 2020 Antibiotics can prevent you from getting COVID-19. This is not true, says Dr. Kecia Gaither, director of perinatal services at NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln in New York City. There currently isn't a vaccine to prevent you from getting COVID-19, nor are there any anti-viral medications to treat the disease, she says. [...]
by Gabrielle Kassel on March 21, 2020 “Because it’s still new, and because there has not yet been sufficient research, there’s a scarcity of information at this time,” says Dr. Kecia Gaither, MD, FACOG, a double board certified physician in OB-GYN and maternal fetal medicine and director of perinatal services at NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln. Click HERE for the [...]
By Danielle Braff, March 20, 2020 Kecia Gaither, M.D., director of perinatal services at NYC Health & Hospitals/Lincoln, agrees, adding that while the decision as to how a woman delivers her child is her choice, there are many things that can go wrong during a delivery. These include hemorrhage, fetal distress, shoulder dystocia, and more. “I personally feel [...]
