Originally Posted on ROMPER By Samantha Darby It's pretty standard when you become a mother to learn a few lessons, like "don't drop the baby." But when you're preparing to give birth, that's all you want to happen. When your baby "drops," it's often a signal that your baby is engaging in your pelvis to prepare [...]
Posted on Self.com on March 30, 2016 By: Rachel Jacoby Zoldan Little hair here, little bump there? Here’s what’s normal when it comes to your nips—and when you should seek out the doctor. Fact: Everyone has nipples. (Kind of like how everyone poops.) However, it’s easy to notice—and compare—the look, shape and size of your nipples [...]
Posted: March 25, 2016 on ParentHerald.com By: Jackie Pasaol Preeclampsia is one of the most common disorders in pregnancy that remained a mystery to many people. Unfortunately, the lack of knowledge about this disease is placing at stake the health of all pregnant women and their unborn babies, according to Kecia Gaither, M.D., MPH, FACOG. There [...]
Spring has graciously sprung and with it has come new opportunities, new alliances, and of course new perspectives. As a maternal fetal medicine specialist, my daily menu of high-risk complications like preeclampsia (or as I call it, ‘The BIG P’) is commonplace — something general OB/GYNs, countless other maternal fetal medicine specialists (present company included) see regularly. Being [...]
Originally Posted on SheKnows.com: February 12, 2016 By Bethany Ramos Early pregnancy symptoms could confirm the big news before you pee on a stick. When it comes to getting pregnant, there are the women who swear they knew from the moment of conception, and then there are those who didn’t know they were pregnant until the [...]
Originally Posted on Bustle.com: January 13, 2016 By Toria Sheffield Cramps suck. There's no way around it and no silver lining for that playbook. However, there are some pretty solid natural remedies for PMS and cramps than can make that time of the month suck less and also won't entail pumping your body with pain killers. [...]
By Caroline Olney We've all sat through high school sex ed and we've all been subjected to the "birds and bees" talk, but judging from how many vague queries we've put to Google in our lives, that doesn't necessarily mean we have a better idea of what exactly is going on in our uteruses and in [...]
By Kecia Gaither "The times they are a changing." Indeed, that's a powerful statement. It certainly applies to what's happening in the area ofprenatal care. Women being older and delaying pregnancy – while perhaps dealing with chronic diseases and their aftermath – has become the norm, rather than the exception. Cardiovascular disease is now the No. [...]
By Julie Revelant Essential oils have been used for thousands of years and as women continue to make informed choices during pregnancy and childbirth, they’re also turning to natural remedies like essential oils to ease common aches and pains, ease anxiety and get more sleep, experts say. In fact, a survey by the Centers for Disease [...]
By: Molly Walker When periviable (extremely premature) birth occurs or appears inevitable, clinicians should counsel parents or family on expected fetal outcomes as well as appropriate interventions, according to the first ever consensus care document on the subject from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists(ACOG) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine(SMFM). Clinicians and the family [...]
