Articles about Ob/Gyn
After finding out they are pregnant, some women’s thoughts quickly turn to picking out the perfect baby name or selecting colors and a scheme for the nursery. But there are two other essential choices expectant mothers must make – who will deliver their baby and where? The answer is not always an obstetrician. A growing … Read more
Nearly every woman will go through some form of menopause at one time or another, but many of us don’t know what to look for when it happens. Menopause is the natural decline of estrogen and progesterone, usually in your 40s and 50s, that occurs as we age out of our reproductive years. While the … Read more
Pregnancy is a beautiful thing. Wonderful as it is, any mother or mother-to-be knows the apprehension that comes with having a baby: concerns about the child’s well-being in the womb; giving birth; the possibility of complications. Now add a pandemic that disrupts life as we know it – changes in prenatal and birth care policies, … Read more
No miscarriage is easy, but the doctor can make the difference between acceptance and devastation. For Jen Kulick, owner of the Tattooed Moose, her first miscarriage, when she was about 10 weeks pregnant, was the worst. “She literally made me sit in the waiting room with all the pregnant moms for more than an hour,” […]
Ugh. Menopause. It’s the often-bemoaned part of aging that all women experience – usually in their early 50s – that signals the end of the body’s ability to reproduce. But it’s not something that happens overnight. In fact, it starts years before in a sort of limbo phase known as perimenopause. That’s right, ladies, if […]
Take one look around social media and you would be right to think that everyone around you is at some stage of growing their families. There seems to be pregnancy announcements around every corner – and, in fact, the 2017 Census stated that a baby was going to be born every eight seconds. However, for […]