by Shannon M. Clark | Oct 16, 2017 | Pregnancy
Inducing labor in older pregnant women as they near their due date won’t worsen their birth experiences or make them any more likely to need a C-section, new research finds. A study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine found that inducing...
by Kimberlyn Robinson | Oct 14, 2017 | Motherhood
CONTRACEPTION OPTIONS AFTER BABY Contraception in the immediate postpartum period The postpartum period places women at an increased risk for blood clots due to the hormonal and physiologic changes that occur. Additionally, some estrogen-containing...
by Kimberlyn Robinson | Oct 12, 2017 | Motherhood
Today, there are many reversible options available for pregnancy prevention. Ultimately, women who are interested in contraception must look at the available contraception or sterilization methods and decide which one is right for them. This can be accomplished...
by Laura Dearhart | Oct 9, 2017 | Motherhood
We’ve had a good run. My almost three-year-old has been attending the same in-home daycare since he was two months old. A few weeks ago, I found out that our daycare provider (let’s call her “Anne”) will be moving in less than two months to an undisclosed location...
by Shannon M. Clark | Oct 8, 2017 | Pregnancy
It’s official. More women are now having babies after age 35 than ever before. The “advanced maternal age” woman is becoming more and more the typical patient rather than the unicorn she once was. Even so, there’s still some measure of fear about...
