by Shannon M. Clark | May 5, 2019 | Pregnancy
There has been a lot of buzz recently on social media regarding high-risk pregnancy. Some women lament over the fact that they have been told they are high-risk, some women simply accept it and react appropriately, and some shout it from the mountain tops sharing...
by Shannon M. Clark | Mar 19, 2019 | Fertility
After training for 15 years to become a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist, I found myself 34 with no prospects for a long-term relationship and one year away from being the dreaded “advanced maternal age” — that age for a woman when her risk of having a baby...
by Shannon M. Clark | Mar 5, 2019 | Fertility, Motherhood, Pregnancy
Would you be in safer hands if your doctor had the same illness as you? We hear from a dermatologist with a skin complaint, a psychiatrist with depression, an oncologist who survived cancer and a maternal fetal medicine specialist who couldn’t conceive. To...
by Shannon M. Clark | Mar 3, 2019 | Pregnancy
Would you feel safer if you were being treated by a doctor who had the same condition you had? Some physicians can be reluctant to go public with their own health problems… But others are more open about their struggles… To...
by Shannon M. Clark | Mar 1, 2019 | Fertility
I am a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist who takes care of women with high-risk pregnancies with roles and a clinician, educator, and researcher. My practice is academic and evidence-based, which means I practice according to the most recent proven...
