Uterine Transplants! Baylor University has just announced it’s second livebirth after uterine transplantation. For women born without a uterus, usually affected by Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, and for women who’ve had to have their uterus removed due to cancer, the idea of getting pregnant and carrying a fetus were impossible just a few years ago. […]
Pregnancy and Air Travel. Feb 2018 Travel plans coming up? Trying to figure out what’s safe and what’s not while pregnant? Here are some basic guidelines for safe travels: Airplane travel doesn’t make labor more likely, but no one wants to have a baby on a plane! Airlines do not follow a standard set […]
Our philosophy has always been safety of mom and baby first, centering a woman’s own choices around her labor experience next and avoiding intervention when possible. Our group prides ourselves on our patience as physicians allowing us to focus on education, giving women the tools to make the most informed decisions possible and giving them […]
Over the last year or so, you may have heard tidbits of information about a type of birth control being studied on men. There’s long been a need for a reversible form of contraception for men. Pills, injections, gels, have all scored high on surveys for types of contraception men would be willing to take […]
It’s winter and the thought of mosquitos may be far from your mind, but there are two hemispheres to the Earth, which means in many countries it’s the middle of the summer. Where there are mosquitos, the question of the Zika virus is real. If you’re planning on becoming pregnant in the next […]
In the fall of last year, a publication from the large Nurses’ Health Study, identified lifestyle and dietary issues clearly associated with reproductive health. With access to over 25,000 pregnancies, the Nurses’ Health Study allows the prospective monitoring of women’s health and lifestyle choices. Some take home lessons: A Normal BMI: 20-25, is associated […]
“Like Sandpaper”. Not usually a comment I hear at the hospital, I turned my head to see what the nurses were discussing. I could not believe it, they were discussing their vaginas. The conversation was between a few peri- and post-menopausal nurses complaining about the state of their vaginas, using words like “sandpaper”, “the desert” […]
With the end of the year approaching, here are some podcasts you may want to start listening to. Podcasts can be powerful tools of transformation if you find the one you want that speaks to your goals. The New Year often leads us to set new goals, so depending on your goal, try to find […]
It’s on our checklist, every patient, at 20 weeks: no more sleeping on your back. Even for people who don’t usually sleep on their back, in pregnancy, especially towards the end, it can be such a comfortable position. So what’s the deal? When lying flat on your back in pregnancy, there’s a point at […]
December 1st is World AIDS day. The one deadly disease is now considered a chronic condition. When properly treated, people with HIV live normal lives and have normal life expectancy. Quite an accomplishment. Since the huge AIDS crisis of the 80s, awareness has vastly improved and prevention has been key to decreasing overall number of […]