Tag: Birth
Working With a Birth Center During My Pandemic Pregnancy
I had just attended my first midwife visit at The Addice birth center in January before the world went to chaos with COVID. Having...
Great Expectations vs. Reality:: Having a Baby During a Pandemic
A Tale of Two {Very Different} Births
St. Patrick's Day is the feast of the saint who famously converted Ireland to the Catholic faith. It...
Let’s Talk Pelvic Floor Health
What Pelvic Floor?
My pelvic floor. Not something I thought about much or really, ever, until after I delivered my second child. Yes, I knew...
The Alphabet Soup of Vaginal Birth After Cesarean {VBAC} Delivery
NOTE:: This post relates to women who have had one prior Cesarean delivery and a known lower transverse uterine incision.
Putting the letters together!
CD—Cesarean delivery
TOLAC—Trial of...
My Biggest Blessings Came on the Worst Day of my Life
I am pretty much an open book. There's not much I haven't shared from our infertility journey to my hysterectomy and my marriage trials....
I am an OB/GYN :: This is What EVERY Woman Should...
As an OB/GYN and high-risk pregnancy specialist, I get called, texted and emailed nearly daily by friends, friends of friends, coworkers and family members...
How to Be an Angel to a NICU Family
To say my family's journey to the NICU was unexpected would be an ENORMOUS understatement. If you had told 8-month-pregnant-me, reporting for her last...
All Birth Stories are Worthy {Cesarean Awareness Month}
April is Cesarean Awareness Month. To me, a birth story is like a good book that I can’t put down. I love to hear...
It Happened Again… On Having Severe Preeclampsia for the Second Time
I was overjoyed to learn that I was pregnant for the second time. My first pregnancy ended with a premature baby in the NICU...