Let’s Talk Babies

As soon as you find out you are pregnant one of the things you begin to think about (a lot) is your labor and delivery.  There are many things to consider such will you require a schedule c-section, do you want to have pain medication or an epidural during your labor, or do you want [Read the rest]

A study released this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found that babies born prematurely (before week 37) are at risk for health consequences into adulthood.  The study used data from tracking done by Norwegian doctors of 1.2 million people born in Norway between 1967 and 1988.  
It has been commonly [Read the rest]

What would happen if you were involved in a motor vehicle accident with your child in the car and were unable to tell emergency personnel who your child was?  Or what if your child was in the car with another adult, like a grandparent or babysitter, and involved in a motor vehicle accident, how would [Read the rest]

Episiotomy, it is the word that every pregnant woman dreads, and tends to avoid talking about.  An episiotomy is an incision made in the perineum during delivery.  The incision is made by your doctor to help speed delivery and to avoid tearing.  Some doctors perform episiotomies routinely on all patients while others try to avoid [Read the rest]

Each time I sit down to write about my baby I am amazed how quickly time has gone by.  It seems like I was just writing about my postpartum experiences and now here I am writing about my 4 month old.
We have suffered through the second round of vaccinations and got a glowing report at [Read the rest]