Your Care Team for Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum
Overview This article examines your care team during your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Your primary care provider…
Your Guide to Prenatal Testing
Overview Your pregnancy journey starts with a positive pregnancy test. That is the first of many tests…
Five Questions You Should Be Asking
Overview You will have many opportunities to opt-in or out of interventions in your pregnancy, birth, or…
Placenta Variations and Abnormalities
Overview The placenta is an organ with a highly specialized purpose, and that is to support the…
The Cost of Birth, Understanding Insurance, and Tax-Advantaged Accounts
Overview In the United States, the average cost of vaginal birth is over $9,000, and the average…
Flu Vaccine During Pregnancy (2021-2022 Flu Season)
Overview Flu is an infectious disease caused by the influenza virus. The flu typically isn’t severe in…
Tdap Vaccine During Pregnancy
Overview A vaccine contains a weakened or killed form of a disease-causing micro-organism that causes your body to produce…
Navigating Prenatal Care
Overview Prenatal care is healthcare from a medical professional for you and your baby during pregnancy. It…
Do You Need a Doula?
Overview A doula is a professional trained in childbirth who provides emotional, physical, and educational support to…
COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy
CLICK HERE FOR THE MOST RECENT EPISODE ON THE COVID-19 VACCINE. Overview Historically vaccines have taken a…
Pregnancy Loss
Overview Erica McAfee, a grief specialist and doula, who really puts grief and loss and recovery into…
5 Tips to Make the Most Out of Every Prenatal Appointment
Overview Midwives and OBGYNs are experts in prenatal care, pregnancy, and birth. They are trained to identify…
Autonomy
Overview Autonomy may not be the first thing you think about when you think of pregnancy or…
Choosing (or Changing) Your Doctor or Midwife
Overview Your care provider is the cornerstone of your prenatal care and birth experience. This is your…
Centering Pregnancy & Group Prenatal Care
Overview The traditional model of medical care faces increasing challenges. Factors like increasing health care costs, limitations…
Ultrasounds
Overview You can expect to have at least one, or likely multiple ultrasounds during your pregnancy. This…
Optimal Fetal Positioning & Spinning Babies
Overview Your baby’s position in the womb can have a big impact on your labor and their…
Baby Position
Overview Your baby’s position in the womb seems simple on the surface. You want your baby head…
Informed Consent
Overview Informed consent is a basic component of communication between medical professionals and patients. True informed consent…
Cell Free DNA & NIPT (Non Invasive Prenatal Test)
Overview You have several options during your pregnancy when it comes to testing for chromosome abnormalities in…
Finding Out Your Baby’s Sex
Overview Your baby’s sex is determined at conception. They will get an X chromosome from the egg…
Waiting for Your First Prenatal Appointment
Overview Your first prenatal appointment usually isn’t until you are eight weeks pregnant. For many expecting moms,…
Miscarriage
Overview Miscarriage is a term for a pregnancy loss within 20 weeks. Rates of miscarriage are confusing,…
Gestational Diabetes
Overview When you eat, your body breaks down foods into glucose and uses it for energy. The…
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