Mommy's little helper.
While it is quite common for women to have a doctor help them through the birthing process, many mothers-to-be opt for another approach by hiring a doula, midwife, nurse practitioner or personal coach. Some expectant ladies have a whole team for the delivery. Aside from your partner, who helped you through your labor? Source Who Helped You Through Labor? OB/GYN Nurse Read more
One of the reasons I love the Bay Area is the eclectic antique market held once a month in Alameda County. Bird cages, guitars, dining tables and china sets are common merchandise, but yesterday one item made me stop dead in my tracks — an OB/GYN examining table. Stunned, I waited to hear what passersby said of the labor worthy furniture. Here are a few notable quotes I overheard: You could Read more
Even with technology's abilities, many expectant ladies want to keep the gender of their unborn babies a surprise. Sometimes the hardest part is getting the professionals to stay mum on the sex. It seems Minnie Driver's OB/GYN may have let the cat out of the bag during one of her exams. When asked how the doctor let it slip, she told Jimmy Kimmel: He [doctor] turned back to the monitor he was Read more
Back in my mother's day, expectant women depended heavily on their OB/GYNs. Mothers–to–be assumed their doctor would deliver their baby — not the on–call physician. In Knocked Up, Katherine Heigl's character interviewed numerous doctors and laid out her demands and expectations. I took a laid back approach with my doctor and it didn't pay off. I had an easy first pregnancy — I dodged Read more
You may think this story is stolen straight from an episode of Grey's Anatomy, but this really happened. My friend called last night and told me this whole saga from beginning to end. I still can hardly believe it. She's a brand new mom to a three–week–old baby boy. And, has been feeling some pain down south — even her stitches. But, since she was on meds for the first postpartum week, she Read more
The upfronts are next week, and we'll find out more about the new shows coming to the Fall 2012 TV lineup, but we've got the early scoop on the series the networks have already picked up. We went over the new NBC shows, and now you can get acquainted with the new projects coming to Fox below. COMEDIES The Mindy Project: The Office's Mindy Kaling is executive producing and starring in this Read more
Here in the US, the postpartum Ob/Gyn interaction for a new mom generally involves little more than the six-week checkup, where she's usually cleared to have sex again, and perhaps given some gentle encouragement to try Kegel exercises. So you can imagine the shock of American writer Claire Lundberg, who after giving birth to her daughter in Paris, was prescribed 10-20 sessions of . . . vaginal Read more
We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Shape here on FitSugar. Next time your guy gets on your case about cuddle time — he says he's too hot, needs his space, doesn't feel like relaxing — present the evidence. Research suggests that there's more to cuddling than meets the eye. Lovey-dovey'ness aside, the health benefits of cuddling will surely convince him to make time Read more
DrSugar is in the house! This week she explains the pros and cons of using IUDs for birth control. To continue our ongoing series of gynecological topics, I have decided to write about intrauterine devices (IUDs) as a form of birth control. Even though I learned about IUDs through many outlets (sex ed in school, medical school), I decided to research them more thoroughly since the birth control Read more
We're excited to share this post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we will be bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Amy Graff about how moms can combat the famine in Africa. A debate recently erupted on the BabyCenter Facebook page over whether the United States government should provide education, food, clean Read more
