OBGYN: Protecting the Health of Women, Teens and Girls

Posted on: 24 August 2016

You've visited the OB doctor, and it's confirmed. You're pregnant. Now that the baby's on board, you want to know everything there is to know about those nine months. There are the basics, such as breaking up your pregnancy into three trimesters, your growing belly, and the possibility of morning sickness. But, you already knew about those. Now, you're on the hunt for those not so well-known facts about pregnancy. If you want to dive deep into what's happening inside of your soon-to-be-a-mommy body, check out these weird facts about pregnancy.
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Posted on: 3 June 2016

If you want to have a child but cannot become pregnant, you are probably very frustrated. The March of Dimes suggests that you consider fertility testing after trying for one year to become pregnant if you are under 35 and six months if you are over 35. Here's what you can expect.  Health History The first thing your fertility treatment specialist will want to evaluate is your overall health. Are you on any medications?
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Posted on: 25 March 2016

As a woman, you likely know that at some point throughout your life, you will need to pay your gynecologist a visit. However, what you may not know is that there are many reasons that you may need to see your gynecologist other than for the obvious pregnancy-related ones. To be sure that you take the best possible care of yourself, you should get to know some of the other reasons that you may need to make an appointment with your gynecologist.
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Posted on: 19 February 2016

It sounds like a great idea: A form of permanent birth control for women that doesn't involve invasive surgery. Instead, a small coil-type insert is placed into the Fallopian tube, blocking it from allowing an egg to reach the uterus and be fertilized. The whole procedure takes about 10 minutes and is appealing to women who have finished having children. But over the 10 years that the main type of non-surgical permanent birth control has been available, women have reported issues ranging from ongoing pain, abnormal bleeding, allergic reactions and failure that results in ectopic pregnancy and miscarriages.
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