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Are there concerns about usage of the birth control pill? Dr. Michael Petriella, Vice Chairman of the Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Hackensack University Medical Center, talks about concerns related to hormonal contraception.
Pregnancy & Baby
Friday, May 16, 2008
Night Lights Organization Helps Children Sleep
A New York area organization is dedicated to the mission of helping parents create ideal sleeping environments for their children recovering from hospital stays.
Are there concerns about usage of the birth control pill? What are the most common forms of birth control?What are the most common forms of birth control? Dr. Michael Petriella, Vice Chairman of the Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Hackensack University Medical Center, answers this question to provide a foundation for a video series on birth control.
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You… and Your Baby
Over 25 percent of pregnant, adult, and elderly women have a bacteria naturally growing in their bodies, a type of bacteria that is considered the leading cause of infection amongst newborns. So why have many well-educated women never heard of Group B Streptococcus?
Infertility Coach
Infertility is a crisis. It leaves no stones unturned and affects all aspects of lives-the physical, emotional, social, marital, financial and familial. It sometimes feels so overwhelming that patients can feel that they have changed.
Immunotherapy May Bring Hope for Infertility Patients
Time and time again women experience the tragedy of pregnancy loss. It has become so prevalent that sometimes the rest of society shrugs it off as a common occurrence, and we don’t really connect with the woman’s devastating heartache of losing a child.
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How To Be a Better Consumer of Infertilty Treatment
Once you find that you need the help of an infertility specialist, it is important to talk to your physician and have your questions answered.
Hope and Possibilities
The process of accepting one’s infertility is never easy. Most infertility patients go through a period of denial when medical interventions seem too overwhelming- even entertaining the thoughts that conceiving will be difficult can set off the deepest of fears.
Can genetics counseling really offer answers?
The phone rang around seven o’clock on a Friday night; I thought it was one of our friends calling. The caller ID box said, “CARSON, MILINDA MD” and I knew something was wrong. Your obstetrician never calls on a Friday night with good news.
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Eating Well When You’re Pregnant
During her pregnancy last year, Crystal Bueno, a Wall Street executive from Brooklyn, N.Y., would start her day by preparing a healthy breakfast and lunch to bring to work. She would kick off her workday by eating her breakfast, she but by lunch, she would occasionally trash the turkey sandwich “I could not face it,” said Bueno who is now mom to a baby boy. The nausea caused by her pregnancy turned her stomach to certain foods.
Remembering Mia
My husband and I were surprised but excited when we found ourselves unexpectedly pregnant for a third time. I scheduled an appointment with my obstetrician and arrived at her office six weeks and six days into my pregnancy…
