Last summer I was privileged to give a talk at a midwifery conference in Wisconsin, hosted by the wonderful people at Southwest
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The uterus has incredible elasticity: It has the ability to grow from the size of a fist to, well, the size of
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In part one of this series I noted that my approach to postpartum depression research was a little bit different than most
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When I first learned some years ago that cesarean birth was associated with an increased risk of childhood asthma and eczema, I
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In the spring of 2012, the results of a long-term study on one of the most overlooked problems in the human experience
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Preeclampsia is a serious pregnancy complication that affects 2-6% of all pregnancies in the US and 5-14% worldwide. It is marked by
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A wise midwife recently told me that in 1960’s the B vitamins were part and parcel of a healthy pregnancy, not just
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Postpartum depression may occur in up to 1 of every 8 pregnant women. Here, we produce a fictional representation of how it
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