Once in a while, an otherwise routine pregnancy develops a complication requiring hospitalization. Conditions ranging from uncontrolled high blood pressure to tears in the placenta… Read more
Tag: pregnancy
Pregnant Women At Greater Risk of Complications From Flu
Last fall, Samantha Protin was looking forward to the early-winter birth of her first child. Like most pregnant women, she didn’t realize she was at… Read more
Pregnancy Diary: An Unexpected Stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care
At 9 pounds and 12 ounces, Duncan was the largest baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC when he was… Read more
Pregnancy Diary: When is it More Than Morning Sickness?
I first learned about hyperemesis gravidarum in graduate school, years before I had any plans to get pregnant. One of my professors assigned Atul Gawande’s… Read more
Premature Birth Increases Risks of Complications for Babies
Sam and Alyssa Robb are no strangers to the experience of premature birth. Their son Baylor, now age four, was born at just 26 weeks.… Read more