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Chorionic Villus Sampling
In the last several posts, I have discussed amniocentesis as a means of fetal diagnosis for chromosomal or genetic problems. Amniocentesis is considered to be an ‘invasive diagnostic procedure.’ We actually have to stick a needle through the fetal...
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Quintuplet Story - A Physician's Perspective - 2
On the whole, the pregnancy progressed well. At about 13 weeks, we placed a high cerclage in her cervix. This stitch around the cervix was intended to help prevent subclinical cervical changes leading to early labor as well as a means of providi...
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Developing a "Birth Plan"
A comment after my last post raised the question regarding “what constitutes a good birth plan” for a “first-time mother-to be.” I would love to answer this with a simple response that “a good birth plan” is whatever is right for YOU! And, even ...
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Medicaid Funding Cuts
I work in the State of South Carolina. Yesterday was a bleak day for me (and should be an embarrassment to the state) and speaks to the short-sightedness of people who sit in positions of power with regard to their understanding of the economics ...
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Readers' Questions Related to MTHFR Polymorphisms
Several recent comments on my post "MTHFR Mutations and Congenital Heart Defects" worthy of a general response for our readers: Anonymous said Sept 02, 09:30:00 PM 2007...My daughter was diagnosed with MTHFR gene mutation during a blood test befor...
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Norovirus Infections and Pregnancy
Sorry, guys, I have been out of commission over the past week. Between the very unfriendly Norovirus that has been going around (don’t ask for details) and playing catch-up at work following the fun with Noro, I have not had the time or the energ...
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Cervical Dysplasia and Cancer in Pregnancy - 7
In our fifth post in this series, we discussed a case of a woman who had a high-grade intraepithelial abnormality (HSIL) found on her intake Pap test and was subsequently diagnosed with minimally invasive cervical cancer (stage 1A1) during her pre...
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Readers' Featured Comments/Questions - Late Preterm Birth and Abnormal Nuchal Translucency
Well, I returned from my Labor Day break to a very hectic day on Labor and Delivery and a bevy of great questions and comments from our readers. So many of these touch on important issues of general concern that it is worthwhile presenting them a...
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World AIDS Day: Remembrance of My First Patient with HIV
December 1, 2006 was World AIDS Day. It reminded me of another very special patient in my life and I wanted to tell her story…About a week before I was to finish my residency in OB/GYN and start a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, the Dean o...
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Comments in Cyberspace!
I want to apologize to all my readers, although that for which I am apologizing, I absolutely have no control over! Many of you have left (or tried to leave) comments on Fruit of the Womb over the past week, but none have appeared. I wanted to le...
