My daughter, Larissa, was born nearly three months before her due date, which is, fortunately, not the type of birthday most children have. But preterm delivery – births prior to 37 weeks of gestation – is a relatively common phenomenon, affecting nearly 12 percent of births in the United States each year. Children born…
By Brian Smith. This is the third in a three-part post by Brian Smith. Going back to when I said the day we lost Julianna would change my life forever, I never said there wasn’t a silver lining: We now have Taylor Julianna Smith who just celebrated her 8th birthday and is our soccer star. She loves art and is one of the…
The problems with broadcasting surgeries as they happen.
Every eye in the Las Vegas hotel conference room was fixed on the screen, watching the action broadcast [...]
Test Poses Challenge for OB-GYNs
Three months into her pregnancy, the woman in my office worried that her fetus might have Down syndrome. She [...]
What Would You Do If Your Doctor Said Your Fetus Had a 1 in 6
Liberally coating Sonia's abdomen with ultrasound gel so cold it made her shiver, Dr. Erika Peterson made precise arcs [...]
