Car Seat Safety Did you know…? 4 out of 5 car seats are used/installed incorrectly? The back seat is the safest place for children to ride? Car seats reduce the risk of infant death in a crash by 71%? Buckling up the right way on every ride is the single most important thing a family […]
By Dr. Julie Meyer, DO After nine months of waiting, you welcomed your beautiful baby into the world, but you aren’t quite feeling as joyful as you imagined. Instead you are tired, tearful and maybe even resentful, which makes you feel a pang of guilt. It is possible that you may be experiencing some […]
Told by Louis John’s and Leonard James’ mommy, Olivia Koepke It all started when I was 20 weeks pregnant with fraternal twin boys. We had our 20-week anatomy scan and learned Baby A was measuring a few days ahead of Baby B, while this was something worth watching, we were told it is not that […]
Protecting Yourself And Your Baby From The Flu One of the biggest questions we get from expectant mothers during flu season is how to best protect themselves and their baby from the flu. “The physicians at Women’s Health Specialists follow the CDC’s recommendations that pregnant women get the flu vaccine, not only for their safety, but their […]
Dr. Kennedy, an OB/GYN physician with Women’s Health Specialists, offers our pregnant patients a slightly different training background that features a unique midwifery component. She attended medical school at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and graduated with the degrees of MB, BCh, BAO, instead of the traditional MD that you see for U.S. […]
Women have been cautioned for years about their biological clock and the risks of pregnancy past age 35. While women do need to be aware of certain factors, the fertility door by no means closes at age 35. As shared in the article Getting Pregnant Past Age 35 – Steps To Take And Fertility Facts: “The […]
“It all started when I had blood in my urine as I was approaching the 32 week mark with my daughter,” remembers Maria. “So I called Women’s Health Specialists and Dr. O’Leary had me come into ThedaCare Regional Medical Center – Neenah to have an ultrasound to help determine the cause of the bleeding. He […]
“When we knew the twins were going to be born, all I could think about were the numerous complications that could occur, if they survived, which wasn’t even a sure thing,” shared Dr. Amy Schmidt of Women’s Health Specialists when she learned her premature twins were on the way at just 25 weeks, despite attempts […]
The March of Dimes organization defines premature as “preterm labor is labor that starts too early, before 37 weeks of pregnancy.” With November being Prematurity Awareness Month, we thought it would be helpful to share patient stories of their premature birth experience, and what life is like today for their children. Let’s start with Anna, […]
Every few weeks there seems to be a new update on the Zika virus, but the news shared always seems to apply to a national level. This makes it difficult for local couples to determine what steps or alterations need to be made in their family planning if vacations are in the near future. I […]