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It's Prematurity Awareness month and earlier this year, Tom and Michelle welcomed twin daughters, delivered by our Dr. Honkamp, two and a half months early. Watch their prematurity story here. [video width="1920" height="1080"...
By Dr. Kelly Kennedy Preparing for a cesarean section (C-section) can be a nerve-wracking experience. That’s why, here at Women’s Health Specialists, we make it our goal to make our patients as comfortable as possible throughout the process with what we call a “gentle...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 -...
“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...
“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...
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...