Pregnancy and Childbirth


A Mother's Day Milestone, Thanks to Medical...

Alina Bogdan, the 30-year old from Romania whose successful Survivor’s Dream Come True pregnancy-after-ovarian-cancer story we shared last year, is gearing up to celebrate her...

May 8, 2015 / 2 min read


Pregnancy Weight Gain: What’s Healthy?

According to experts, women who are pregnant, or thinking of having a baby, should heed the advice of appropriate weight-gain guidelines to prevent health problems...

April 15, 2015 / 3 min read


Baby Planning: Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy

August and September are usually the busiest months of the year for births, says Rene Paez, M.D., chief of obstetrics at South Miami Hospital's Center...

March 4, 2015 / 2 min read


Triplets are First Babies Born in 2015...

The New Year rang in three times as sweet for expectant parents Mr. and Mrs. Mark Thompson when their triplet baby girls were born at...

January 13, 2015 / 3 min read


Strokes and Pregnancy, Stronger HPV Vaccine and...

Stroke Rates Up for Pregnant Women  Hypertension is a growing problem for pregnant women, and the rate of pregnancy-related strokes has increased, according to research...

December 12, 2014 / 3 min read


A Room Like a Womb

“It’s a fact that a single NICU room is a tremendous benefit to baby and mom,” said neonatologist Jorge E. Perez, M.D., medical director of...

November 13, 2014 / 2 min read


Watch Now: NICU Reunion at Baptist Children's...

Hundreds turned out for the 22nd annual reunion at the George Batchelor/Gloria Vasta Lewis Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Baptist Children’s Hospital. Former patients...

November 10, 2014 / 1 min read


Irregular Periods May Mean Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

When Jaime King, a star of The CW’s TV series Hart of Dixie, recently disclosed to her Instagram followers that she had struggled four and...

September 2, 2014 / 2 min read


Watch Now: Children After Cervical Cancer

Anaelvys Espinoza-Ruiz was engaged to be married when she found out she had cervical cancer. While the removal of her uterus and cervix through a...

August 5, 2014 / 1 min read


Recording a Stroke on a Smartphone &...

  Stacey Yepes, a 49-year-old woman from Canada (pictured left), made headlines on Yahoo news and in other outlets for recording herself having a stroke....

June 20, 2014 / 2 min read