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The birth of a child is an exciting time in the life of any Oregon family. Parents should be proud of their baby and thrilled at the prospect of taking the new addition home. However, when the baby suffers injuries during birth, it can affect this celebration. The...
The changes a woman’s body goes through during pregnancy are nothing short of miraculous. Under normal circumstances, her body knows what to do and makes the appropriate adjustments without incident. However, not everyone is quite so lucky. For instance, abnormal...
Many soon-to-be mothers, including many here in Oregon, want nothing more than to have a healthy child at the end of their pregnancies. For this reason, they may have at least some trepidation about what could potentially go wrong. The truth is that a large number of...
A prior blog (“Hydrops fetalis could put an unborn child at risk,” Aug. 26, 2020) discussed the risks that hydrops fetalis poses to an unborn child. While that condition is serious enough, it could lead to an even more dangerous condition called “mirror syndrome,”...
Many Oregonians may be unfamiliar with the term, “differential diagnosis,” but practically anyone who has gone to a doctor for a new ailment has been subjected to this medical process. The differential diagnosis method allows a doctor to work through a patient’s...
One of the benefits of pregnancy is that a woman gets a break from menstruation. For this reason, the sight of blood at any stage of pregnancy could give an Oregon woman cause for concern. While bleeding during the first trimester is not always cause for great...
Since 1990, the rate of births by Cesarean section (C-section) has been on the rise. There are many circumstances when C-sections are necessary, such as if the baby is in breech or a vaginal birth would put the mother’s health at risk. However, the rate of elective –...
After spending months carrying a child, even pregnant women who enjoyed the process may be ready to deliver their babies. The problem is that labor could take some time, but there are ways to move things along and help a woman’s labor progress. One way that many...
Pregnant women here in Oregon and elsewhere could face any number of pregnancy-related complications at various points during their pregnancies that affect them and their unborn children. One that could threaten the life of an unborn child is hydrops fetalis. This...
Oregon’s expecting parents envision leaving the hospital with their new family member with joy and trepidation. At this point, the worst thing they may be thinking could happen is that they feel totally unprepared for parenthood. Sadly, depending on the circumstances,...