How to Get the Best Prenatal Care During Your High-Risk Pregnancy
How did you find your OB or MFM? Most women fall into one of three camps: 1) You asked your friends who love their OBs for...
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Parijat Deshpande
Top 3 Mistakes That Women with High-Risk Pregnancies Make (and how to avoid them)
There are 3 mistakes that women with high-risk pregnancies tend to make. These mistakes could be costing you time, money and preventing...
How to Take Charge of Your High-Risk Pregnancy (and why it's important)
Ever since you were diagnosed with a pregnancy complication, you have become the queen of “what ifs”. Day or night, no matter what you’re...
Your Doctor Is Not The Expert On Your High-Risk Pregnancy
Your doctor is an expert. With close to a decade of training to become an OB/GYN or a perinatologist, he or she has deep knowledge about...
Should You See a High-Risk OB For a Preconception Consultation Before Getting Pregnant?
They go by many names. High-Risk OB. High-Risk Obstetrician. Perinatalogist. Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist MFM. So many names for...
The Plan Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Have and Why
Pregnancy. Plan. Put those two words together and two things come to mind: 1. Planning to become pregnant. 2. Creating a birth plan once...
5 Surprisingly Simple Strategies for a Healthier Pregnancy
We made it! This is the fourth post in the 4-part Stress in Your High-Risk Pregnancy series. Up until now we’ve discussed the most...
The Silent Factor That's Putting Your Baby at Risk
Does stress hurt my baby during pregnancy? This is a question so many moms who are facing pregnancy complications ask day in and day out....
What Every Pregnant Mom Needs to Know About Stress During Pregnancy
Do you know the biggest misconception about stress? It’s not what the symptoms are or how it impacts your health. It’s that most people...
When You Shouldn’t Trust Your Instincts During a High-Risk Pregnancy
Do you know how to float on your back in the water? Imagine you’re doing it right now. Remember the smell of the chlorine, the feel of...
7 Surprising Signs of Stress During a High-Risk Pregnancy
How would you feel if you were being chased by a bear right now? Terrified out of your mind right? You’d probably run faster than you...
The One Question No One’s Asking (and how that’s impacting your pregnancy)
Blood pressure? Check. Weight? Check. Temperature? Check. Fundal height? Check. Every doctor’s visit is the same routine. When you have a...
3 Things Every Woman With a High-Risk Pregnancy Needs to Know
Very few expect it. And no one ever wants to go through it. But a high-risk pregnancy can happen to absolutely anyone. You can do...
Coping with the Unknowns of a High-Risk Pregnancy
“Will everything be ok?” If you’re like me, you have found 186 different ways to ask this question just to hear your doctor say the...
5 Signs You Shouldn't Go Through Your High-Risk Pregnancy Alone
A high-risk pregnancy is extremely stressful. No one can challenge that. But the thing about stress is that because it's a normal part of...
What's Really Causing Your Stress During Your High-Risk Pregnancy
There are plenty of myths about stress during pregnancy that we hear on a daily basis. Some of them we have heard so often that we...
Difficult Medical Decision? 4 Steps to Make the Right Choice
When you have a high-risk pregnancy you often find yourself making difficult decisions during a very stressful time. Do I take medication...
The Truth About Stress and Gestational Diabetes
It seems to be fairly common knowledge: If you have gestational diabetes, you have to change your diet, exercise more and possibly take...
4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Overdo It On Bedrest
A pregnancy with complications almost always comes with advice to limit your activity. Whether it’s no heavy lifting or couch potato rest...
Want to Feel Confident With Your Decisions? You Must Ask Your Doctor This
Having a high-risk pregnancy means you have to make some really tough choices. Sometimes a lot of tough choices. Whether it's to take a...
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