Dr. Victoria Bedell, Obstetrician and Gynecologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains being an ob-gyn is nice, because they have the ability to follow a patient from just getting their period to all the way through menopause. "You follow them throughout their entire life. They start having children, they move on to grandchildren; it's really…...

Doula (a non-medical assistant in childbirth), water birth and IV narcotics are alternatives for managing labor pain, describes Dr. Alberto Sirven, Medical Director of the West Kendall OB/GYN Program and Women and Infant Credentials Committee Chairman with West Kendall Baptist Hospital. He also says communication between the doctor and the patient is important for taking…...

Dr. Janet Gersten, Obstetrician and Gynecologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains her work on medical trials related to gynecologic issues. She also says she is working on one for cytomegalovirus (CMV), a very common virus that causes a cold and other symptoms that most patients are immune to them. She points out that about…...

Symptoms of preterm labor are the same as labor. Dr. Alejandra Salazar, Obstetrician and Gynecologist with Baptist Health South Florida, advises going to the E.R immediately if the patient is bleeding, leaking amniotic fluid or has contractions, and explains the treatment they use for helping women. Now we do have a graphic here of…...

Painless vaginal bleeding is the most common symptom of placenta previa. Dr. Robert Feldman, Chief and Medical Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology with Baptist Health South Florida, talks about why most women don't know they have a placenta previa, until they find it on ultrasound. The symptoms associated with the centerpiece so typically most…...

Dr. Anna Suarez Davis, Obstetrician and Gynecologist at Baptist Hospital of Miami, explains the signs that would indicate the baby is ready to be born: The 5-1-1 rule (contractions every five minutes lasting one minute for one hour), if you break your bag of water, vaginal bleeding and if the baby is not moving. Another…...

Being a very large baby, being born early, having low blood sugar and developing diabetes later in the life are some consequences of gestational diabetes on babies. Dr. Ellen Schwartzbard, Obstetrician and Gynecologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains there’s a routine test that is recommended for everyone between 24 and 28 weeks, but if…...

There’s a list of foods that are actually harmful for pregnancy. It’s important to avoid anything that’s raw, deli meats and high mercury fish, says Dr. Ellen Schwartzbard, Obstetrician and Gynecologist with Baptist Health South Florida. Swordfish, tilefish or mackerel are the main fish the pregnant woman has to avoid, she affirms. However, the doctor…...