About co-sleeping and co-bedding, Paula Plympton, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner with Baptist Health South Florida, says it is important that a baby have their safe sleep area, because there can be accidental suffocation with a parent or a pillow. She explains co-bedding is not recommended, but room sharing is recommended, the crib has to be in…...

Grisel Gigato, Lactation Nurse with the Center for Women and Infants at South Miami Hospital, says a lactation specialist teaches moms to breast-feed, and the benefits of the best nutrition they can offer the baby and the great bond they can have with their kids while breast feeding. She explains lactation consults are ordered by…...

The most important birth plan is the discussion that a patient has with her doctor prior when going to give birth. Dr. Alberto Sirven, Medical Director of the West Kendall OB/GYN Program and Women and Infant Credentials Committee Chairman with West Kendall Baptist Hospital, advises consulting with a specialist before going into a labor. According…...

In the uterus, women have about 6 to 7 million eggs and when they’re born that number goes down to reach about 2 million. When women are ovulating and having periods, it’s about 200,000 eggs, explains Dr. Alejandra Salazar, Obstetrician and Gynecologist with Baptist Health South Florida. In every cycle multiple eggs mature and women…...

Regarding delivery, most questions are about epidural vs. natural delivery, Dr. Joanna Bedell, Obstetrician and Gynecologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains epidural is very safe and helpful. Dr. Sarah Bedell. Obstetrician and Gynecologist with Baptist Health South Florida, advises moms to start to look for a pediatrician in the last two months of pregnancy.…...

Dr. Jaime Fernandez, Pediatric Neonatologist with Homestead Hospital, explains SIDS stands for sudden infant death syndrome: "What's happened is the nomenclature has changed a little bit, in the sense that now we call it SUID, which is sudden unexpected infant death." He also says if you think about it as an umbrella, SUID is the…...

Grisel Gigato, Lactation Nurse with the Center for Women and Infants at South Miami Hospital, explains if mothers are not able to put their babies directly on the breast, they encourage them and support them with breast pumping. She points out breast milk is nutrition and medicine that mothers are providing and only they can…...

Dr. Ellen Schwartzbard, Obstetrician and Gynecologist with Baptist Health South Florida, affirms prenatal care is so important, because women are preparing for the whole pregnancy and learn about what to expect for the birthing process. The specialist says women must know there is a lot of variation to expect really anything. When they come…...