The medical landscape for practicing physicians is changing. Seemingly the option of “hanging one’s shingle,” being your own boss, setting your schedule, and providing personalized care in a warm and cozy environment, “Marcus We…
Category: OB/GYN
Endometriosis is often misdiagnosed. How to get the right diagnosis.
The six to ten percent of women in the U.S. who are living with endometriosis have to deal with not only the pain and complications the disease causes, but often also with exceptionally long delays before receiving a diagnosis—an average of 8.5 years f…
Care coordination for obstetrics teams is crucial
Maternal health has been a trending topic in the news due to increased maternal mortality rates due to challenges in accessing care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson ruling overturning Roe v. Wade is deepening con…
When it comes to feeding infants, support is best [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “What really is best and first when it comes to infant feeding: support. Support is best. Whether we are talking about infant feeding or frankly anything else related to postpartum or…
If it’s not clinically pertinent, then stay out of my uterus [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “No matter how far we’ve come, women are still judged by fertility status but shouldn’t be. If it’s clinically pertinent to ask about reproductive health, then yes, absolutely ask … i…
My blood pressure spike on postpartum day 3
The headache wasn’t that bad. The fatigue was worse. I had slept about six hours total in the past three days. I was fortunate to have dutiful help from my husband and both grandmas, but I was still exhausted. Between breastfeeding, diaper change…
Post-Roe, miscarriage is more dangerous
If guilt were an Olympic sport, mothers would win every medal. We worry we should have prevented our children’s problems or might have even caused them. Mothers tiptoe through a minefield of complex personal, family, and societal expectations tha…
Abortion debates need to happen, but both sides need some ground rules
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court ruled 6–3 to uphold Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act and 5–4 to overrule Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The political temperature was already heightened because Politico released a leaked draft o…
These are the women who are being told they are not a priority
There are situations where I have told a patient they had no options: a cancer recurrence not responding to any treatment, detecting no heartbeat in a 37-week pregnancy, or telling someone their family member coded and didn’t survive. The worst part of…
Roe v. Wade: Share our experience and be part of the solution
Although this is a politically charged topic in our space in medicine, this isn’t political. For many of us, it’s doing our job — taking care of a patient’s mental and physical health. Making sure they are safe and doing no harm…
