Mommy Docs

This week’s new cover of Time Magazine, “Are You Mom Enough?” caused quite a stir. The controversial cover shot was shocking to some, and a topic of conversation for others to discuss the article itself — a look into the rise of “attachment parenting.” For those new to the term, it’s essentially a way of [...]

Approximately one year ago I had to deliver devastating news to a lovely couple, Yani and Henry.  I could not find their baby’s heartbeat when they came in for their routine OB visit at 39 weeks.  I then did an ultrasound and confirmed that the baby was not alive.  The baby was delivered by cesarean [...]

Hi everyone, I wanted to get the word out! Milk + Bookies is an amazing non-profit organization founded by Meredith Alexander, a fellow mom and friend. Her charitable organization exposes children to learn about giving. Our children are given the opportunity to select, purchase, and donate books to other children who do not have access [...]

Vaginal birth after C-Section (or VBAC) has become a very controversial topic in Obstetrics.  We wrote about it in our book, “The Mommy Docs’ Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy and Birth” and in the book, Dr. Hill writes that she would never jeopardize the health of her baby to take the risk to have a vaginal [...]

A day like one I had recently makes my day, puts a big smile on my face, and reminds me why I love what I do. I delivered SeWon’s baby girl last week. She’s my patient who was diagnosed with breast cancer at such a young age….30. She went through surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy [...]

My male friend Emilio was circumcised as an adult.  He grew up in South America where circumcision was not widely practiced.  As a child, he suffered from numerous infections of the foreskin.  As an adult, the scar tissue from the infections grew too much to bear, and he decided to undergo the procedure at age [...]

We’re not sure how the celebrities do it.  They make it look so easy to walk the red carpet just a few weeks after delivering a baby, looking more beautiful and toned than ever.  Probably the personal chef to cook the meals, the nanny to watch the baby for 3 to 4 hours per day, [...]

I saw a new patient Sonia, who was referred to me by her sister Sandra.  Sandra has been my patient for 12 years and I have delivered all three of her daughters. Sandra insisted that I see her sister because she felt that I was the “best Ob ever” and I needed to take care [...]

An alarming report was released this week by a study done at Dartmouth College finding high levels of arsenic, a potentially dangerous poison, in organic brown-rice syrup. To further scare people the report stated that this poison could be found in infant formulas and that the exposure to arsenic by infants and young children could [...]

I’m the first to tell you I don’t know very much about the western or chinese zodiac signs despite the fact that I was born in Korea, and born to a mother who went to fortune tellers and believed in zodiac signs. In fact, my name “Alane” was given to me by a fortune teller [...]