Mommy Docs

A doula – also known as a labor coach – helps a woman as well as her partner or family with physical, emotional  and informational support before, during and after childbirth. (They should not be confused with midwives as they do not deliver babies.) We personally have a deep appreciation and respect for doulas. We [...]

April is National Infertility Awareness Month. Here are the top ten things to know about fertility. Timing – Many women do not know when they are ovulating or how to predict when they are ovulating.  They also do not understand that the cycle starts on the first day of menstrual bleeding. The first thing to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

When I was 36, I went through a divorce.  I found myself single for the first time in 15 years and had no idea what my future would hold.  My ex and I had two kids together but I wondered if, one day, I would want to expand my family with someone else.  What if [...]

I’m just back from a week off and made my morning rounds.  I visited a mother who I had cared for during her pregnancy that Dr. Hill covered while I was gone.  She came into the office for her routine visit at 29 weeks and she had very high blood pressure and was spilling protein [...]

Having delivered thousands of babies, we can tell you from the bottom of our hearts that birthing a baby is one of the most beautiful and natural functions that our bodies allow us to do. Fortunately, most births do go smoothly, and we end up with a healthy mom and baby. But we’ve also been [...]

Many women suffer from leg cramps during pregnancy, especially at night. As far as we know, no cause has yet been determined for these painful cramps. Doctors and scientists have been searching for causes, researching theories such as low potassium, magnesium, or calcium levels. None of these ideas have been proven, and most likely the [...]

Your uterus is an often misunderstood organ despite its role in your every day life. In an adult, a normal uterus is about the size of your fist.  During every month after puberty, the lining of uterus grows in anticipation of accepting a pregnancy.  If a pregnancy doesn’t occur, the uterine lining is shed in [...]