Opinion
A focus on women with diabetes and their offspring
The rate of pregestational diabetes in 2021 was 10.9 per 1,000 births, a 27% increase from 2016 (8.6 per 1,000).
Opinion
Decoding mechanisms of diabetic embryopathy suggests therapeutic targets
Before the introduction of insulin, there were few reported cases of pregnancy complicated by diabetes because women with the disease too often...
Opinion
Managing maternal mortality with multifetal pregnancy reduction
The recent wave of legislation restricting reproductive choice may also have the unintended consequence of further increasing the rate of...
Opinion
Insulin in pregnancy: A look back at history for Diabetes Awareness Month
In the early 1920s, patients with preexisting diabetes and pregnancy were advised to terminate the pregnancy or risk almost certain death for the...
Opinion
How advances in genomics have informed obstetrics practice
The ease, speed, and cost effectiveness of sequencing has made diagnosing fetal structural anomalies using whole-exome sequencing a reality.
Opinion
The fourth trimester
Opinion
Breast cancer screening complexities
Be prepared to discuss not only options for fertility preservation but the evidence regarding cancer recurrence after pregnancy.
News
Vaccines for maternal and fetal health
A woman's ob.gyn. may be the only medical professional she sees regularly.
Opinion
Obstetrics during the COVID-19 pandemic
Leading with compassion is vital to easing pregnant patients’ – and ob.gyn. practitioners’ – anxiety and stress.
Opinion
CVH in pregnant women: Ample room for improvement
A recent study on cardiovascular health in pregnant women is an important step toward the development of pregnancy-specific guidelines and...
Opinion
Considering congenital heart defects early
How soon in fetal heart development do congenital heart defects manifest?
Opinion
Postpartum hypertension
One of the key health conditions we must monitor in the immediate postpartum period is hypertension.