Unless you’re pregnant or perhaps a fan of the hit PBS series “Call the Midwife,” you may not know what spina bifida is or looks like. Many haven’t seen it in person — just through pictures or TV shows and documentaries. However, if you find out your child has infant spina bifida at birth, you can […]
You’re waiting patiently up to the moment of your sweet baby’s birth. You hope and pray she’s perfect. Your delivery is going smoothly, until baby has a little trouble in the birth canal. Your doctor needs to pull on her shoulder to get her all the way out, and everything seems fine once you hear […]
When we’re pregnant, we can’t wait to hear baby’s heartbeat. It’s one of the first signs of life in the womb. Heartbeats are picked up as a flicker at just 5 weeks gestation, but we can begin to hear them more closely around 8 weeks or later. It’s a special moment to listen in on […]