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Treating Seasonal Allergies in Pregnancy
Spring is in full bloom…time to stock up on tissues! The sneezing, the stuffy, runny nose, the itchy watery eyes – ugh! As if pregnancy isn’t uncomfortable enough on its own, enjoying the outdoors and...
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Breast Cancer Awareness: Taking Care of Yourself
October is breast cancer awareness month, a time when many women and men come together – on fundraising walks or by simply wearing a pink ribbon on a lapel – to rally and fight for a cure for breast...
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5 Things You Should Know about New Motherhood
When I was pregnant with my first child, I remember feeling overly confident about the prospect of being a mother. After all, I’m a big sister to 6 siblings and an OB/GYN nurse. What else was there to...
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5 Things You Need to Know about Postpartum Emotions
When I gave birth to my son in 2012, I was fortunate to enter motherhood with 5 years’ experience as an OB/Gyn nurse. However, no class or book prepared me for the whirlwind of emotions that are part...
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Fertility Does Decline with Age…but There Are Options
I recently had a conversation with my 90-year-old grandmother—who had given birth to 4 children between the ages of 23 and 30 years old. She asked me what the average age of my patients was. When I...
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Specialty Spotlight: Obstetrics & Gynecology at Atrius Health
From adolescence through post-menopause, the Atrius Health Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology is committed to helping women be and stay healthy through every stage of their lives. From general...
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What Is Bioidentical Hormone Therapy? Is It Safe? And Is It Right for Me?
As women age, the natural levels of hormones in their bodies – estrogen, progesterone and testosterone, to name a few – decline. In some women, this process can be more dramatic than in others and can...
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Treating Painful Intercourse During Menopause
Hot flashes, weight gain, difficulty sleeping – these are all commonly discussed issues that women encounter during perimenopause and menopause. Painful intercourse is something women may be a bit more...
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National Midwifery Week 2017
National Midwifery Week is October 1 – 7, 2017, and the theme for this year is Making Strides for All Women. We’d like to take this opportunity to commend all of the Atrius Health midwives for their...
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Keep Your Cool – Help for Hot Flashes
If you’re a woman, chances are pretty good you’ve at least heard about hot flashes. Maybe you have experienced them yourself or you know someone who has them. Hot flashes are one of the more common...
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What is Infertility, and How Can a Reproductive Endocrinologist Help?
Dr. Christine Skiadas is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist and a subspecialist in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, or a reproductive endocrinologist. She practices at our...
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What You Need to Know about Breast Health
As a radiologist and a breast imaging expert, I am thrilled about the amount of solid study and research into breast health that is occurring these days. But with so many studies and so much data, the...
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National Midwifery Week 2018
National Midwifery Week is September 30th – October 6th and the theme for this year is Midwives Make A Difference. We’d like to take this opportunity to commend all of the Atrius Health midwives for...
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When Getting Pregnant Doesn’t Happen Easily
Many women can spend up to two decades of their life trying not to get pregnant. When the time comes that they decide that they do want to have a baby, it can come as a shock that pregnancy may not...
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The Baby Blues and Postpartum Depression
For many people, the experience of having a baby is a wonderfully happy time. To prepare, soon-to-be moms read books and mommy blogs about what to expect and how to manage their new arrival. Many women...
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Recognizing Postpartum Anxiety and Panic
You may have seen television advertisements with images of new parents looking very worried about giving their baby their first bath or doing the first diaper change. If you’re new to parenting, being...
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Eating Fish During Pregnancy
One of the myths that I hear the most from my patients is that fish is not a good food to eat during pregnancy, which cannot be further from the truth. Fish is an excellent source of omega-3 fatty...
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Considering Contraception? You Have Long-Acting Options.
Contraceptives have existed for thousands of years. In ancient Greece and Rome, the use of a plant called silphium (found only in a small region of Libya) was so popular as a method of birth control...
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You’re Tracking Everything Else, Why Not Your Fertility?
So many people I know are tracking step counts, sleep cycles, nutrients and what they eat, heart rates, and more. However, most of the women I talk with have never learned that their bodies have...
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Contraceptive Failure? Your Emergency Contraception Options
Dr. Lilja Stefansson, OBGYN at Atrius Health, answers sensitive questions with straightforward answers. Q: Dear Dr. Stefansson – I am freaking out. The condom ripped the other night during sex. Right...
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