
How Climate Change Can Affect Pregnancy
Being pregnant in the District of Columbia may be hazardous to your unborn baby’s health and to yours—and climate change…

What makes a hospital ‘baby-friendly’?
Gone are the days when you’d stand at a window and gaze at 15 babies lined up in bassinets in…

How many people should be in the delivery room?
Most of the time, welcoming a life is a beautiful, amazing moment. I understand the urge to want to share…

3 questions to ask before downloading a pregnancy app
If you Google “pregnancy apps,” there’s no shortage of articles with titles such as “10 best pregnancy apps” or “Must-have…

Not your mom’s IUD: Renewed focus on LARCs
I often speak with women who are curious – and sometimes apprehensive – about birth control. This gives me the…

2 reasons we’re seeing more high-risk pregnancies in D.C.
We care for about 3,500 pregnant women every year. While that number has remained fairly steady over the past decade,…