Matt Damon’s interview about George and Amal Clooney’s newly announced twin pregnancy got about as much attention as the pregnancy announcement itself. And the issue which received the most focus was the fact that George had told Matt about the pregnancy at only eight weeks gestation. Matt’s reaction was apparently incredulity that George had broken the “12 week rule,” in that … [Read more...] about Should you wait 12 weeks to announce your pregnancy?
Is there such a thing as ‘pregnancy brain’?
When a study was published this month by a group of Spanish researchers on the impact of pregnancy on a woman’s brain, there were alarmist headlines everywhere. Various media reports made it sound as if pregnancy made women stupid since the study, published in the medical journal Nature Neuroscience, indicated that the amount of grey matter in a pregnant woman’s brain … [Read more...] about Is there such a thing as ‘pregnancy brain’?
Does stress during pregnancy lead to bad birth outcomes?
Every pregnant woman worries during her pregnancy. Am I gaining too much weight or too little? Will my baby be OK? Will I be OK? Will I love my baby enough? Will I love my baby too much? Will I be a good mother? Will my partner and I co-parent well? What if there is something wrong with my baby? And if there is something wrong, did I do something to cause it? Even though I … [Read more...] about Does stress during pregnancy lead to bad birth outcomes?
Issues with your partner during pregnancy
Most of my pregnant patients tell me that they have conflicts with their partner at some point in their pregnancy and my response is to say that I would be shocked if they didn’t! Pregnancy seems like the perfect set-up for misunderstandings, resentments, and miscommunication. There are many reasons why, which include the fact that you are pregnant and he/she isn’t, you are … [Read more...] about Issues with your partner during pregnancy
Coping with a “whoops” pregnancy
UH-OH. That was the title of one of the emails I saw as soon as I got to my office yesterday. One of my patients had just found out that she was pregnant, for the fourth time, and she and her husband were already parenting three young children. The third of whom had also been relatively unplanned. About an hour later, I got a call from another patient. Same issue, this time an … [Read more...] about Coping with a “whoops” pregnancy