Family Planning

We all strive to be the best parents we can be. What does “the best parents we can be” really mean, though? It’s easy to want to compare ourselves to friends or family who have been through the early stages of parenthood before, but how many of us take the time …

I’m supposed to be 2 months pregnant by now on baby #2. My husband and I have always talked about having two kids. We have an 18-month-old girl now. I got my dental health in check and got in with an OB/GYN in town for a preconception visit. We had our …

Dinner isn’t the only thing that needs to stay hot around the holidays. You can be married for all of ten seconds and fully grasp how hellish the holidays can be on your relationship. Your time, your energy, and your resources are going to everyone and everything other than your …

You may have heard the rumors, and they are true, the St. Marys Women’s Health Practice is closing October 13th. I am totally sad to hear about it and you may be too.  So what in the heck are you supposed to do now? I can’t even begin to imagine …

This is a really difficult point of discussion, but something that is so important to get out there for women who have experienced the tragedy of pregnancy loss. First of all, it is common- we will just get the numbers out of the way to start - overall, it’s estimated …

These days, more people are carefully planning when they start their families. In fact, according to the CDC’s National Vital Statistics Report, in 1980 the average age of first birth was 22.7, versus 26.3 in 2014. That’s a pretty significant shift over 26 years! I see most young couples spending more …

Three of the four positive pregnancy tests I’ve taken in my life have been in the bathroom at work. Always in the same stall. This has nothing to do with anything except that I feel as though it helps to illustrate the differences between a first and subsequent pregnancy. Like …

Don’t cancel that safari just yet! The media has a way of causing wide spread pandemonium. Remember Ebola? Everyone is talking about the Zika virus right now, and this topic is particularly important for pregnant women currently, so here are a few take home points I thought everyone should know …

By Megan Clowers, OMD at Saint Mary’s Center for Family and Integrated Medicine.  Have you ever been curious or perhaps even skeptical about acupuncture? You’re not alone. In recent years, acupuncture has been gaining in popularity…we’ve seen it on the news, on the Instagram feeds of celebrities and yes, even …

Birth control options have changed a lot over the years, and I get a lot of questions about what is available out there for women of all ages… so I thought it might be helpful to describe each option and who each of these might work best for or not …