Women's Health

Preg­nan­cy is an excit­ing time in a wom­an’s life, but under­stand­ing your grow­ing baby’s mile­stones and what to expect at each appoint­ment can be over­whelm­ing. To help keep you and your baby healthy through­out your preg­nan­cy, be sure to check out our appoint­ments guide which out­lines what to expect dur­ing the many pre-natal vis­its to the doc­tor’s office from now until your baby comes.

A com­mon con­di­tion that many women face is called vagi­nal pro­lapse, or pelvic organ pro­lapse (POP), which occurs when one of the pelvic organs stretch­es or expands to pro­trude through the vagi­nal open­ing. Read about the caus­es of vagi­nal pro­lapse and explore dif­fer­ent treat­ment options.

The main pur­pose of the 20-week preg­nan­cy ultra­sound is to ensure that your baby is devel­op­ing nor­mal­ly, not to reveal the gen­der of your baby. It eval­u­ates your baby’s growth, devel­op­ment and deter­mines how your preg­nan­cy is pro­gress­ing through the use of sound waves.

One of the most com­mon preg­nan­cy-relat­ed skin dis­eases is a con­di­tion called Pru­rit­ic Urticar­i­al Papules and Plaques of Preg­nan­cy (PUPPP). This dis­ease most often affects women who are preg­nant for the first time, and recur­rences with sub­se­quent preg­nan­cies are uncommon.

How­ev­er you choose to feed your baby, mak­ing sure your lit­tle one is receiv­ing the prop­er nutri­tion can be a hard, chal­leng­ing, yet reward­ing jour­ney. At DuPage Med­ical Group, we are lucky to have two expert lac­ta­tion con­sul­tants’ on-staff, pro­vid­ing com­pas­sion­ate and com­pre­hen­sive sup­port to moth­ers and their babies. 

Acci­dents hap­pen; emer­gency con­tra­cep­tion gives you options. Learn how it works, when to take it, and what to expect so you can feel more con­fi­dent and in control.

Bring­ing a new baby home is a cel­e­bra­to­ry time that unites fam­i­ly and friends; how­ev­er, the cur­rent pan­dem­ic can gen­er­ate increased appre­hen­sion and dis­com­fort. Drs. Mia Taormi­na and Don Sei­d­man pro­vide insight and guid­ance to help you intro­duce your new­born to loved one’s so you can ease your wor­ries and look for­ward to pre­cious moments ahead. 

Do you work full-time? Are you also a full-time mom? For many women, find­ing time for per­son­al things you need to do can be dif­fi­cult. And whether you like it or not, vis­it­ing the doc­tor for your year­ly exam may be some­thing that gets pushed to the side when you are short on time. How­ev­er, your year­ly exam is impor­tant. Through reg­u­lar health screen­ings, your physi­cian can iden­ti­fy prob­lems at an ear­ly stage when they are most treat­able. A physi­cian per­form­ing a phys­i­cal exam can find things you don’t or can’t notice your­self. So make an appoint­ment, and get checked regularly!

While tran­si­tion­ing out of active treat­ment into sur­vivor­ship can be reliev­ing, it can stir up many emo­tions and ques­tions. To help you pre­pare for life after can­cer, sur­geon Amrit Man­gat, MD, answers ques­tions about sur­vivor­ship and remission.