As I sit here watching my beautiful daughter play, I’m overcome with happiness and joy; an emotion I didn’t think I would feel for a very long time. Nine years ago, I was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure. In other words, I don’t produce any eggs – I had gone through menopause at [...]
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Kangaroo Care for My Little Miracles, Addelynn and Alexander
By Jennifer Bader
After 4 years of infertility, my husband Dale and I found out that we were pregnant with twins. At our 6 week ultrasound, we were told that baby A was not viable. However, as parents, we had to remain strong and optimistic. After 13 long weeks, I went in for an ultrasound to [...]
Parkway Medical Center
Life is a team effort. If ever there was a need for smoothly functioning team work, it is during the birth of a baby. Every team member has a critical role to play to assure the safest, and most comfortable birthing experience possible. At The Pavilion for Women and Children, the obstetrician [...]
Marshall Medical Center South
The new Women’s Center at Marshall Medical Center South has been thriving since making its grand opening in November 2007. The center is averaging 60-80 births per month and the rate is expected to pick up. It is equipped with 12 Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum (LDRP) rooms, not including 8 general GYN rooms.
Marshall Medical [...]
Marshall Medical Center North
Marshall Medical Center North in Guntersville has a recently renovated and expanded Obstetrical Unit. They average 35 births per month. MMCN is equipped with 10 Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum (LDRP) rooms and 2 observation rooms. Each LDRP room includes a refrigerator and microwave, a television and DVD player, and a fold-out sleeper for [...]
Crestwood Hospital
With pregnancy comes months of planning and preparing your life, home and body for your new bundle of joy. After the baby registry is complete and names have been chosen, it’s time to begin preparing for the delivery of your baby.
At Crestwood, we offer several prenatal classes to help parents-to-be prepare for delivery and life [...]
Angels on Earth
By Amy George
I believe in angels.
In fact, when Chris and I pray with our daughters at night, we always end our prayer with the words, “Please watch over Ann Catherine and Lily through the night, and send your angels to protect them.” Ann Catherine even says it when she prays.
I also believe there are angels [...]
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children is the region’s largest birthing and pediatric center. Our facility’s design is a blend of state-of-the-art medical technology with the look and feel of home.
Our clinical pediatric staff is devoted to caring solely for infants, children and adolescents, featuring north Alabama’s only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Emergency [...]
Well Visits: What Your Baby’s Doctor Looks for in the First Year
The basics of well visits are the same throughout childhood: evaluation of growth and development, physical examination and anticipatory guidance. These components will be a part of each well visit during the first year.
The CDC has published growth charts for height, weight and head circumference based on age and gender. It is [...]
One Mother’s Story of Thanksgiving
By Lora Beasley
My daughter Meadow was born with a condition so rare that I did not find another child with the same diagnois until she was 2 yrs old. It was a lonely journey filled with many unknowns, and no one to relate too. I now know a total of only 7 other children living [...]