Word: obstetrician
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...Roosevelt Room, he told how FDR used the space to house his aquariums. Down the hall he expounded on a print showing Lincoln at the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation. Throughout, he was a manic bundle of energy. Near the end of the tour, Glade Curtis, an obstetrician, had to laugh. "Karl was always really into politics and history," Curtis said. "And he was always a nerd...
...bottom line: Talk to your obstetrician or primary care physician if you're concerned about mercury levels. Decide whether you're more comfortable taking the extra-cautious route and cutting out tuna altogether, or if for you, tuna's myriad health benefits outweigh its potential risk...
...time when the average prenatal visit with an obstetrician lasts six minutes, Guralnick's 1 1/2-hr. visit with the Suris feels like good value for the money. Doula fees vary greatly by geographic area. The range is approximately $300 to $1,000 for a labor doula, and postpartum specialists charge hourly rates of $15 to $35, though often with a 15-hr. minimum. As doula services are not yet covered by medical insurance, most doulas say their clientele tends to be affluent...
...matter how many books you may have read on the subject of labor and delivery, when you're going through it for the first time, you don't really know what to expect. So, if an obstetrician offers to shorten the time it takes for your baby to be born by making a little incision in the tissue below the birth canal, chances are you'll be tempted to gasp out a yes! The procedure, called an episiotomy, may bring you immediate relief, but it often leads to a longer recovery, more pain and other postdelivery complications. Most...
Among the stories he tells are those of an obstetrician whose marriage is bitterly unraveling as he attempts to prevent a rape victim and her husband from aborting a child, and of a feckless youth who falls asleep on a palette of relief supplies and, dropped into a war zone, discovers his purpose. It is Dizdar's cool objectivity --his refusal to dwell on anyone's troubles (or triumphs)--that makes his portrait of good hearts overcoming emotional Balkanization the best movie of this very young millennium...