Kristie McNealy, MD

I’ve been asked by a number of parents what I think about cord blood banking, and honestly, while we’ve considered banking cord blood for our kids, the cost has always been an issue.  If you’re expecting right now though, Cryo-Cell is offering a $725 discount on their U-Cord service, which saves you about 45% off [...]

Statistics from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project show that fewer than 10% of women who had a previous c-section achieved a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) in 2006.  Between 1997 and 2006, there was a 40% rise in repeat c-sections, which we already know come with increased risk of childbirth complications*, particularly if a [...]

In a time when the preterm birth rate in the rest of the United states is steadily climbing, a carefully coordinated prenatal care program at UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Parkland Memorial Hospital has cut it’s number of preterm deliveries by more than half!
In 1988, 10.4% of babies were born premature, which is close to the [...]