Kristie McNealy, MD

Despite the jokes, apparently, the 14th was THE day . . .
The newest member of the McNealy clan made his way into the world today, February 14th, at 1:16am.  A sweet Valentines gift for all of us, weighing in at 7lbs 8ozs and measuring 19 1/2 inches long.  He baked for 2 days longer than [...]

Now that I’ve hit the 32 week mark, most of my worries over this baby and delivery have shifted away from preterm birth and towards more mundane pregnancy issues. Aside from wicked pelvic pain, the thing that has been on my mind most lately is breech presentation.
My second child was breech, but she was delivered [...]

Today, I wanted to wrap up Prematurity Awareness Month by taking a quick look at the 2009 Premature Birth Report card, an annual initiative of the March of Dimes.  Once again, the nation as a whole scored a ‘D’ for their premature birth rate.  There wasn’t a single state that got an ‘A’, and for [...]