Kristie McNealy, MD

We discussed 10 ways to cope with the stress and boredom of bedrest earlier this week, so now I’d like to share 6 tips for coping with bedrest when you have other kids in the house. I was put on bedrest with my second and third baby. The first time, I had a [...]

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare yet terrifying condition which results in heart failure in the last month of pregnancy or within 5 months after delivery. Estimates of the prevalence of peripartum cardiomyopathy in the United States vary widely from 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 15,000 live births. Risk factors for the [...]