Pregnancy + Postpartum

Today marks the start of National Infertility Awareness Week and the beginning of our annual "Lullaby Wishes" series. Infertility affects one in eight couples in the US, and while no two paths are the same, it is typically a...

  It’s strange to think about, but it’s been five years since we started trying to conceive. We've now gone through three years of fertility treatments. Last year when I first wrote about my infertility journey here on Birmingham Mom...

When I think of my journey with infertility, the word “inadequate” comes to mind because that is how it made me feel. Before I faced infertility, or even marriage, I felt inadequate. I was a bit older than I...

“This cannot be happening to me.” I said that numerous times to my husband as we walked through this season. Have you ever been there? Maybe your situation was cancer or singleness or loneliness or infertility. Most recently in my...

When I was growing up, I always considered myself to be a fairly fashionable person. I usually had trendy clothes. I felt like I fit in. And even when I was pregnant, I looked pretty decent. I had some...

Exercise in pregnancy can be a daunting topic for many women. How much is too little? How much is too much? Should I even exercise while pregnant? Sara Gould, MD, MPH, UAB Sports & Exercise Medicine within the Department of...

Confession: I wrote this piece last year when I was barely two months postpartum in December 2020 but, in the newborn haze, I forgot to submit it. Reading it this year made me smile; I’m so glad I was...

I have wanted to have a baby for the better part of the last ten years, but there was always something in the way. The timing just wasn’t right. The partner just wasn’t right. I just wasn’t right. Then, I...

UAB has an exciting new initiative bringing hope to many women: uterus transplants. Yes, you read that correctly. And yes, we have some of the most brilliant minds in women's care and OB/GYN services in the nation just down...

Bringing a child into this world in any "normal" circumstances can be incredibly difficult. There are the sleepless nights, the hormonal changes, baby blues or postpartum depression, and the total change of life as you once knew it. There...