Author: Michelle Kominiarek, MD

  • Obesity in Pregnancy

    I’m Dr. Michelle Kominiarek, a Maternal-Fetal Medicine physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Today I’m going to discuss how I counsel about obesity during pregnancy. Is it okay if we talk about your weight today? I’m going to use the words weight and body mass index, also known as BMI. BMI is a measure of your…

  • Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in Pregnancy

    Hi, I’m Michelle Kominiarek, a Maternal-Fetal Medicine physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Today, I’m going to discuss how I counsel a patient about a positive Group B streptococcus or GBS result. At your last visit, we did a GBS rectovaginal culture, which is a test we do routinely in pregnant women around 36 weeks gestation.…