Category: OB Antepartum

  • Elective Induction at 39 Weeks

    Hi, I’m Dr. William Grobman. I’m a maternal fetal medicine physician at Northwestern University and I’m going to be talking to you about whether or not you would choose to be induced at 39 weeks of gestation. So you’re getting close now to 39 weeks and once you reached 39 weeks, women have the choice,…

  • 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.…

  • External Cephalic Version (ECV)

    Hello. My name is Dr. Alan Peaceman. I’m here today to talk to you about your baby’s position. As you were probably aware, most of the time, the baby is head down and the head comes out first during labor. Unfortunately, you’re at the point in the pregnancy where most babies are head down already,…

  • Preterm Birth Recurrence

    Okay, this is Dr. Mike Socol from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. And today I’m going to be talking to someone who is pregnant for the second time, but her first pregnancy unfortunately led to a delivery at 21 to 22 weeks after an episode of contractions and bleeding. And because of the extreme…

  • New Ob clinic appointment

    Dr. Donelan: Hi, I’m Dr. Donelan. I’m a generalist OB-GYN at Northwestern, and this is how I counsel for a first prenatal visit. Hi [patient name], I’m Dr. Donelan. Mock patient: Hi. Dr. Donelan: It’s so nice to meet you. Mock patient: Nice to meet you too. Dr. Donelan: So tell me a little bit…

  • VBAC after Two C-Sections

    This is Dr. Mike Socol, I’m a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. And in my office is a patient who has had two prior Cesarean sections because of a breech presentation, and now in her third pregnancy at 32 weeks, this fetus in this pregnancy is vertex.…

  • VBAC after One C-Section

    This is again Dr. Mike Socol, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and I am going to be talking to a patient who has had a primary Caesarean section two years ago because her fetus was in the breech presentation. And today, she’s at 32 weeks of pregnancy…

  • Elective Primary C-Section

    This is Dr. Mike Socol, I’m a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. And today in my office, I’m going to be talking to a patient who is pregnant for the first time, who is 32 weeks of gestation, and she is concerned about route of delivery because both…

  • PPROM

    So I’m Dr. Emily Miller in Maternal Fetal Medicine at Prentice Women’s Hospital and I’m going to talk about what I talk to patients about after experiencing pre-term premature rupture of membranes. So based on our testing, it does seem like the bag of water has broken. And we feel pretty confident about that diagnosis.…