Katie McElveen had a smooth experience with her first son and wanted to have another child soon after so the siblings would be close in age. She and her husband, […]
Ob/Gyn
Endometriosis and Pregnancy
For too many years, the importance of understanding and treating women with reproductive problems sat low on most doctors’ list of medical priorities. It was almost as if the accompanying […]
Midwives and Doulas
After finding out they are pregnant, some women’s thoughts quickly turn to picking out the perfect baby name or selecting colors and a scheme for the nursery. But there are […]
What You Need to Know About Menopause
Nearly every woman will go through some form of menopause at one time or another, but many of us don’t know what to look for when it happens. Menopause is […]
Babies Born During a Pandemic
Pregnancy is a beautiful thing. Wonderful as it is, any mother or mother-to-be knows the apprehension that comes with having a baby: concerns about the child’s well-being in the womb; […]
There are No Good Rituals with Miscarriages
No miscarriage is easy, but the doctor can make the difference between acceptance and devastation. For Jen Kulick, owner of the Tattooed Moose, her first miscarriage, when she was about 10 weeks pregnant, was the worst. “She literally made me sit in the waiting room with all the pregnant moms for more than an hour,” […]
What is Perimenopause?
Ugh. Menopause. It’s the often-bemoaned part of aging that all women experience – usually in their early 50s – that signals the end of the body’s ability to reproduce. But it’s not something that happens overnight. In fact, it starts years before in a sort of limbo phase known as perimenopause. That’s right, ladies, if […]
Infertility: Medical Help, Solutions and Options to Overcome Obstacles
Take one look around social media and you would be right to think that everyone around you is at some stage of growing their families. There seems to be pregnancy announcements around every corner – and, in fact, the 2017 Census stated that a baby was going to be born every eight seconds. However, for […]
How Genetic Testing is Changing the Way We Handle Pregnancy
“Over the last five years, the whole landscape has changed,” said Dr. Eugene Chang, an OB/GYN at the Medical University of South Carolina who has watched the proliferation of genetic tests revolutionize how many parents handle pregnancy. “Ten years ago, we did first or second trimester screenings. Now there are non-invasive prenatal tests and self […]
Annual Moms’ Run Funds Lifesaving Support for New Moms
Postpartum Depression: Lifesaving Support for New Moms On December 5, 1999, Ruth Rhoden Craven took her own life – just two-and-a-half months after the birth of her first son. Postpartum depression destroyed a family and left a baby without a mother. Ruth’s family and friends turned their grief into action, creating the Ruth Rhoden Craven […]
The Affects of Endometriosis
Painful Periods. Uncomfortable Pelvic Pain. Infertility. These are just some of the more common symptoms of endometriosis – a condition affecting roughly 5 percent to 10 percent of women around the world. While it’s true that endometriosis can be a leading cause – or symptom, depending on the way you look at it – of […]
Loren B. Frankel MD, Palmetto Women’s Health
Dr. Frankel has been in private practice since 1998, ultimately opening her own practice in Mount Pleasant in 2005. She is the mother of three young children and the wife of a brain surgeon. How does she find time to attend to the patients at her own obstetrics and gynecology practice? “I manipulate things to […]