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The Importance of Prenatal Care
Congratulations! You're pregnant! But now what? We're sure you have endless questions about what this means for you and your baby over the next nine months. Many of the answers to your questions pertain to prenatal care, that is, how you should take care of yourself...
Planning for a Healthy Baby in 2023
It's never too early to start planning for your future baby's health. We've learned so much in the past 30 years about the connection between a mother's health and how it affects her unborn children. If you're planning to get pregnant in the next year or so, now's the...
Stop Urinary Incontinence Before It Starts
Urinary incontinence may be the stuff that post-partum and old lady jokes are made of, but it's no laughing matter when it becomes a part of your daily life. Many women don't realize that you can proactively prevent urinary incontinence before it starts. An added...
Birth Control Options for Teens
The subject of birth control options for teens is often sensitive for parents. While some teenagers use birth control to manage acne, irregular periods, or symptoms of endometriosis or PCOS, others need it because they’re sexually active. For parents, the subject of...
Celebrate a Safe Halloween in and Around Bellevue
Carved pumpkins, costumes, and trick-or-treating are traditional Halloween events, and there are plenty of ways to do all three safely with the family in and around Bellevue. 6 Ideas to Celebrate a Safe, Family-Friendly Halloween Here are six ideas to get you started....
Reducing Your Breast Cancer Risk
While there’s no 100%-guaranteed way to keep yourself from getting breast cancer (yet!), there are a number of things you can do to lower your breast cancer risk. This is because lifestyle choices bear considerable weight on your chances of getting breast or other...
What Every Woman Needs to Know About Pregnancy and Preeclampsia
The good news is that preeclampsia – a condition in which a pregnant woman develops high blood pressure and protein in the urine – is pretty rare. Only about 5% of all pregnancies become preeclamptic. The bad news is that the condition can be severe when left...
Is Acupuncture Safe During Pregnancy?
Acupuncture has been used for thousands of years on people of all ages, including pregnant women. We frequently recommend acupuncture as a safe prenatal treatment modality. Acupuncture has multiple benefits for pregnant women, including more physical ease, healthier...
Preventing Heart Disease After Menopause
Our bodies change and evolve throughout our lifetime, but specific changes - such as menopause - cause noticeable shifts in how we look and feel. In addition, the hormone fluctuations that occur during menopause (decreases in estrogen and progesterone, with increases...
Celebrate Breastfeeding Awareness Month – 10 Tips for Breastfeeding Success
This is Breastfeeding Awareness Month, and we’re celebrating over here at Overlake OB/GYN. How much do we love breastfeeding? Oh, let us count the ways! The more we learn about the amazing powers of breastfeeding, the more we feel compelled to spread the word. Just a...
7 Tips to Alleviate Morning Sickness
While the cause(s) of morning sickness are still a relative mystery, there are multiple solutions that have proven effective for the majority of women out there. Even if they don’t completely “cure” morning sickness, they can certainly help to take the edge off. And,...
Your Annual OB/GYN Exam
There is much more involved in an annual visit to your OB/GYN than a pap test. Not only does your visit help to build a rapport with the individual who is privy to some of the most intimate details of your life, but exams are also used as a well-woman checkup to...
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