Physicians & Caregivers

Clinical Services & Clinics

• Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinical Services
• Women's Health
• Combining Surgical Techniques Reduces Women's Risk of Incontinence
• OBGYN Primary Care
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Health Information A-Z

• Contraception / Birth Control
• Women's Health
• Anatomy of the Female Pelvic Area
• Feeding Your Newborn
• Gynecologic Conditions
• Gynecological Health
• High-Risk Pregnancy A-Z
• Hysterectomy
• Infertility
• Menopause
• Online Guide to Maternity Care at UAB
• Pap Test
• Plan and Prepare for Pregnancy
• Pregnancy A-Z
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Pregnancy Over Age 30
• Recognizing Gynecologic Problems
• UAB Lactation Centers
• Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
• About Osteoporosis
• Acute Fatty Liver and Pregnancy
• After a Cesarean Delivery
• After a Vaginal Delivery
• AIDS / HIV and Pregnancy
• Alcohol and Pregnancy
• Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)
• Alpha-fetoprotein Screening (AFP)
• Amenorrhea
• Amniocentesis
• Amniotic Fluid
• Anatomy of the Breasts
• Anatomy of the Female Pelvic Area
• Anatomy of the Kidneys and Urinary System
• Anatomy: Fetus in Utero
• Anemia and Pregnancy
• Anorectal Malformation
• Antiphospholipid Syndrome (aPL)
• Apnea of Prematurity
• Appearance of Newborns
• Aspirin Can Help Women's Hearts, But Be Cautious
• Assessments for Newborn Babies
• Asthma and Pregnancy
• Asthma and Pregnancy
• Autoimmune Disease and Pregnancy
• Bathing Newborns
• Behavior Changes in Newborns
• Behavior Patterns & Activities of Newborns
• Birth Defects
• Birth Defects
• Birth Defects
• Birth Defects Overview
• Birth Injury
• Birth Injury
• Birth Statistics
• Bleeding During Pregnancy
• Blood Disorders in Newborns
• Blood Glucose - Hypoglycemia
• Blood Types in Pregnancy
• Bonding with Newborns
• Bone Density Test
• Bottlefeeding
• Brain / Nervous System Disorders in Newborns
• Breast Health
• Breast Health: Three-Step Plan for Preventive Care
• Breast Infections and Inflammations
• Breast Milk Expression
• Breast Milk is the Best Milk
• Breast Pump Care
• Breast Pumping Equipment
• Breastfeeding
• Breastfeeding and Returning to Work
• Breastfeeding Difficulties for Baby
• Breastfeeding Difficulties for Mother
• Breastfeeding Mothers' Support Group
• Breastfeeding Preparedness Before Work
• Breastfeeding the High Risk Newborn
• Breathing Problems in Newborns
• Bronchpulmonary Dysplasia
• Calculating a Due Date
• Care of the Baby in the Delivery Room
• Cervicitis
• Childcare and Breastfeeding
• Cholestasis of Pregnancy
• Choosing a Pediatrician
• Chorioamnionitis
• Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)
• Chromosome Abnormalities
• Circumcision
• Cleft Lip / Cleft Palate
• Clingan Quintuplets "Doing Well": Mom, Dad "Amazed"
• Clubfoot
• Colorectal Cancer
• Colposcopy Fact Sheet
• Common Benign Lumps
• Common Breast Conditions
• Common Discomforts During Pregnancy
• Common Tests During Pregnancy
• Complications of Pregnancy
• Complications of Pregnancy
• Components of Food
• Contraction Stress Test
• Cord Care
• Crying in Newborns
• Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in Newborns
• Delivery
• Delivery Room
• Depression
• Diabetes (Type 1, 2, and Gestational)
• Diabetes and Pregnancy
• Diabetic Mother
• Diagnosing Benign Breast Conditions
• Diagnostic Laparoscopy
• Diapers / Diaper Rash
• Diaphragmatic Hernia
• Digestion Disorders in Newborns
• Digestion Problems in Newborns
• Domestic Violence
• Doppler Flow Studies
• Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)
• Dysmenorrhea
• Ectopic Pregnancy
• Effective Breastfeeding
• Effective Sucking
• Endometriosis
• Epilepsy and Pregnancy
• Estrogen's Effects on the Female Body
• Exercise During Pregnancy
• Eye Prophylaxis
• Feeding Guide for Older Infants
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
• Fetal and Newborn Blood Circulation
• Fetal Blood Sampling
• Fetal Monitoring
• Fetal Movement Counting
• Fever in Newborns
• Fibrocystic Breast Changes
• Flat or Inverted Nipples
• Frequently Asked Questions: Mammograms
• Gastroesophageal Reflux
• Genetics and Pregnancy
• Gestational Age
• Gestational Diabetes
• Getting Ready at Home
• Getting Started
• GI Problems / Vomiting in Newborns
• Group B Strep Culture
• Group B Streptococcus and Pregnancy
• Group B Streptococcus in Newborns
• Gynecologic Inflammations and Infections
• Gynecological Cancers
• Health Promotion and Prevention
• Healthy Habits Tips – Busy Moms
• Hearing Loss in Newborns
• Hearing Screening Tests
• Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)
• Heart Disease (Congenital) in Newborns
• Heart Disease and Pregnancy
• Heart Disorders in Newborns
• HELLP Syndrome
• Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn
• Hemorrhage and Pregnancy
• Hemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn (Vitamin K Deficiency)
• Hepatitis B and Pregnancy
• Hernia (Umbilical / Inguinal)
• Herpes and Pregnancy
• High-Risk Newborn A-Z
• Hip Dysplasia (DDH)
• HIV in Newborns
• Hormone Replacement Therapy
• Hormones During Pregnancy
• How Milk is Made
• How To Perform A Breast Self-Examination
• Hyaline Membrane Disease / Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Hydrocephalus
• Hydrops Fetalis
• Hyperbilirubinemia and Jaundice
• Hyperemesis Gravidarum
• Hypertension (Chronic) and Pregnancy
• Hyperthyroidism and Pregnancy
• Hypocalcemia
• Hypoglycemia in Newborns
• Hypospadias
• Hypothyroidism
• Hypothyroidism and Pregnancy
• Hysteroscopic Myomectomy
• Hysteroscopic Sterilization
• Hysteroscopy Dilation and Curettage
• If Your Baby Has Problems
• Illegal Drugs and Pregnancy
• Immunizations for Children
• In the Delivery Room
• Ineffective Latch-on or Sucking
• Infections and Pregnancy
• Infections in Newborns
• Infertility Risk Factors for Men and Women
• Insufficient or Delayed Milk Production
• Interstitial Cystitis
• Intrauterine Growth Restriction
• Intravenous Line and Tubes
• Intraventricular Hemorrhage
• Introducing a Bottle
• Introduction to Menopause
• Jaundice in Newborns
• Labor
• Labor & Delivery
• Laparoscopic Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy
• Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy
• Laparoscopic Tubal Sterilization (BTL)
• Large Babies
• Listeriosis and Pregnancy
• LOOP Procedure
• Low Birthweight
• Low Milk Production
• Lung Cancer
• Mammography
• Manage Your Medications
• Managing Stress
• Mastalgia
• Mastitis
• Maternal Nutrition and Breastfeeding
• Maternity Evaluation Unit (MEU)
• Maternity Leave
• Measuring a Baby's Temperature
• Meconium Aspiration
• Medical Conditions and Pregnancy
• Medications and Pregnancy
• Menorrhagia
• Menstrual Conditions
• Mental Health
• Migraine Headache and Pregnancy
• Miscarriage
• Mismanaged Breastfeeding
• Multiple Pregnancy
• Multiple Sclerosis and Pregnancy
• Myasthenia Gravis
• Myomectomy
• Necrotizing Enterocolitis
• Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
• Neurologic Conditions and Pregnancy
• New Parents' Support Group
• Newborn A-Z
• Newborn Immunizations
• Newborn Measurements
• Newborn Screening Tests
• Nipple Problems and Discharge
• Nonstress Testing and Pregnancy
• Normal Breast Development
• Nutrition and Fluids
• Nutrition During Pregnancy
• Omphalocele
• Operative Laparoscopy
• Osteoporosis
• Ovarian Cystectomy
• Ovarian Removal (Oophorectomy)
• Overactive Let Down
• Overview of Blood
• Overview of Pregnancy Loss
• Pap Test
• Parenting in the NICU
• Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
• Pelvic Pain
• Perimenopause
• Periventricular Leukomalacia
• Peyronie's Disease
• Physical Abnormalities
• Physical Examination of Newborn
• Planning a Pregnancy
• Plugged Milk Ducts
• Pneumothorax
• Polycythemia
• Post-Term Pregnancy
• Postmaturity
• Postpartum Care
• Postpartum Thyroiditis
• Postpartum Thyroiditis
• Pregnancy and Nutrition
• Pregnancy Loss
• Pregnancy Tests and Procedures
• Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension
• Premature Rupture of Membranes
• Prematurity
• Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
• Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
• Prenatal Medical Care
• Preparing the Family for a New Baby
• Preterm Labor
• Preventing Cardiovascular Diseases
• Procedural Fact Sheet
• Procedures and Equipment in NICU
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Pyloric Stenosis
• Reflexes of Newborns
• Respiratory Anatomy in Babies
• Respiratory Changes
• Respiratory Disorders in Newborns
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in Newborns
• Retinopathy of Prematurity
• Rh Disease and Pregnancy
• Risk Factors of Pregnancy
• Safer Sex Guidelines
• Safer Sex Guidelines
• Senses of Newborns
• Sepsis in Newborns
• Sex and Pregnancy
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Sickle Cell Disease and Pregnancy
• Signs of Pregnancy / The Pregnancy Test
• Skin Cancer
• Skin Color of Newborns
• Sleep Patterns of Newborns
• Sleeping and Pregnancy
• Slow or Poor Infant Weight Gain
• Slow or Poor Infant Weight Gain
• Small Babies
• Smoking and Pregnancy
• Sore Nipples
• Special Care for Special Babies
• Spina Bifida
• Statistics: Gynecological Health at a Glance
• Staying Healthy After Menopause
• Stillbirth
• Storing Your Breast Milk
• Substance Exposure and Newborns
• Suction Dilation and Curettage (D&C)
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
• Support Groups and Health Meetings
• Supracervical Hysterectomy (SH)
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE, or Lupus)
• Taking Your Baby Home
• Tension-free Vaginal Sling Procedures: Transobturator Tape Procedure (TOT)
• Tension-free Vaginal Sling Procedures: Transvaginal Tape Procedure (TVT)
• Testing and Lab Procedures
• Thawing Breast Milk
• The First Trimester (0-12 Weeks)
• The Menstrual Cycle
• The Menstrual Cycle: An Overview
• The New Mother - Taking Care of Yourself After Birth
• The Pregnant Mother
• The Second Trimester (13-28 Weeks)
• The Third Trimester (29-40 Weeks)
• Thrombocytopenia
• Thrush
• Thrush in Newborns
• Thyroid Conditions and Pregnancy
• Total Abdominal Hysterectomy (TAH)
• Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
• Total Vaginal Hysterectomy (TVH)
• Toxoplasmosis and Pregnancy
• Transient Tachypnea
• Transient Trachypnea
• Traveling While Pregnant or Breastfeeding
• Trisomy 18 and 13
• Turner Syndrome
• Ultrasound
• Urinary Conditions
• Urinary Incontinence
• Urinary Tract and Kidney Infections
• Using a Breast Pump
• Uterine Fibroids
• Vaginal Repair Procedures
• Vaginitis
• Very Low Birthweight
• Vulvitis
• Warmth and Temperature Regulation
• Warning Signs During Pregnancy
• Warning Signs in Newborn
• Watch Your Weight
• Weight Gain During Pregnancy
• Women's Health - Healthy Living After 40
• Women's Healthcare Guidelines
• Women's Heart Health
• Women's Support Groups and Classes
• Work and Pregnancy
• Your Baby's First Check-Up
• Your Body (Women's Health)
• Your Workplace and Breastfeeding

Medical Publications

• Cervical insufficiency (short cervix)
• Featured New Physician
• Jenkins Directs Division of Women's Reproductive Health Care
• UAB, Carraway Partner In Community OB/GYN Services
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Events

• Breastfeeding Mothers' Support Group
• Childbirth Education Classes
• New Parents' Support Group
• Support Groups and Health Meetings
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Research & Trials