Healthful Woman Podcast

Welcome back to Healthful Woman for a round of "What Does the Fox Say?" with host Dr. Nathan Fox. Today, we cover questions specifically about cerclage, a procedure that closes the cervix with stitches to prevent or delay preterm birth.

Today's guest, Emilie Aries, is the founder and owner of Bossed Up. Bossed Up is a leadership development and career services company on a mission to close the gender leadership gap.

In this episode, Jamie tells her story of receiving a breast cancer diagnosis late in her pregnancy and complications from preeclampsia. After her diagnosis, Jamie explains how she and her medical team planned for a lumpectomy, delivery, and egg freezing, and her experience learning she couldn’t carry more children after treatment.

In part two, Jamie covers her experience with a lumpectomy and C-section recovery, followed by chemotherapy, and the struggles of being a new mother while going through cancer treatment.

In this Healthful Woman Podcast episode, Dr. Nathan Fox speaks with listener Jodi about her daughter, Annie. They discuss Annie's glowing personality, her leukemia diagnosis at 17 years old, her subsequent cancer fight, and sadly, her passing away last year. They also discuss the Annietober 365 Foundation, which was created in Annie's memory.

Dr. Melka and Dr. Fox discuss whether it’s safe for pregnant women to fast, particularly with regard to Jewish fast days. On fast days, observers do not eat or drink for up to 25 hours, depending on the holiday. Dr. Fox and Dr. Melka explain when it is and isn’t safe for pregnant women to fast and how they advise their Jewish patients.

In this episode of the Healthful Woman Podcast, Dr. Nathan Fox speaks with Dr. Tikva Jacobs, a vascular surgeon at the New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in NYC. They discuss everything varicose veins!

On this episode, Dr. Nathan Fox speaks with one of our listeners, Shoshana. She shares her birth story, which involved being admitted to the hospital for 5 weeks due to fetal hydrops. Hydrops is a rare and serious condition that occurs when abnormal amounts of fluid build up in a baby's tissues or organs.

Welcome back to the Healthful Woman Podcast! In today's episode, Dr. Nathan Fox speaks with Dr. Lisa Kalik, an internal medicine physician in NY, about her birth story. After 2 initial miscarriages, she decided to undergo IVF, after which she experienced complications with subsequent pregnancies. She then chose to opt for a surrogate for her two children.

Ruchie shares her story of delivering her fifth child. After two previous miscarriages, Ruchie chose a high-risk OB/GYN and took hormones through her pregnancy, but otherwise did not face complications. However, she began bleeding after the birth. She and a special guest discuss the decision not to perform a hysterectomy and what her treatment was like.

In this episode of the Healthful Woman Podcast, Dr. Nathan Fox welcomes back Dr. Stephanie Melka to discuss retained placenta, which occurs when tissue is left behind in the uterus following pregnancy. They discuss when this may occur, what can be done when this occurs, and more.