Your weight before and during pregnancy plays a large role in your health and your baby’s health. This is a great time to make positive changes that can stay with you forever! Learn how much weight you should gain to be healthy, how you should gain this weight, and how quickly you can expect to lose it after your baby is born.
Birth Control Options: What You Need to Know About Pills, IUDs, Implants, and Shots
When you want to take charge of your fertility and family planning, you have a lot of options. But how do you know which birth control is best?
The best birth control choice differs for everyone. It depends on your own health history and what you’re looking for in a contraceptive.
Madison Women’s Health Baby Story Blog
Welcome to MWH’s very first Baby Story Blog. Our mom to be would like to remain anonymous until she is out of her first trimester. MWH Baby Story Pregnancy Blog Well, there it was. One very, very faint pink line. I saw it and smiled, confirming what I had already suspected was true. We were […]
Getting Pregnant: Fertility Tips for Problems Conceiving
Thinking about getting pregnant and starting a family can be an exciting time. But when it takes longer than you expect to get that positive pregnancy test, you may start to wonder “Why am I not getting pregnant?” As a Madison OBGYN, I meet with many women who are wondering what they can do to […]
Breast Cancer Awareness
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Nobody likes to hear the “C” word. It is a scary word and unfortunately 1 out of 8 women will hear this word due to being diagnosed with breast cancer. When breast cancer is detected early, and is in a localized area, the 5-year survival rate is 100% (National Breast […]
Happy Doctor’s Day
Hippocrates once said, “wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.” Did you know that the first Doctor’s Day was observed on March 30, 1933? For the past 85 years, that’s a lot of physicians. Physicians of many different specialties and a history of experience. Becoming a physician takes […]
Teamwork at Madison Women’s Health
Teamwork can be defined as “the process of working collaboratively with a group of people in order to achieve a goal.” At Madison Women’s Health, our goal is to be there for our patients. How do we do that? To inspire women to lead healthy, balanced lives so they can be the best version of […]
A Different Kind Of Care
What does A Different Kind Of Care mean to you? For Madison Women’s Health, it’s our mission, vision and values to our patients. In 2010, Madison Women’s Health was founded by four amazing OB/GYN physicians. Drs. Karla Dickmeyer, Kate Sample, Mary Stoffel and Beth Wiedel have dedicated their practice to providing women with outstanding obstetrics and gynecological care. Their mission […]
