by Juliet MD | Mar 4, 2020 | Front Page, Obstetrics
I cringe at the mere mention of the words Home Birth. As much as I don’t want to offend the exceptional nurse midwives who provide this approach, and do not want to belittle the exercise of self-determination by mothers who choose this route, I worry about the...
by Juliet MD | Feb 2, 2020 | Obstetrics
When we met it never occurred to me that she was going to die. But I can still hear the sound of her ribs crack with each chest compression. Sometimes I get a flash image of her unattended arm sliding off the bed alongside a swath of brown hair. Mary was dead. It was...
by Juliet MD | Aug 12, 2016 | Raising Children
From the moment we’re born, our gender identity is no secret.We’re either a boy or a girl. Gender organizes our world into pink or blue. As we grow up, most of us naturally fit into our gender roles. Girls wear dresses and play with dolls. For boys,...
by Juliet MD | May 12, 2015 | General Health
John Oliver’s take on Mother’s Day, given that most mothers have a duel function of provider and parent, was exceptionally thought provoking and ridiculously funny. Watch. I have been guilty of being unsympathetic. More than one mother, at her six...
by Joann Pandolfi | Apr 6, 2014 | Life Tools
It’s been a long cold winter. When it’s cold, we all deserve some pampering. I like to pamper myself with good food. Food that, nurtures my body and warms my soul. After exhausting my muscles with shoveling, I often sat down and had a warm...