Sanford Maternal-Fetal Medicine - Fargo

11/03/2022

November is , an opportunity to reflect on the nearly 400,000 babies born preterm each year in the United States and what we can do to prevent it.

10/28/2022

When we are newly bereaved, often our loved ones see us in the pain and heartache of losing our babies and just want us to get better, feel better, go back to "normal", and re-engage with life again in the way we used to do. They often rush us through our grief because it is painful to see us in the depth of our sadness, and they ache for us to move on. But as bereaved parents, we know that we will never be the same after losing our baby. There is no "moving on". There is no rush to "get back to normal" because we know we that we have been irrevocably changed by deep love and devastating loss.

What we often need and want more than anything is patience from our loved ones: patience while we wade through our grief, patience as we take time to process our new reality and adjust to life without our babies, and patience as we become the people we need to be as we move into a life that is so vastly different than the one we had anticipated. It takes time to grieve, time to heal, time to understand how to be parents to a child we could not keep and cannot hold. We may disengage for a time, choose to stay back from family holidays and baby showers, and grieve and heal in a timeline different than what others would expect. And that is okay.

It is often uncomfortable and challenging to wait for us: but the effort to support us and love us through this tremendous loss is one of the ways we heal. Be patient with us; we are becoming.

03/21/2022

For World Down Syndrome Day 2022, we are asking:

03/08/2022

International Women's Day 2022 theme is 'Break the Bias' - |

01/23/2022

Join ACOG on January 23rd for Maternal Health Awareness Day to help more people learn about the urgency of the country's maternal mortality crisis and how we can work together to reverse its course. This year's theme is Adding Up to Maternal Health. Please join us in highlighting the clinical approaches, policy solutions, and partnerships that together can add up to improved maternal health across the United States. Use to join the conversation online. Learn more and join us: https://www.acog.org/advocacy/policy-priorities/maternal-mortality-prevention/maternal-health-awareness-day

12/23/2021

SMFM supports the use of Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir [PF-07321332] tablets and ritonavir tablets) for treatment of pregnant patients with COVID-19 who meet clinical qualifications. Any therapy that would otherwise be given should not be withheld specifically due to pregnancy or lactation.

FDA issued an EUA for Paxlovid for the treatment of mild-to-moderate in adults & pediatric patients (age 12 & older weighing at least 40 kg) w/ positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 testing, and at high risk for progression to severe . https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-first-oral-antiviral-treatment-covid-19

Paxlovid is not authorized for the pre-exposure or post-exposure prevention of COVID-19 or for initiation of treatment in those requiring hospitalization due to severe or critical COVID-19.

Paxlovid is not a substitute for vaccination in individuals for whom COVID-19 vaccination & a booster dose are recommended. We urge you to get vaccinated and receive a booster if eligible. Learn more about FDA-approved or -authorized COVID-19 vaccines. https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/covid-19-vaccines

12/22/2021

12/16/2021

COVID-19 Risks During Pregnancy

CDC’s home for COVID-19 data. Visualizations, graphs, and data in one easy-to-use website.

09/30/2021

Statement on the CDC’s Health Advisory on COVID-19 Vaccination

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Washington, DC – The following is a statement from J. Martin Tucker, MD, FACOG, president, on behalf of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) regarding the CDC’s call for urgent action to increase COVID-19 vaccination among pregnant people:

“Despite recommendations from ACOG and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, as well as other organizations dedicated to maternal health and public health, vaccination rates among pregnant people remain alarmingly low. Unfortunately, obstetrician-gynecologists around the country are witnessing the crisis of unvaccinated pregnant people being hospitalized and dying due to COVID-19 infection. ACOG hopes that today’s health advisory from the CDC, combined with the existing clear medical consensus in support of vaccination, will encourage pregnant people to choose vaccination.

“Our message cannot be stronger or clearer: please get vaccinated today. Whether you are pregnant, breastfeeding, trying to become pregnant, or plan to get pregnant in the future, vaccination is safe and effective, and is the best way to protect you from severe complications associated with COVID-19 infection. Further, I urge my fellow ACOG members and all maternal health colleagues to strongly, confidently, and clearly recommend COVID-19 vaccination to their pregnant patients.”

Health Alert Network (HAN). Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

05/07/2021

Happy Nurses Week
May 6-12, 2021

04/13/2021

Black Maternal Health Week - April 11-17

Black Maternal Health Week takes place every year from April 11 –17, founded and led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance.

03/21/2021

World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), 21 March, is a global awareness day which has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012.