Readers are led on a behind-the-scenes journey to witness real-life dramas such as:
- the delivery of a baby in the front seat of a car
- the physician who insisted on delivering her own baby at home
- the challenge of a baby in distress with severe anemia, in utero, being treated with intrauterine blood transfusions
- the attorney who delivered her own baby on the side of the road,
- the patient who had a stroke while pregnant, had a healthy baby, who, years later, had her own child-and now we have three generations!
Expertise, empathy, and experience combine as these health-care professionals overcome obstacles, often tackling action-packed challenges.
Their patients harbor fear mixed with perseverance as they hope for favorable outcomes-whether these results are achievable or elusive. Facing daunting predicaments, the nurturing relationships and joint deliberations between patients and caregivers impact the careers of health-care professionals and change the lives of all concerned.
In this compendium, clinical decision-making moves from abstract concepts to heart-pounding reality. These inspirational stories provide great tools for understanding the complex scenarios that abound in women's health care-for both caregivers and patients. Ultimately, the many joyful results revealed in this book can best be described as everyday miracles.
JOSEPH S SANFILIPPO, MD, MBA, FACOG is a tenured professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (UPMC) and a distinguished alumnus of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science-Chicago Medical School. He is a past president of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and a highly regarded expert who has been named one of America's Top Doctors.
CAREY D. ANDREW-JAJA, MD, FACOG, is a retired clinical professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences and past president of the medical staff at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Magee-Womens Hospital. He received multiple "Best Doctors in America" and Outstanding Educator recognitions. Dr. Andrew-Jaja was widely known as the "Singing Doctor" for celebrating each child he delivered with songs like "Happy Birthday" and "What a Wonderful World."
JULIE TRACHTA, CNM, graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Frontier Nursing University. She is the clinical director for the Division of Midwifery and adjunct clinical faculty at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. Her clinical interests include STIs (sexually transmitted infections), contraception, and care for clients with disabilities. Ms. Trachta is certified by the American Midwifery Board.
Forty Women's Health-Care Professionals, including physicians, nurses, midwives, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, a doula, and a medical assistant, are contributing authors.
