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Miscarriage: such a sadness, and sometimes a real tragedy
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Written by Karen Morton, Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Published 29 December 2019 As we come to the end of 2019 I am sure there are many couples who will be pleased to leave the old year behind them and move into a new one, hoping and […]
When is an ovarian cyst simply the norm?
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This week I have had a glut of cysts! The word ‘cyst’ sounds like something to be worried about, and of course sometimes it is, but more often than not it is a nothing. An incidental finding when a woman is being investigated for a symptom which leads to a scan of one sort or […]
The placenta……almost the most amazing bit of all!
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The baby is out and the mother is enraptured, enjoying some ‘skin to skin’ with this miracle of creation. ‘Can you believe you made him?’ I say, and then I ask for another push, as I have noticed signs of placental separation. This means that the placenta has given up its grip on the wall […]
An Ordinary Day, For a Gynaecologist!
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Here’s the fourth episode of Dr Morton’s casebook! Yesterday was a night on call. Interestingly when I was a junior doctor, it was me that was on-duty all day and all night, and then worked the next day, as […]
Dying from ‘hyperemesis gravidarum’….dreadful vomiting in pregnancy: fortunately a thing of the past
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline News of the Duchess of Cambridge again laid low with hyperemesis, leads me to re-post my piece on this interesting and potentially serious condition. I love the radio. This morning, as I drove home from Guildford where I work as […]
Having difficulty getting pregnant? We can help!
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Written by Dr Karen Morton, Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Around 80% of couples who are trying for a baby will be pregnant by one year of trying. I always explain that there are 4 things that you need to make a baby. Eggs Sperm Healthy tubes […]
Great insight on postnatal depression from this week’s guest on Desert Island Discs
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Desert Island discs is one of my favourite radio programmes. I always hope to find myself in the car on my way home after a game of golf or visiting post-op patients at 11.15 on Sunday morning so I can […]
Happy International Day of the Midwife!
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Today (5 May 2017) is the International Day of the Midwife: time to celebrate and applaud these wonderful people! I almost said ‘Wonderful women’ as most of the midwives I know and work with are women, but actually I have […]
Mums to be: protect your baby by getting the whooping cough vaccine!
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Written by Dr Ben G Marshall Dr Morton’s Consultant Respiratory Physician In recent years, the UK – along with many other developed countries around the world – has seen a significant rise in cases of adult whooping cough. Though at first, this may not seem that important, it actually poses a very real threat to […]
How I decide whether to do a Caesarean Section: an Obstetrician’s tale
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline I’ve been an obstetrician for 25 years now, and I still find it difficult to predict a woman’s psychology concerning how to have a baby. You might think that the 40-year-old woman who eventually conceived with IVF might be the […]
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