Alice Hirata, MD, is an obstetrician and an advocate for low-intervention births. However, certain circumstances – such as high-risk pregnancies and multiple gestation births – require expertise she enjoys providing. Dr. Hirata is the proud mother of two sons. Dr. Hirata i affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Chippenham and Johnston-Willis Hospitals and Henrico Doctors' Hospitals.
So this time you’re having a boy! Your hand gently caresses your baby bump when you touch the small ridge of scar tissue from your cesarean section. Your mind and…
Having comfort options is important to any woman who hopes to approach her birth as a natural process. Nitrous oxide – more commonly known as laughing gas – is one…