Healthy Mama

By Kimberly Steed, nurse and mother of 2 Every parent has battled a child’s fever. It often happens after the doctors’ offices have closed, in the middle of the night or on the weekend. As […]

By Kimberly Steed, RN, MNSc. (woman, nurse, mother of 2 and wife of Dr. Steed) The last few months I’ve been dealing with SEPARATION ANXIETY. Our oldest child, Glyn, never seemed to have an issue […]

By Dr. Matthew Steed, Mercy family practice doctor and obstetrician (and father of two) Most women seem to have a change in appetite immediately after finding out they’re pregnant. Your appetite may go into overdrive […]

Have you ever been to a doctor’s office that smelled like a coffee shop and looked like it might actually be a spa rather than a one-stop clinic for everything from pediatrics to cardiology? Well, […]

Mamas, we are constantly stumbling across things in the World Wide Web that get our attention — things we think our fellow local mamas would want to know about, too. So here’s a roundup of […]

By Dr. Matthew Steed, Mercy family practice doctor and obstetrician (and father of 2) I’m commonly asked what things are safe during pregnancy. Over the years, I’ve been asked some “odd” questions: “My aunt has […]

During American Heart Month, Mercy Health is offering heart risk screening packages at a reduced rate. We plan on sending our husbands for these heart and vascular screenings. They’ll help identify problems before symptoms appear, […]

Mothers become experts when it comes to doctor’s offices. Why? Because we spend plenty of time there. Between appointments for ourselves, our kids, our husbands and sometimes our aging parents, we’ve seen PLENTY of clinics […]