Healthy Mama

Have you read the helpful Healthy Mama posts here at Motherlode, written by Dr. Matthew Steed? Well, he’s a super personable doc and now he’s going to be available to answer your questions about pregnancy-related […]

Dr. Matthew Steed, who writes great Healthy Mama articles here at Motherlode, is hosting a little get-together on Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. at Starbucks on Promenade Road in Rogers. (That’s him in the picture […]

By Kimberly Steed, RN, MNSc. (woman, nurse, mother of 2 and wife of Dr. Steed) Tense and irritable? Crazy appetite? Tight clothes? Feeling depressed? Can’t concentrate? Feel like curling up into a ball and being […]

So many of us have concerns when, despite plenty of “trying,” we’re still not seeing that extra line on the home pregnancy test. But how long is “too long” before conception? What’s the average time […]

We just heard from a nurse in one of Northwest Arkansas school districts that the dreaded LICE are making their rounds again this year. Yikes! As soon as the temperatures dip and kids start bundling […]

By Dr. Matthew Steed, Mercy family practice doctor and obstetrician (and father of two) It’s nearly Halloween and what’s scarier than a newborn with a rash? Although most newborn rashes are unsightly, they are self […]

So many of us have dealt with nausea — sometimes severe — during the early stages of pregnancy. (During one of my pregnancies, the nausea lasted into the 5th month!) And even royal new mothers, […]

All types of cancer are scary, but ovarian cancer is often difficult to diagnose in its early stages. So if early detection is more challenging, that leaves us wondering if there is anything we as […]