Happy National Doctors Day all year. Here is Dr Helen Octavia Dickens, the first Black woman board certified in #obgyn thank you fellow physicians for all that you do every single day #obgynsky #obskyn #reprosky #ACOG75 @acog.org

Yep, a mom's COVID shot during pregnancy protects her baby, a large study finds A 3-year study published in Pediatrics examined newborns in Norway. It found a clear benefit for the baby when mom gets a COVID vaccination during pregnancy.

"There are a number of studies that show one of the benefits of COVID vaccination during pregnancy is the passage of antibodies to the newborn, and then that protects the newborn against COVID"

Thanks @npr.org + @tarahaelle.bsky.social.

#MedSky + #ObGynSky.

www.npr.org/2026/03/25/n...

Join us for a NJ acts presentation on Uterine Fibroids: Eliminating barriers to research and care. March 31, 2026, 12-1:30 pm EST. Scan the QR code to register. Email questions to: workforce_njacts [at] rbhs.rutgers.edu

I found the missing ROI! It's in women's health.
Patients & physicians deserve treatment options.

To get there, we need research!

Please join Ingrid A. Kpeglo & me for a fibroid presentation hosted by NJ ACTS (New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science).

#medsky #obgynsky

Happy #MatchDay2026 you will be exactly where you are meant to be #medsky #Blackmedsky #mededsky #obskyn #obgynsky

#obskyn #obgynsky @acog.org

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HAPPY RESIDENCY MATCH WEEK!!!!! #MEDSKY #obgynsky #medicine

Standardized prenatal screening may reduce harmful SSRI discontinuation in pregnancy | Contemporary OB/GYN A large insurance database study found that more than 80% of pregnant patients with depression or anxiety discontinued SSRI/SNRI therapy, which was associated with nearly double the rate of mental hea...

Patients who stopped their antidepressant medications were significantly more likely to experience a mental health emergency during pregnancy.

via @contempobgyn.bsky.social #ObGynSky + #MedSky + #ReproSky.

www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/standar...

What a wonderful week of advocacy for our patients and our colleagues @acog.org @acogd2.bsky.social #obgynsky #obskyn #reprosky

Flyer of event of National Medical Association March 19-22

Please join us and register now. Proud to join colleagues as a panelist speaking on rural health in obstetrics and gynecology @acog.org #NationalMedicalAssociation #obgynsky #obskyn #Blacksky #medsky #Blackmedsky @aafp.org

Flyer on presentation April 1

Please check me out for this important conversation with #BirthingtheMagic on patient centered approaches to care #obgynsky #obskyn #reprosky

‘He Was Very Convincing’: Over 600 Mostly Black Women Sterilized and Cut Open for No Reason, Lawsuit Claims — Now Virginia Hospital Faces $6B Lawsuit "Over 600 Black women sue Virginia hospital for $6B over unnecessary surgeries. Shocking details emerge in lawsuit. #JusticeForWomen"

This is one of the worst ever cases of unnecessary surgery (& governance failures), that I have ever come across. #medicolegal #OBGynSky atlantablackstar.com/2026/01/15/o...

This resource is available now. Did you pick up a copy, “Menopause: What your ObGyn wants you to know” @acog.org #obgynsky #obskyn

I have been speaking broadly about this wonderful resource. Happy to continue the conversation about menopause care #obgynsky #obskyn

At the intersection of Black History Month and Women’s Health Month, we remember Dr Helen Octavia Dickens. I will be giving a names lecture in her honor at @pennmedicine.bsky.social this month #obgynsky #obskyn @dalbrightmd.bsky.social

This was a wonderful start to the work that will be ongoing to address critical access and rural health. Will you help in being part of the solution. See next one on March 5 #obgynsky #obskyn

Please join this learning collaborative as we share best practice in critical access and rural health, my presidential initiative #obgynsky #obskyn

tomorrow via @nfidvaccines.bsky.social and @acog.org - please join in #MedSky + #ObGynSky + #ReproSky + #IDSky.

Remembering Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey: The Mothers of Modern Gynecology J. Marion Sims is remembered as the father of modern gynecology. Forgotten are the mothers—the enslaved women whose bodies were sacrificed for the advancement of his research.

"Invisible in his shadow are the enslaved women whom he experimented on. Today, they are unknown and unnamed except for three: Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey."

The story of Dr. Sims in 19th century America.

@hiddenbrain.bsky.social #ObGynSky + #BlackHistoryMonth

www.npr.org/2016/02/16/4...

COVID vaccination during pregnancy linked to lower preeclampsia risk A new multinational study from the INTERCOVID Consortium, including Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, has found that COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy, particularly when combin...

"COVID-19 infection during pregnancy was associated with a 45% increased risk of preeclampsia... Vaccination reduced the overall odds of preeclampsia amongst women"

Immunization improves maternal outcomes.

#ObGynSky + #MedSky.

via @newsmedical.bsky.social www.news-medical.net/news/2026021...

Kevin Ault, MD, comments on ACOG's updated maternal immunization guidance | Contemporary OB/GYN “ACOG has been in the business of maternal immunization guidelines for about 15 years. It’s nice to have all those maternal immunization guidelines in one place," said Kevin Ault, MD.

It was my privilege to discuss the latest version of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)'s maternal immunization guidance with Contemporary OB/GYN earlier this week.

#ObGynSky + #IDSky + #ReproSky.

www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/kevin-a...

tagging #ObGynSky + #PedsSky + #ReproSky + #IDSky.

Good time to share the Reproductive Sciences starter pack
🧪 #Reproduction #Pregnancy #ObGynSky #MedSky

go.bsky.app/R19Temj

Flyer as call for abstracts NMA ObGyn section

#obgynsky #obskyn #mededsky #Blackmededsky #NationalMedicalAssociation

No Link Between COVID Shot in Pregnancy and Kids' Autism Symptoms Study adds to mounting data supporting the safety and efficacy of COVID vaccination in pregnancy

"much research has found no link between #COVID vaccination in pregnancy and adverse outcomes for children, including at least two studies showing no increase in birth defects"

More safety data #ObGynSky + #MedSky via @rachrobertson.bsky.social.

www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...

No association between mRNA COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and autism in children, new research shows The mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is not associated with autism or other neurodevelopmental problems in children whose mothers received the vaccine immediately before or during p...

“Neurodevelopment outcomes in children born to mothers who received the COVID-19 vaccine during or shortly before pregnancy did not differ from those born to mothers who did not receive the vaccine“

More about the safety of vaccination - #ObGynSky + #MedSky.

www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Avian Flu Diary Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness. NOTE: All AFD blogs are written by a human - any mistakes are solely ...

"During the 1918 pandemic an abnormally high number of pregnant women died from the influenza, and those that survived endured a very high miscarriage rate."

Nice overview of pandemic influenza and pregnancy here, including the threat of H5N1 - #MedSky + #ObGynSky.

afludiary.blogspot.com

I’ve cared for young women dying of cervical cancer. It’s devastating and largely preventable now with the HPV vaccine.

When a vaccine prevents cancer, the question isn’t whether to re-examine it, it’s why would we hesitate?

#medsky #oncsky #obgynsky

Flyer about meeting on team based approaches to hypertension in pregnancy event 2/24/26 at noon

Join us for meeting speaking about team based approaches to hypertensive d/o of pregnancy. Registration is open now for this event linktr.ee/AHECeducate_NY #obgynsky #obskyn #medsky#mededsky

The X-Men(s): A New Model for the Study of Menstruation A new mouse model called X-Mens opens the doors for more detailed study of mammalian menstruation.

A new model for study of menstruation.
#MedSky #ObGynSky 🧪 #Scicomm
isabellacisneros.substack.com/p/the-x-mens...

There is going to be an uptick in misinformation about maternal immunization in advance of the ACIP meeting later this month.

This particular bit of disinformation is about COVID vaccines and pregnancy - #MedSky + #IDSky + #ObGynSky. (1/5)