Wombkeepers Scottsdale

09/24/2025

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To be clear, SMFM stands behind our recommendation that acetaminophen use during pregnancy has not been shown to cause or increase the risk of autism or other neurobehavioral problems in children.



Read the full statement: https://www.smfm.org/news/smfm-response-to-administration-announcement-on-acetaminophen-use-during-pregnancy-and-autism

09/16/2025

We proudly offer safe waterbirth at the Renewal Center for Birth and are happy to see AJOG publishing this study. We hope more hospitals will embrace this as an option for laboring mothers as well.

This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to conduct a thorough and contemporary assessment of maternal and neonatal outcomes associated with water birth in comparison with land-based birth.

09/06/2025

For our patients who are worried about reports of over the counter medicines and autism links, here is a link to some of the well done research on this topic. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2817406?fbclid=IwY2xjawMpJ9NleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHsHacvyHuTw4KDv2Zt4-o0CDptqS-LiGcZdR-3zLAdP0FmHqh38D8h10tZ0Q_aem_Kl5OAjL6Vo-g2Dp5ji9k8A

This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

07/06/2025

This is why a thorough review of your supplements and medical guidance on what you take is important, whether it is a supplement or prescription medicine.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna208390?fbclid=IwY2xjawLXmrBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHvojkmjXYZ_AsAQPicPQPhB-Iy5K_0vvAwlO7riyjmVlfKROL5eS5NyMkS_I_aem_cXZSSZNszA37dWE4VPo5VA

Most people who take dietary or herbal supplements do so on their own, not under a doctor’s advice.

07/05/2025

AJOG Expert Review in Labor: Water birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis of maternal and neonatal outcomes https://ow.ly/nr7O50R9Nzi

05/12/2025

Happy Mother's Day to all the beautiful, amazing mothers we have been privileged to care for and share in your motherhood journey.

02/12/2025

Dr. A is an integrative OBGYN and we provide integrative pregnancy care.

What IS integrative medicine?

The word ‘integrative’ comes from the Latin root integrāre, meaning ‘to restore.’

The suffix ‘-ive’ turns this idea into action.

Paired with the word medicine, rooted in ‘the art of healing,’ you have integrative medicine.

Integrative medicine is healing-forward.

It is whole person healthcare that considers the body, mind, and spirit.

It is nutrition through food and community.

It is evidence-informed and research-driven.

It is personalized, preventative, diagnostic, and looks for root cause.

It values the practitioner, the patient, and their partnership.

It is family medicine, internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, cardiology, neurology, oncology, dermatology, psychiatry, and every field of medicine that touches patient healthcare.

Integrative medicine is, in every sense, good medicine and the future of healthcare.

10/18/2024

https://youtu.be/9SQ6z5QFyns

Dr. Aristizabal debunks 10 common VBAC myths

05/25/2024

So, I finally did a thing I have been wanting to do forever and figured out how to make you tube video's (with some help from my children :) Look for lots more content from the Crunchy OB and, as always with us annoying you-tubers, please like, share, and subscribe :)

Integrative Obstetrician Dr. Michelle Aristizabal reviews the many reasons you should write a birth plan.

05/12/2024

Happy Mother's Day to all of our Wombkeepers patients. We hope you have a beautiful day with your families.

04/11/2024

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01/16/2024

A local physician is looking for manual or electric breast pumps to take to Zambia in March to serve women in need. If you have an old breast pump sitting around gathering dust and would like to donate it to a good cause, you may drop it by or mail it to our office at 16700 N. Thompson peak Pkwy, unit 130. Scottsdale AZ 85260. The organization will perform any needed sterilization.