The combined medicine fields of obstetrics (dealing with women's health during pregnancy, childbirth, and the recuperative period following delivery) and gynecology (dealing with women's health and the female reproductive organs). Find an OB-GYN doctor
Involves the female reproductive system, the fetus, and the newborn. Some physicians specialize in obstetrics or gynecology, rather than both. Obstetrics involves care of the woman during pregnancy, delivery of babies, and follow-up treatment. Gynecology is the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the female reproductive organs and the reproductive process. Conditions treated are infertility, infections of the genital tract, cancer of the genital organs, and complications of pregnancy.