Gynecology Blog

Repeat teen pregnancy is much lower than average among mothers who participate in the University of Kentucky’s Young Parents Program, according to a study. The study followed 1,386 teen mothers who took part in the program and showed that less than 1 percent had a repeat pregnancy within three years, compared with 18.7 percent of teen mothers statewide, according to a UK release Thursday. The study was published in the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology last year. More...

The Gynecologists at Avera Women's say girls should come in for their first exam between the ages of 13 and 15 and that first visit is much more about education than anything else. We do some screening for high risk behaviors, menstrual disorders, problems with pain, as well as educating them to what's normal for their body and age. We want to make sure they are going through normal developmental stages and a lot of counseling. More...