
L-R: Dr. Abeer Massarwa and Prof. Marek Glazerman, Director of the Women's Hospital at Rabin Medical Center
Approximately 9,000 babies are born at the Helen Schneider Hospital for Women yearly and about seven percent of these are premature deliveries where the baby is still hospitalized after the mother goes home.
For many women who have difficulty getting pregnant, the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process can be extremely stressful and all consuming.
In September, 2015, at age 51, Melissa Arnold was
diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Her immediate
reaction was relief. She had felt awful for
months, with pain in her upper chest and
weird bloating in her stomach and legs.