Author: Michael Socol, MD

  • Preterm Birth Recurrence

    Okay, this is Dr. Mike Socol from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. And today I’m going to be talking to someone who is pregnant for the second time, but her first pregnancy unfortunately led to a delivery at 21 to 22 weeks after an episode of contractions and bleeding. And because of the extreme…

  • Operative Vaginal Delivery

    This is Dr. Mike Socol at Northwestern University Medical School, and we’re going to be talking to a patient whose been pushing for a couple of hours. It’s her first pregnancy, and now we’re faced with the decision about allowing her to continue to push or do an operative vaginal delivery, primarily by forceps. So…

  • C-section Postpartum Discharge Instructions

    This is Dr. Mike Socol from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. And I am going to be going through a simulation, talking to a postpartum patient who has had a caesarian section and is now going home on postpartum day three. So we’re going to go talk…

  • VBAC after Two C-Sections

    This is Dr. Mike Socol, I’m a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. And in my office is a patient who has had two prior Cesarean sections because of a breech presentation, and now in her third pregnancy at 32 weeks, this fetus in this pregnancy is vertex.…

  • VBAC after One C-Section

    This is again Dr. Mike Socol, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and I am going to be talking to a patient who has had a primary Caesarean section two years ago because her fetus was in the breech presentation. And today, she’s at 32 weeks of pregnancy…

  • Elective Primary C-Section

    This is Dr. Mike Socol, I’m a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. And today in my office, I’m going to be talking to a patient who is pregnant for the first time, who is 32 weeks of gestation, and she is concerned about route of delivery because both…

  • Route of Delivery with Di/Di Twins

    This is Mike Socol, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, and the patient we’re going to be talking about is a 37 year old patient at 32 weeks gestation with a di/di twin pregnancy, in which the first fetus is in the vertex presentation. We’re going to be talking…

  • New OB Clinic Visit for a Patient with Diabetes

    This is Mike Socol, Professor of OB-GYN at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. And today we are going to be talking to a 30 year old Type 1 Diabetic, who has had diabetes for 25 years, and we are going to be simulating a first prenatal visit in the aspect of really what I…

  • Routine New OB Clinic Visit

    This is Mike Socol. I’m a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. And what I am going to be talking about is a simulated first prenatal visit of an otherwise, uncomplicated patient. To discuss those things that I have found valuable in my career. So, what I’m doing is…

  • Transition to Viability after Normal Level 1 Ultrasound

    Hi, this is Mike Socol Professor of OB-GYN at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. And I am going to be counseling a 33 year old woman who has just had her fetal anatomy scanned at about 20 weeks gestation about the meaning of the ultrasound and some routine information so she has a…