Healthy Outlook

Bringing your baby home is an exciting time — but it can also feel overwhelming, especially when it comes to sleep. Newborns spend most of their day sleeping (about 17 hours), so creating a safe sleep environment is one of the most important things you can do.

“Don’t lift that — you’ll get a hernia!” Heard that before? Hernias are common in men over 40, but many don’t know the signs or when to seek care. Jared Godwin, PA-C, from Overlake's surgical specialties team, explains what hernias are, why they happen and when surgery may be necessary.

Not every newborn looks exactly how parents imagine in those first moments. Jennifer Lynn, ARNP, shares some of the common (and completely normal) changes many babies have in their first days of life.