by Mark Flores | Nov 19, 2020 | Infant Loss, Miscarriage, and Perinatal Hospice
Every life is important, no matter how long or short it is lived. This was the message to all gathered in person and online for Tepeyac OB/GYN’s annual Infant Memorial Service, held on October 17, 2020 in honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month. Each year,... 
by Jennifer | Jan 20, 2020 | Pregnancy and Birth, Pregnant Women in Need
“Tepeyac was my third OB/GYN office,” Elise told me, beginning the story of her journey to find our doctors. As a convert to the Catholic faith, Elise wasn’t yet married, but knew the kind of family planning she would want when she was. “The first GYN I visited asked... 
by Sharon Chang | Jan 13, 2020 | Pregnancy and Birth
Doing things (including pregnancy and childbirth) the all-natural way was how Susan Escobar had determined to live. Her experience with the birthing center where she bore her first child, Claire, in 1990 so satisfied her that she felt she’d never consider going... 
by Sharon Chang | Jan 6, 2020 | Pregnancy and Birth
He was a fourth grade teacher and she a school nurse’s aide when Andrew and Sharon Blount met at work, fell in love, and married. In her subsequent search for a reliable OB/GYN practice to entrust with her medical care, Sharon discovered Tepeyac OB/GYN and embraced... 
by Sharon Chang | Dec 30, 2019 | Building Life-Affirming Culture, Unborn Life
We humans. Scientists assure us (though many among us disagree) that we’ve been on this earth in our “modern” physical form for more than 200,000 years. For most of that time, we’ve been working on self-improvement. From dwelling in caves,... by Cheryl Krichbaum | Dec 23, 2019 | Building Life-Affirming Culture, Personal Story
by Cheryl Krichbaum Among post-abortive women, those who emerge from the experience with a pro-choice viewpoint seem to be more vocal than those who regret their abortions and become pro-life. We can’t help wondering why. Post-abortive women are those who have had at... 
by Divine Mercy Care | Dec 16, 2019 | Personal Story
MBP Reflection Long before she arranged to do a brief rotation with Tepeyac OB/GYN, medical student M.B.P. had a received a strong and favorable impression of Dr. Bruchalski and his work. Here, she shares what her rotation with Tepeyac taught her about the possibility... 
by Sharon Chang | Dec 9, 2019 | Building Life-Affirming Culture, Unborn Life
We’ve all heard it countless times: “The Roe v. Wade decision established a Constitutional right to abortion.” As a society, we’ve persisted in this belief for more than forty years. Yet for that same number of years, intelligent and courageous Americans have... 
by Sharon Chang | Dec 9, 2019 | Pregnancy and Birth, Unborn Life
The year was 2015. Karol was eighteen, pregnant, unmarried, frightened, and without support from those older kinfolk who might have lent her encouragement and assistance. One relative in particular pressured her relentlessly to have an abortion and, eventually, Karol... 
by Sharon Chang | Dec 2, 2019 | Fertility and Infertility
They met as schoolmates at Seton High School in Manassas, Virginia. They felt that unmistakable attraction—and dated for three of their four high school years. After graduating from their separate colleges, they reconnected and dated for five more years. They were wed...