Yaakov Abdelhak

Founder, Maternal-Fetal Medicine

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Yaakov Abdelhak, MD, FACOG, Founder of Materna Health

MD, FACOG

About

Dr. Yaakov Abdelhak is a board-certified OB/GYN and fellowship-trained Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist. New York City trained, he founded his private practice in 2002 and delivers at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey.

He is the co-author of The Nature Back Method of Birth and host of the True Birth Podcast, where he shares his expertise and his passion for advancing women's health and empowering birth.

A strong advocate for safe, natural birth, Dr. Abdelhak supports vaginal breech delivery, vaginal twins, VBAC, and VBAC after two cesareans. His expertise spans the management of diabetes, hypertension, severe hyperemesis, recurrent miscarriage, pregnancy after 40, and other complex conditions. He is also highly skilled in advanced procedures including amniocentesis, CVS, cerclage placement, and external cephalic version, offering women both cutting-edge care and supportive options for birth.

Care in-between OB/GYN visits.

Same-day and next-day appointments in New York City for the weeks between a positive test and your first OB visit · hyperemesis gravidarum · functional fertility

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