Maureen Kelly, RN

About Maureen

Maureen brings more than two decades of bedside nursing experience to iPrego, with clinical practice across labor and delivery, postpartum, NICU, pediatrics, women’s health, and med-surg nursing. Across her career she has cared for thousands of expectant parents, postpartum patients, and newborns — from routine deliveries to high-acuity cases in the neonatal intensive care unit.

That breadth is rare. Most women’s-health writers focus on a single phase of the journey; Maureen has practiced clinically across every phase iPrego covers, from preconception through the first year of life. That clinical depth is why we ask her to be the final voice on every safety-claim article we publish.

What Maureen reviews

Maureen reviews iPrego content for clinical accuracy, alignment with current guidelines, clarity for a non-clinical reader, and the presence of appropriate safety cues. Her review covers:

• All four hub pages (Pregnancy Week-by-Week, Getting Pregnant, Postpartum, Pregnancy Nutrition)
• The full pregnancy week-by-week series
• Any article making a safety claim (“is X safe during pregnancy”)
• Articles describing warning signs, symptoms requiring care, or “when to call your provider” guidance

She reviews against current standards from ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists), the CDC, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Mayo Clinic. Articles she has reviewed carry a “Medically reviewed by Maureen Kelly, RN” byline with the actual review date — we do not backdate.

Our review process

1. Editorial team drafts the article and sources every clinical claim from authoritative bodies (ACOG, CDC, AAP, Mayo Clinic, NIH, peer-reviewed literature).
2. Article is sent to Maureen for medical review.
3. Maureen reviews for clinical accuracy, current guideline alignment, clear “when to call your provider” cues, and approachable language for a non-clinical reader.
4. Editorial team incorporates Maureen’s edits.
5. Article is published with the “Medically reviewed by Maureen Kelly, RN” byline and the actual review date.
6. Article is re-reviewed at least annually, or whenever a guideline update from ACOG, the CDC, or AAP affects it.

For the full editorial workflow — sourcing standards, AI-assistance disclosure, advertising disclosure, and corrections process — see our Editorial Policy.