How Stonespring Health Reviews earns its recommendations.

The primary sources we rely on

Every factual claim on an OB/GYN topic on Stonespring Health Reviewsis backed by at least one source from the closed set below. We treat these corpora as the floor, not the ceiling — a verdict built on fewer than these is not published.

ACOG practice bulletins and committee opinions. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists publishes numbered practice bulletins and committee opinions that summarise the consensus position of the specialty on contraception, abortion care, pregnancy management, and the peri-partum period. Where a bulletin speaks to a question we are reviewing, we cite the bulletin inline and quote the precise recommendation rather than the popular paraphrase.

FDA-approved labeling. For any drug, biologic, or regulated medical device, the FDA-approved label is the authoritative statement of what the product is indicated for, when it is contraindicated, and what adverse reactions have been reported. We cite theIndications and Usage, Contraindications, and Warnings and Adverse Reactions sections directly, by section heading, so a reader can find the same wording in the label without us reinterpreting it.

Peer-reviewed clinical literature. Systematic reviews and randomised trials from Cochrane, the New England Journal of Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology(the “Green Journal”), The BMJ, and The Lancet form the spine of every comparative recommendation. Where the published evidence conflicts, we cite both sides and name the disagreement rather than picking one and hiding the other.

What we explicitly do not cite as primary evidence: industry-funded white papers, manufacturer brochures and marketing decks, press releases, unsourced reviews on retail sites, and any source that does not carry an author, a date, and a publication record. These are useful context; they are not the basis for the grade.

Credentialed author + medical-review sign-off

Every review on Stonespring Health Reviewsis written by a credentialed author, then independently reviewed and signed off by a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist with a Complex Family Planning subspecialty. The two roles are separated intentionally: the author drafts the verdict from the primary literature, the clinician confirms that the verdict matches the published evidence and the current guideline position. The reviewer is held below in the same card the per-article experience-expert-and- author-and-license-verified (EEAT) block reads — one identity, one reviewer, every surface.

The credentials shown above are the same reviewer shown on the about page and on every article’s EEAT disclosure. There is no second clinician on Stonespring Health Reviews, no shadow reviewer list, no “medical advisory board” whose sign-off is implied. One trained clinician accountable for the grade.

The review-before-publish rule

Every recommendation is written first, then handed to the clinician above for review, then signed off and published — in that order, every time. There is no “we’ll add the medical review later” exception, and no draft is made public before sign-off. Each verdict carries a visible lastReviewed date: the date the clinician confirmed the verdict still matches the published evidence. Verdicts older than twelve months at the time of review trigger a re-review; verdicts on a topic where the guideline has just changed (a new ACOG practice bulletin, an updated FDA label) trigger an out-of-cycle re-review even inside the twelve-month window.

Affiliate-disclosure policy

Verdicts on Stonespring Health Reviewsare written before any affiliate link is generated for the product. Commercial relationships — affiliate commissions, retailer partnerships, sponsored placements — never influence the grade, and we will recommend a non-affiliate competitor when that competitor is the correct answer. Every commercial link on the site is marked inline (typically “(affiliate link)”) so the reader can see the relationship at the point of recommendation. Loaner units, review samples, and industry-sponsored travel are disclosed when material to the verdict; an item received gratis is disclosed even when the verdict is negative.

The full operational documentation, including how every commercial relationship is recorded and how we comply with the FTC’s 16 CFR Part 255 endorsement guides, lives on our affiliate disclosure page.

Not medical advice

Everything published on Stonespring Health Reviewsis general editorial information about products and the published evidence behind them. It is not medical advice, does not substitute for a licensed clinician who knows your situation, and is not a diagnosis, prescription, or course of treatment. If a verdict on the site is relevant to a decision you are making, the next step is always a conversation with your own clinician — a primary-care physician, OB/GYN, midwife, or other credentialed professional. The complete plain-language explanation is on our medical-advice disclaimer page.