-
Would I tell my daughter to take the same odds on her fertility that I did by waiting until I was 35? I doubt it. I was about 28 when a friend of a friend in her mid-20s told me of an alarming visit to her gynecologist. It was a routine check-up.…
Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (17) | Blog
- Email to a Friend
-
Before reading this post, there are two things you should know about me:
1) I've always hated going to the doctor. I was that little kid who ran around the examining room screaming, trying to avoid a booster shot.
2) I have anxiety dreams. A lot. These…
Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (0) | Blog
- Email to a Friend
-
I have a date at 2:30. With
my gynecologist. What am I going to wear?! A quick Yahoo! search
brings up nearly 680,000 hits when you ask about how to prepare for
your annual gynecologist visit, but they're all directed at 16
year old girls. Yo, Internet, stop assuming I'm so mature! So
those… Read More »
- Let’s talk: Comment (5) | Blog
- Email to a Friend
Sponsored Links
-
BettyConfidential.com's women's health expert answers your most pressing concerns, starting with the dreaded PMS
-Lissa Rankin, M.D., BettyConfidential.com
I'm a…
Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (3) | Blog
- Email to a Friend
-
What in the world do your boobs have to do with drinking -- or not drinking -- your favorite morning beverage? A lot. Some might even say, twice as much as you'd think.
For the last month, I've been fighting being frantic over a lump in my breast. It hasn't been easy. I've been examined, mammogrammed, and examined again. I still have another mammogram to get through next week -- this one an ultrasound, rather than the traditional boob-on-a-shelf variety -- and hopefully it will confirm what the other checks have shown. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (12) | Blog
- Email to a Friend
-
Dear Dr. Kate,
After I started having sex with my boyfriend, my first period afterwards was incredibly light, just one day of spotting. The next month, however, my period was much heavier, 4 days worth of tampons (light ones) accompanied by body aches, cramps and nausea the likes of which I've never experienced. My usual period requires 1 day of light tampons, then pantyliners for the final 3 days. I assumed it was from stress, but someone mentioned the possibility of a miscarriage, which scares me because I'm on the pill plus we used a condom every time. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (0) | Blog
- Email to a Friend
-
You know that dreaded moment when you are sitting in your gynecologist's office? No, not stepping on the scale. Not stripping down to your socks and the ill-fitting gown, and not the shiver of the inevitably frigid speculum.
You know the moment I mean -- the one when the just-nice-enough nurse asks you to tell her the first day of your last period.
Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (85) | Blog
- Email to a Friend
-
What your doctor doesn’t
have time to tell you in an all-too-brief appointment.
The Oncologist Says
Edward T. Creagan, a professor of medical oncology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, in Rochester, Minnesota
- Turn down…
- Let’s talk: Comment (4) | Blog
- Email to a Friend
-
This is to the ladies out there who might read this. Please please please don't forget that when you're scheduling appointments, you need to make one with your gynecologist. I know it's not fun. It downright sucks most of the time. I had a doctor's appointment today and had to… Read More »
- Let’s talk: Comment (0) | Blog
- Email to a Friend
-
I am not sure whether to let out a giddy little laugh or raise a woman power fist in the air at the news that Planned Parenthood of Indiana will be offering gift certificates for sale as holiday gifts. Read More »
- Let’s talk: Comment (128) | Blog
- Email to a Friend