Yes. Yes. A thousand times yes. To everything you said. I used to try and tell my husband I was moderate and didn’t disagree with everything the GOP stood for. But in the last 4 years every single talking point has been about how they hate me for being female, non-christian, non-white, educated and a women’s health…

A lot of people in the feminist community encourage you to love your body no matter what, but I don’t. The love for my body is the same it’s always been: a little mark on the scale between annoyance and acceptance.

It’s not a viable pregnancy. It’s an ectopic pregnancy, or a pregnancy outside the uterus, and can lead to death of the mother if not treated properly.

None of this is new. We have had the worst maternal mortality rates in an industrialized country for at least a decade. Our incentives and financial help for mothers is and has been laughable and yet Conservatives are shocked at the idea that professional women don’t have children. And utterly shocked that poor women…

That entire story makes me squeamish. On one hand, I in no way advocate forcing anyone ever to get a medical procedure, and especially an abortion. On the other, while that CNN article almost made light of the baby’s abnormalities, they are severe, have and will cause pain, not only physical but psychologic for her…

This has definitely been one of the things I look most forward to every week, and I inevitably end up telling nearly all the stories to my husband, while laughing hysterically. I will definitely, definitely be following you, thanks for the weekly smile bringer!

Progesterone IUDs work by thinning the lining of the uterus so that implantation can’t occur. Copper IUDs work by thickening the cervical mucous so that sperm can’t get through. :)

Yay, I love this article. The big OBGYN journal this month had an article on how IUD’s are still not used in black women due to fears, and unfortunately cost. They work so damn well, and everyone still shuns them for pills which honestly require way too much effort, IMHO. Also, there is no no no no no reason why any…

I think “viability” is one of the thorniest issues in medicine today. Every state has different laws declaring when the state has to intervene. Moreover, hospitals have different cut-offs depending on what their NICU decides. The whole thing is a wish-mash of gray, and while everyone has miracle baby stories, the…

100% agree. Doctors can make great doctors. That doesn’t mean they are good at anything else!

Go talk to your doctor! Having an appointment to discuss contraceptive methods is a great idea. That being said, the Mirena is localized progesterone with only very small amounts getting into the blood stream, as opposed to the pill which is estrogen/progesterone that is metabolized in the liver and in the blood…

There’s also this belief that HIV is just one virus, and once you have it, you can have sex with as many HIV+ people as you want with no new consequences. I remember getting in arguments with men who’d been diagnosed in the early 80s, and survived. They couldn’t believe in mutations and resistance, despite showing…

My husband and I just had the talk, about expectations of names and what we did and did not want. My parents, oddly enough, are bothered that I didn’t change my name. I chose not to for licensing reasons and honestly because I like my last name and didn’t want to. My husband stuck with his. We are having our first kid…

I just read that and could not stop laughing. Or rolling my eyes. I mean, seriously? SERIOUSLY? It’s college kids drinking. You don’t need a gun, and you certainly don’t need to go sit on their car. Moreover, do these people have magic vision, so they can tell the difference between a 20 and 21 year old without seeing…

The article isn’t saying it, but its also about the cost. False positives lead to invasive tests that are physically uncomfortable, psychologically frightening and expensive to perform, including the procedure itself, follow-up and pathology. Insurance companies and the ever expanding Medicaid/medicare are trying to…

Its about doing your research when looking for a provider. A licensed CNM with a OBGYN and a hospital behind them is a great option for healthy moms. They are supposed to send you to a doctor if you need one.

I work in OB, and we have had some scarily stupid lay midwives come in with insane stuff that should have been dealt with hours earlier (bleeding for hours, ruptured for days etc.) It drives me crazy, because there isn’t enough of a governing board shutting these fools down, and it does give a bad name to CNMs who are…

You are totally right. Birth control for its own sake is so important. I just get very frustrated with how embarrassed girls can be to use it for other reasons. Shame attached to medication makes no sense to me in an age where Viagra and Cialis are shoved in our faces constantly.

Haha. I think they just like to pretend women don’t exist.

Yup in healthcare. I think the big reason people have a fear of IUDs is that the original that came out in the 70s had a lot of issues, including infection because of the type of string attached. The current ones have very low infection rates, and actually work better than a tubal ligation. I don’t think there is a…