As a fellow one “L” Hilary suffering through this election, I must point out her name is spelled “Hilary”, not “Hillary.”

I am a physician and I trained for two years in ob/gyn. “Partial birth abortion” is not a medical term. No one in the medical community uses that term. It’s a dilation and extraction. It is a technique, not a gestational age. It is safer at more advanced gestational ages than some other techniques, but banning that…

I am so terribly sorry for your family’s pain and loss. The worst part of this politicized discussion is having your very real, personal tragedy dragged through this glaring pile of mudslinging bullshit. I have been on the other end as a provider in this scenario, and there is nothing simple or cavalier about…

Even those very very few at 21 weeks or more are not full term. His statements of abortions days before birth are inflammatory lies.

Humans are their only hosts, so their life cycle is designed to live and hatch in all the right places.

Yeah, outer sex is fine. It’s the inner stuff you need to wait on. There are alternatives.

I could paste links of illustrations that explain the anatomic process a bit better. Or, you could google cat videos. Whichever will make you feel better.

I belong to a private group of physician moms, and it was disappointing but unfortunately not surprising how many physician women of color have experienced similar treatment when responding to emergencies on Delta airlines.

Hahaha, sorry. There are many many nasty things that are pread by the fecal oral route. I’m not saying to never shake hands. Just wash them. Often.

They’re contagious. Fecal-oral route. Scratch the butt, don’t wash the hands enough, and then they get in your mouth. You can also get them from dirty sheets, or they can even be inhaled. Yep.

Hahaha, I have honestly never said that. I have said “everything looks fine / normal.”

So, if this was “what is the grossest thing you’ve ever had to tell a patient”, it was when I removed a used condom from a vagina. From a prostitute. Who was HIV positive. On her birthday.

She asked me “Was there a sample in it?”

Yeah, we like to work on our “pap face”, which is the gynecologic version of a poker face.

They can travel. I am in the biz, and I had a midwife tell me she had a pregnant patient who had vaginal pinworms that ruptured her amniotic sac.

What’s worse is that she seemed proud of it, and asked to keep some in a sample jar, which she proceeded to show her family and friends who visited after she gave birth.

Uh, some of it has iodine, depending on how they do it. No it’s not. Are you allergic to iodine?

Um, wow.

Yes, it definitely can even without pregnancy. Obesity can contribute, too.

Kegels strengthen the pelvic floor muscles which help prevent urinary incontinence and pelvic floor relaxation, which can lead to uterine prolapse.

Her uterus coming down through the vaginal opening.

PS If anyone wonders why I am answering all these questions, I am a family doc who did two extra years of ob/gyn training.

Usually when someone’s intestines fall out through their vaginal cuff after a hysterectomy, it’s because someone had sex before they were supposed to.