Hello, friends! We are on the final 3 of 9 questions for your prenatal health, so let’s get going! As a refresher, the last questions are listed below:
7. Are there immunizations / vaccinations that I may need now or when I get pregnant?
8. How old is “too old” to get pregnant?
9. How do I know if I am ovulating regularly or if my eggs are healthy?
As promised, let’s tackle the next 3 questions:
4. If I enjoy smoking marijuana, can I keep smoking during my pregnancy? BTW, I heard pot is good for morning sickness…
5. What is a healthy weight?
6. How will alcohol consumption affect my pregnancy?
I hear you…you do not want to be pregnant RIGHT NOW but are interested in being as healthy as possible for when you DO want to have a baby. Some questions you may have:
OK, so true confessions: I AM A GYNECOLOGIST…and when I experienced my first hot flash I had NO IDEA what was happening to me!
My daughter and I were shopping, and she was scoping out the Discount Rack…her favorite…and SUDDENLY I felt absolutely awful.
I was a little lightheaded, slightly nauseated, and was convinced that I had just stepped into an oven.
I excused myself and stepped outside.
So, why can’t you get pregnant?
Good news is that 85% of all couples who are otherwise healthy and engaging in regular intercourse (opposite sex couples, penis-in-vagina) will conceive in 12 months.
This includes healthy women < 35yo who are having regular monthly menstrual cycles as good evidence that you are ovulating every month. This includes healthy men who do not have any known testicular disease or other underlying physical abnormalities known to cause sperm dysfunction or absence of any sperm. So, have fun!
Ladies, this is the WORST. Am I right? The good news is that for MOST of us there is a path to becoming whole again, which is not to say that your pain will go to 0/10 BUT that we can attack the source and deal with it to get you to a life worth living again.
Our conversation must begin with the beginning…and you must be able to have this dialogue with your doctor in order to get to the root of your pain. There are so many causes for pelvic pain — but what gets you the diagnosis of “chronic pelvic pain”??