Top 10 Things You Need To Tell Your Gynecologist During Your Visit
As dreadful as you may think visiting your gynecologist is, in so many ways it can be a really rewarding experience. Allow me to explain. As a woman, your body is constantly changing as you get older, and with these changes comes the unknown. If you are experiencing something out of the ordinary it is imperative to speak up in order to detect a problem early if there is one. Use my Top 10 things you need to tell your gynecologist during your visit list to learn some important issues you need to speak up about at your next visit.
1) Have you had a recent change in diet and/or exercise?
Whether you are intentionally losing weight, or not there are always certain health risks involved so it is very important to talk to your gynecologist to make sure your body is on track with the weight loss. In addition to your physical body changes, there could be some internal changes that need to be monitored including your hormones that control your reproductive system as well as your blood pressure and cholesterol. The opposite is also true if you are intentionally or non-intentionally trying to gain weight.
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Wonderful article...thank you!
This article includes many points that are vital to communicate to our OB/Gyn. Things that need to be brought up and asked.
A vital item is left out. Sexual desire, or lack thereof, is spoken about. Directly after that is "opposite" problem, of not wanting more children.
Actually, that is not the opposite problem of lack of sexual desire. The opposite problem of not wanting more children, is wanting children.
An essential piece, given the statistics of infertility (1out of 6 couples not conceiving within a year) is conception. If you have been trying to conceive and it's not happening, bring it up with your OB. If you would like children at some point, bring it up. If you are delaying conception due to career, lack of partner, etc, bring it up. The point here, is BRING IT UP. Your OB/Gyn can give you the most accurate, up to date information on how long it should take to get pregnant, how you can ehnhance the possibility of getting pregnant, what the ramifications of aging and conception are and so on.
This is a tremendously important converstaion to have with your doctor.
Thank you,
Lisa Rosenthal
Before anyone trusts their gyn, they should spend a few minutes on the site, hersfoundation.org
You will read there what you will find nowhere else on the net-- and HERS has the medical documentation to back up anything that the nonprofit publishes. Especially of interest is the brief video on female anatomy...girls, its' yours, so take a little time out to learn about what is your sexual, reproductive, endocrine, and structural support organs--and how priceless they are to you!
Yes!!! This is about the same of what I would post here. Thank you! All women should go to the Hers Foundation site. It is priceless information as well as your own "priceless" body. Do go there, and learn and be educated. I can say there are another ten questions you should ask of your OB/GYN if ever a Hysterectomy is mentioned by one. Yet, I can answer it with one - DO NOT LET A GYN EVER TALK YOU INTO ONE. Unless it is truly life threatening, and you have gone to six other doctors - and all advise the same; there are alternatives - ALWAYS. It will, in the aftermath, upset your whole female-hood. It can be from life altering physical problems, to lack of sexual drive, to not being able to have anymore children, extreme fatigue...shall I go on? I hope women read this, and trust me. I am speaking from experience and it happened to me. Ask those questions - yes, but be wary with any OB/GYN when that 'H' word is even mentioned. Please heed my words. Please go to the Hers Foundation site, and learn about your body. Again, it is your body, and this part of your body is - yes...Priceless to lose...
Great article! Thank you for posting. Going to the gynecologist (or any other doctor) usually helps me feel at ease about any worries I may have. The more you ask, the more you know.