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Empowering and supporting women to make informed decisions about their health!

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      • Debunked! 5 Lies About Your First OB/GYN Visit
      • Answered! Your Top Five (Not-So) Silly Questions About Your Annual Well-Visit
      • Testing, Testing, 1, 2, OB: What to expect from your well-visit tests and screenings
      • Asking for a Friend: What is that Bump on My Vagina?
      • How can I prevent having to go to a gynecologist during quarantine? Let’s talk about SCENT!
      • What To Expect: Your First Prenatal Visit And Prenatal Care
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      • 6 Tips from a Doctor for Stress Management During Coronavirus Quarantine
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      • 6 Tips from a Doctor for Staying Healthy During Coronavirus Quarantine
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      • Real Talk: When You Experience An Unplanned Pregnancy
      • Menstrual Cycles 101 – Part 4: Why am I spotting?
      • Infertility Issues During Coronavirus
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      • Menstrual Cycles 101 – Part 2: What’s a “normal” period?
      • Menstrual Cycles 101 – Part 3: Where is my period?
      • What Are The Most Common PCOS Symptoms?
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      • What are Fibroids and Types Of Fibroids
      • Could You Be Missing These Fibroids Symptoms?
      • Pelvic Pain 101 – The Basics of Pelvic Pain: Part 1
      • Pelvic Pain 101 – Endometriosis: Part 2
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      • 4 Things to Know About Permanent Sterilization If You Think You’re Done Having Children
      • Sexual Trauma: An Open, Honest Conversation With Dr. Heather Irobunda
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So we now have our answer. And I’m SO happy abou So we now have our answer. And I’m SO happy about it! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But I was also very emotional. Just like @vanjones68, I found myself in tears - just overwhelmed with emotion. I still haven’t found all of the words to describe my feelings. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My initial plan for today was to take a nap and then go to a march today to help ensure that all the ballots were counted. However, I still went to the march, no nap, and marched to show that we can start moving the needle in the right direction. Also marching to ensure that as much hope as I have in a new administration, they will be held accountable. There is still SO much work to be done and we can’t forget that. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But, we can definitely celebrate while we continue to create awareness of the ways in which our country, our society, can improve things for ALL citizens. And I mean, ALL!! So check out some things I experienced today, in my beloved #nyc! The amount of joy I experienced today in the streets has been the most I’ve seen in a LONG time. Now, time for some ibuprofen and SLEEP! Sending all my love and joy to all of you! 😘 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #bidenharris #allblacklivesmatter #blackmomsmatter #thefutureisfemale
I think we are learning some profound lessons as a I think we are learning some profound lessons as a group this week. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ✨Patience is, in fact, a virtue. ✨Many of us are battling with anxiety. ✨”The Soul of America” needs some work ✨ @staceyabrams is a gangsta! ✨The internet is undefeated ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I hope that you have been keeping well. I have been leaning in to my self care this week as well as cautiously following what’s been going on with the election. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What have you been doing to care for yourself this week? Let me know in the comments friends!👇🏾 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #womeninmedicine #digitalhealth #healthcareprovider #physician #drheathershealth #reproductivejustice #reproductiverights #CountOnUs #WomenAreVoting # #thefutureisfemale #anxiety #electionanxiety #staceyabrams #bodypositivity #bodypositive #bodyneutrality
Check in on those of us who have anxiety today and Check in on those of us who have anxiety today and in the days to come.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We're probably struggling.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I'm taking a break from what I had scheduled because I'm reading the room. And the room looks stressed out.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As someone who suffers from anxiety, not knowing how things will pan out in the election can trigger worry and panic. So, these are some of the things that I'm reminding myself and doing to keep the anxiety at bay. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🧘🏾‍♀️Taking deep breaths. Helps refocus your energy and reset your thoughts.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🧘🏾‍♀️Move your body. Get rid of some of that nervous energy.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🧘🏾‍♀️Drink water. Cuz you can't be all parched - it's uncomfortable!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🧘🏾‍♀️Remember your purpose. Work on the things that you can do to help make yours and others' lives better!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🧘🏾‍♀️Take a break from the news and/or social media, if you need too. - Watch that movie, watch that makeup tutorial, re-read the Harry Potter books!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🧘🏾‍♀️Talk to someone who you're close with and let them know that you're having a rough time - they may be able to help!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🧘🏾‍♀️If you have a therapist or think you could benefit from one, hit her/him up! They can help you through this! @talkspace and @betterhelp can link you up with one if you don't already have one!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Hope some of those tips help!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I'm giving you a big hug from where I am right now! I know I need one!🤗⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #womeninmedicine #digitalhealth #healthcareprovider #physician #drheathershealth #reproductivejustice #reproductiverights #CountOnUs #WomenAreVoting #WomensMarch #thefutureisfemale #anxiety #electionanxiety
Ahhh Election Day. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It Ahhh Election Day. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It’s a day I’ve been waiting for. I was old school and voted today because I had the day off from work. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I voted with lots on my mind. I voted as a Black woman. I voted as the daughter of immigrants. I voted having been raised in the county with the poorest Congressional District. I voted as the family member of those who have been victims of sexual assault. I voted as the family member of people who identify as LGBTQ. I voted as a family member of undocumented immigrants who have busted their asses to make a better life for themselves and their families. I voted as a veteran and the sister of a fellow veteran. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I voted because I care. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You shouldn’t need loved ones who are members of these groups to care. You shouldn’t need loved ones who are members of these groups to vote. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you haven’t made it out to vote yet, think about it...there’s still time!💕 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #womeninmedicine #digitalhealth #healthcareprovider #physician #drheathershealth #reproductivejustice #reproductiverights #CountOnUs #WomenAreVoting #WomensMarch #thefutureisfemal
I feel like this is one of the realest situations I feel like this is one of the realest situations I've ever addressed. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You're so proud of yourself. You remembered to take your birth control pill. Despite all of the things you have to remember - that paper that's due for your professor, bills, your kid's Zoom class, you remembered your pill. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You then got that little pill out of that blister pack that its in. It's a little bit of a fight, but you got it out. You're about to put it in your mouth and then....it falls in the sink, it falls under the couch, it rolls away and you have no idea where it went! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you're like me, a few cuss words escape your mouth. And if it rolled under the couch (which actually happened when I filmed this video), you start moving heaven and earth to find it. But let's say you don't even find that tiny, little pill. WHAT DO YOU DO NOW? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Well, the answer is it depends. There are multiple types of birth control pills. There are some pills that have different levels of hormones every week and some that have the same level of hormones in all of the active pills. Also, there are packs of birth control pills that have inactive pills or sugar pills at the end! For most types of birth control pills, you can just go ahead and take the next pill in the pack. Or if you're lucky enough to have an extra pack on hand, you can take a pill from that one. If its the inactive pills at the end, you can even just skip that day and take a pill the next day. But if you're ever concerned or confused about what you should do next, CALL YOUR GYN! This is the stuff we're here for! And no, we're not going to think you're a hot mess. Do you know how many pills I've lost or forgotten to take? I'm just going to think you're human!!! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Have you ever lost a birth control pill? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #mandown ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #womeninmedicine #healthcare #education #digitalhealth #physician #drheathershealth #birthcontrol #sexed
These days, it is really hard to trust a lot of pe These days, it is really hard to trust a lot of people. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There is a lot of distrust of doctors and science. And quite frankly, some of it is warranted. Although science is pretty cut and dry, there's a somewhat dark history in which physicians and scientists have used or manipulated information to take advantage of vulnerable populations. These populations historically have been BIPOC, female, and disabled. So in some ways, I can't blame some people for being a little weary of the medical system. We all need to do some work to help in ensuring that there is mutual trust. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So when I was approached by @shape to discuss hysterectomies (which is the surgery in which GYN surgeons like myself surgically remove the uterus/womb), I was happy to discuss this issue. Why? Because in order for us to improve health outcomes for all people, we have to address these types of issues. Are we doing too many hysterectomies? Can we be offering our patients less invasive options to manage their issues? Are we even sure that the issues that we feel we are treating with a hysterectomy are the issues the patient has? We have to really think about these things and be very deliberate in our discussions and treatment plans as a medical team (both doctor and patient). We need to put it all out there - as a patient, you are not wrong to communicate that you're concerned or scared about doing a certain procedure. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Click the LINK in my BIO to read more about this discussion. It’s SO important that these discussions are being had! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #selfcare #mindbodygreen #wellness #womeninmedicine #healthcare #healthyliving #education #knowyourbody #digitalhealth #healthcareprovider #physician #drheathershealth #hysterectomy #fibroids #endometriosis #reproductivejustice #reproductiverights
Yup, I'm going to be yet another person in your fe Yup, I'm going to be yet another person in your feed with a GO VOTE message.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And yeah, I'm probably also not the first person in your feed talking about how important voting this year is and all of the things that are at stake.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Although our country and lots of the systems in it are not perfect, some things like voting and taking part in our democracy, are amazing and powerful things. Many people are really concerned, rightfully, about who will be in the White House, but there are lots of other things that we will be voting for. And lots of these things have a direct impact on YOUR health and the health of the people you love. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I'm a doctor, but I'm also a eligible voter in this country. So not only am I voting with my core beliefs in mind, I'm voting thinking of all of the patients that I care for - and what types of things will improve their lives.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Things are far from perfect in this country. They will not be perfect. But the goal is for things to be BETTER. Better for EVERYONE.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So on that note, get out there and vote your hearts out!!!💕⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My plan is to vote on Election Day this year...I'm going old school, y'all! I'm actually off on Election Day this year, so I'll be able to vote in person! 🗳⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Have you voted yet? If not, what's your plan? Let me know in the comments peeps!👇🏾⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #selfcare #mindbodygreen #wellness #womeninmedicine #healthcare #healthyliving #education #knowyourbody #digitalhealth #healthcareprovider #physician #drheathershealth #reproductivejustice #reproductiverights #CountOnUs #WomenAreVoting #WomensMarch #thefutureisfemale⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📸: Jennifer Griffin on Unsplash
Cancer is so scary. It really, really is. If any o Cancer is so scary. It really, really is. If any of you have experienced it personally or have taken care of someone with cancer, you know how devastating it can be. Unfortunately, I helped care for my dad who battled with Stage 4 gallbladder cancer - it was horrific. I always think that if there is any way that something like that can be found early and treated, we should do it! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So, this brings me to Breast Cancer. As it is #breastcancerawarenessmonth, and Breast Cancer is the most common cancer in women in the US, I feel very strongly that we need to make sure we're doing everything we can to raise awareness about it! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Some quick facts: 🌰🌰Breast cancer affects 1 in 8 women in the US 🌰🌰Breast cancer is the SECOND leading cause of cancer death in women 🌰🌰 The most common warning signs of breast cancer are change in look/feel of breast or nipple 🌰🌰Doing self breast exams (meaning feeling up your own boobs), can help you know if something is going on with your breasts that need to be addressed 🌰🌰Mammograms are tests that screen for breast cancer - they can be offered at around age 40 (or earlier if you have a family history of breast cancer) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Don't ever be afraid to touch your own boobs. Let me tell you, I remember when I was first told about self breast exams as a teenager, my first thought was "what am I even feeling?" Well, lots of times when you're feeling your own breasts, you may not feel anything significant - just your own skin and flesh. However, if you feel a lump or bump or anything, you should go to your doc and get checked out! You are not overreacting or being weird. Let us help you figure out what's going on! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #selfcare #mindbodygreen #wellness #womeninmedicine #healthcare #healthyliving #education #knowyourbody #digitalhealth #healthcareprovider #physician #drheathershealth #breastcancer #breastcancersurvivor #cancersucks 📸: @unsplash @nationalcancerinstitute
STAND IN YOUR PURPOSE. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ STAND IN YOUR PURPOSE. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This pic was taken in January (clearly not in NYC - Tulum, Mexico!) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I wanted to make a change this year. Although my day to day work with patients is rewarding, there are times that I feel like I want more. I have noticed over the time that I've been in medicine, that there are so many holes in what we teach people about their bodies. And so much of what we teach is clouded in judgement and shame. How do I change it? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For so long, I didn't think that I would be a good package to convey this message. I felt like who would want to listen to me? I'm a fat Black doctor who doesn't look like an IG model or anything. Who would actually want to hear what I have to say? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Not gonna lie, I still feel like that some days. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But...I really took some time to think about things. And didn't let my fear and anxiety overtake me. Because I have a purpose to what I'm trying to do. I want to make sure that as long as I have a voice, I can teach people about their bodies - even the parts that others don't want to teach you about. That I want to normalize things like periods and breast feeding. That my BIPOC moms don't have a higher chance of dying in childbirth than my White moms. That little girls in the Bronx, North Philly, or the Southside of Chicago know that there is someone JUST LIKE THEM who's a doc and they can do it too.💫 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Do you know what your purpose is? Let me know below!👇🏾 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #selfcare #mindbodygreen #wellness #womeninmedicine #healthcare #healthyliving #education #knowyourbody #digitalhealth #healthcareprovider #physician #drheathershealth #standinyourpurpose #blackmaternalhealth #bipoc #bodypositive #bodypositivity
BLACK MOMS MATTER. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Dr. BLACK MOMS MATTER. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Dr. Chaniece Wallace was a mom. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Her daughter will know who she is but will not meet her in this life. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Dr. Chaniece Wallace had Preeclampsia (a condition that occurs in pregnancy that can have devastating consequences to both mom and baby) and unfortunately suffered deadly complications due to it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Since hearing about this, I've been really struggling. She was a doc, just like me. And even the medical knowledge that she studied so hard to master didn't save her from this. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Looking at pictures of her, she looks like someone I would be friends with. Someone who could be in my family. My heart breaks for her friends and family. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There is data that shows that even Black women who achieve higher educational or economic status still have worse health outcomes than their White counterparts. So there is a lot more at play than just lack of resources or education in these cases.... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I pray for justice for our moms. I pray for health for our moms. And I especially pray for Dr. Wallace, sweet baby Charlotte, her family, and her friends. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #blackmomsmatter #blackbabiesmatter #blackmaternalhealth #blackmaternalhealthcrisis
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