Menstruation ReWritten

The gynecologist interview you want and need

August 11, 2022 Menstruation Season 2 Episode 13
Menstruation ReWritten
The gynecologist interview you want and need
Show Notes

Get ready for all the answers to your gynecology questions and to hear the personal and professional menstrual experiences of one badass gynecological surgeon.  Meenal joins me to share her passion and knowledge. She's here to remind us that you have the right to be comfortable and if your gynecologist doesn't take you seriously- get a new one.
 
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Links to sources and resources mentioned are below the Topics Covered list.

Topics covered:
- menarche
- menstrual education
- moving from the pill to an IUD
- how Meenal chose gynecology within the medical field
- abortion care and access
- impacts of Roe v. Wade overturn on emergency care
- what is adenomyosis?
- clarifications on endometriosis
- what to look for in a gynecologist
- who is the gynecologist's gynecologist?
- what to do if you think you have endometriosis
-  research on non-invasive diagnostics for endometriosis
- new products using biomarkers
- recommendations of awesome researchers to follow
- a lesser-known way to half your menstrual bleeding
- the fact that your menstrual blood is not a fixed amount
- you do not need to groom for the gynecologist
- terminology in quote unquote women's health 
- period sex shame
- ways to make the IUD insertion process more comfortable
- how a copper IUD works
- the undercompensating of OB-GYN professionals
- medical misogyny
- fertility planning
- Meenal's hopes for current and future menstruators

Links to sources and resources:
Louise Perkins King on ethical health care post Dobb's
NPR interview with Dr. Linda G. Griffith
Article on the pay gap in gynecology
Medical Bondage by Dr. Dierdre Cooper Owens
How we fail black patients in pain
Black Americans systemically undertreated for pain
Racial bias in pain assessments
Black women on pain and implicit bias in medicine
Study on copper IUDs implanted after 35 remaining in until menopause

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