First-ever visit to the gynecologist approaching, and I'm kind of nervous. What should I expect? [more inside]
posted by gavagai on Sep 29, 2009 - 41 answers

Please tell me what you know about endometrial ablation as a means of lessening or hopefully stopping my bleeding. (This is a female-parts question.) [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 10, 2009 - 5 answers

After a routine pap test and pelvic exam my doctor is sending me for an ultrasound because he thinks I have an enlarged uterus. I am not pregnant. My google-fu only turns up information on uterine fibroids. So what does it mean to have an enlarged uterus and is it bad? [more inside]
posted by Kioki-Silver on Sep 7, 2008 - 6 answers

What's up with my ovary? I had an ultrasound this morning and on the picture of my left ovary there was a long, thin, very squiggly line. I asked the technician but she said she couldn't tell me anything and that the doctor would call me in a week. A week?! I could be dead by then! [more inside]
posted by orangemiles on Jul 29, 2008 - 8 answers

How common is it for the human papillomavirus to be transmitted through oral sex? I've seen conflicting information about this. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 9, 2008 - 6 answers

GynoFilter: Please help me find a good, compassionate, and knowledgable gynecologist in the Bay Area (preferably East Bay but will travel. Preferably female but am flexible). [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Apr 18, 2007 - 11 answers

Pain is making it impossible for me to get a Pap smear. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 23, 2007 - 33 answers

Where do I find a good gynecologist in the Baltimore area that's covered by my insurance? There aren't any rating websites, are there? That would be weird, but cool. There is [more inside]
posted by schroedinger on May 30, 2006 - 9 answers

"tab-gen abortion" "a demonstration set of lams, pale green matchsticks made of compressed seaweed." These phrases occur in a novel I'm reading; the speaker is (presumably) a gynecologist or CNP who is counseling a patient about a second-trimester abortion. I Googled and searched various medical encylopedias and came up empty. What is "tab-gen"? And are lams some kind of abortifacient suppository? Thanks.
posted by scratch on Apr 21, 2006 - 8 answers

For the first time in long life experience, I have a girlfriend who is very stinky "down there". What to do? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 28, 2005 - 17 answers

I have had irregular, painful menstrual cycles from the age of 14, but in my 20s they basically became inverse periods: a few days of not bleeding, with most at a low, constant flow, and a few like a normal cycle. When it’s bad, I feel like I have a constant low-grade flu, with fatigue, muscle ache, mental fogginess, and wild moods of sadness and anger. Several pelvic exams and sonograms have shown no fibroids nor anything anatomical that should be causing this. I’ve tried birth control pills (that caused weight gain and nausea, even at low doses), and the ring and the patch, which didn't help at all. I spent a few years on Norplant with no cycle at all, but terrible problems with weight gain that I am still struggling with. The only product I have had luck with was Lunelle, which is no longer available in the US. Has anyone else ever dealt with this and found something that worked? I’ve seen many gynecologists over the years and none have an answer. I'm in my early 30s now and seriously considering a hysterectomy because I can't live like this anymore.
posted by anonymous on Dec 25, 2004 - 8 answers

Worrisome father-to-be seeks sound research/advice on links between Epidurals and ADD, MMR inoculations and Autism and other various worrisome type new baby things. Good grief! (Pseudo-science need not apply.)
posted by BrodieShadeTree on May 24, 2004 - 18 answers