by Rachel Burt, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner at Roswell OB/GYN…………………………………. I wish a positive urine pregnancy test always meant the pregnancy would be fine. I hate that early pregnancy has so much uncertainty associated with it. Some of the new over the counter pregnancy tests can show positive before you have even missed a period. […]
Do I still need birth control in my 40s?
by Rachel Burt, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner at Roswell OB/GYN…………………………………. Although you may think you are too old to have babies, your body may not agree. As an Alpharetta gynecology specialist, I often have women in their 40s tell me they do not need birth control because they are too old to have babies. Their […]
Oh my God the condom broke!
by Rachel Burt, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner at Roswell OB/GYN…………………………………. Would of, could of, should of… in hind sight a condom would have been a great idea – but here we are… the morning after a whirlwind romance without any birth control… Or maybe you were more prepared, but the condom wasn’t as effective as […]
Am I too old to have kids?
by Rachel Burt, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner at Roswell OB/GYN…………………………………. Let’s talk about it… When our patients ask this question, they are really asking 3 different questions: Can I still conceive at my age? Am I at increased risk for having a baby with chromosome problems? And, am I at increased risk for miscarriage? At […]
Are we really done having kids?
by Rachel Burt, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner at Roswell OB/GYN…………………………………. Some women just know when they are done having children. These are the women who come in for their postpartum visits asking for urologist recommendations for hubby to go get the big V (vasectomy). If you are really 100 percent sure you are done with […]
Why is this taking so long? When you wanted to be pregnant yesterday
by Rachel Burt, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner at Roswell OB/GYN …………………………….. You stopped the pill 3 months ago. You’re acting like newlyweds on your honeymoon, and yet your period came again – right on time! Ugh – you start to wonder if you are ever going to get pregnant?!? Ever since we became sexually active, […]
