>> GOING TO THE DOCTOR ANYTIME CAN BE INTIMIDATING. YOU COURSE NEVER WANT TO HEAR
BAD NEWS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
ARE EXPECTING.
BUT THE REALITY IS AS MANY AS
ONE IN FOUR WOMEN HAVE
REALLY TOUGH SUBJECT TO TALK
ABOUT.
THE RISKS AND WHEN THEY THE
HIGHEST AND WEDNESDAY TO AN
ENTREPRENEUR.
KIRSTIN O’CONNER IS STANDING BY
TO ASK A DOCTOR.
>> AND LET CANDACE JUST
MENTIONED THIS IS A TOUGH
SUBJECT BUT IT’S SO COMMON AND
MOST WOMEN WOULD BE SHOCKED TO
KNOW HOW MANY OTHERS IN THEIR
CIRCLES HAVE GONE THROUGH.
SO TO HELP US FIGURE OUT WHAT
IS NORMAL AND WHAT IS THAT HIS
OB/GYN DOCTOR CHRISTINE FROM
ORLANDO HEALTHCARE TO HELP US
OUT AS ALWAYS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LET’S TALK ABOUT THE FIRST
TRIMESTER AND WHILE THIS IS A
RISKY TIME TO BE TELLING
EVERYONE YOU KNOW EVEN IF YOU
ARE EXCITED THAT YOU’RE
EXPECTING BUT IT’S SOMETHING
YOU SHOULD CONSIDER.
>> YES, FIRST TRIMESTER
PREGNANCY IS SO EXCITING
BECAUSE YOU JUST FOUND OUT YOU
WERE PREGNANT.
HOWEVER WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN THE
FIRST TRIMESTER.
A LOT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU A LOT
CAN HAPPEN TO THE PREGNANCY
MEANING IS IT GOING TO STAY OR
NOT?
WILL BE PART OF THE UP TO ONE
IN FOUR CHANCE OF NOT
CONTINUING ON.
>> SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
WARNING SIGNS FOR SOMEONE WHO
IS NEWLY PREGNANT WHO MAY BE
DOES NOT REALIZE THAT HEY THIS
IS SOMETHING I NEED TO GO TALK
TO MY DOCTOR ABOUT.
>> YES, SOME OF THE WARNING
SIGNS INCLUDE PAIN AND THEY
INCLUDE BLEEDING, THOSE ARE
SOME CONCERNS THAT THE
PREGNANCY MAY NOT BE THE WAY
THAT YOU WANTED TO BE.
AND IF SOMEONE IS HAVING A LOT
OF NAUSEA AND VOMITING AND NOT
BEING ABLE TO COPE WITH REGULAR
LIFE THAT IS IMPORTANT TO SEEK
HELP SEEK AND CONTINUE ON.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT
WHO YOU CAN TRUST AND WHO YOU
SHOULD TELL.
WHAT DO YOU TELL YOUR PATIENTS
AS FAR AS WHO THEY SHOULD KEEP
IN A REALLY TIGHT CIRCLE.
>> YES, I RECOMMEND TELLING
PEOPLE YOU CAN TRUST.
ABSOLUTELY TELL YOUR DOCTOR.
YOU CAN TELL YOUR DENTIST IF
YOU’RE GOING TO THE DENTIST OR
OTHER PHYSICIANS.
IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF NAUSEA AND
VOMITING A LOT OF PAIN ISSUE
YOU NEED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR
MORE OFTEN YOU MAY NEED TO TELL
SOMEONE AT YOUR JOB THAT YOU
AND THAT WAY YOU CAN EXPLAIN
KNOW I’M NOT SLACKING I JUST DO
NOT FEEL WELL BECAUSE I’M
PREGNANT.
SO THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> AND WHAT IS THE CUTOFF FOR
WHEN YOU CAN START TELLING
PEOPLE.
I’M SURE IT’S NOT THE SAME FOR
EVERY WOMAN AND EVERY
PREGNANCY.
>> YOU CAN TELL ANYONE AT ANY
TIME.
IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON IF
SOMETHING DOES NOT GO THE WAY
YOU WANTED TO GO, WHO DO YOU
WANT TO KNOW?
YOU MAY WANT TO TELL PEOPLE
THAT YOU LOVE AND TRUST THAT
CAN BE THERE FOR YOU WHETHER
GOOD NEWS OR BAD NEWS, DOES
THAT MAKES SENSE?
>> IT DOES SO BECOME PEOPLE
SHARING THE GOOD NEWS OR THE
BAD NEWS WITH EVERYBODY THAT
YOU KEEP IN THAT CIRCLE.
>> CORRECT.
A LOT OF TIMES YOU CAN HAVE
EARLY FIRST TRIMESTER TESTING
TO SEE WHETHER THE PREGNANCY
WILL BE WHAT SHE WOULD CONSIDER
NORMAL OR NOT.
AND AFTER GETTING THAT TESTING
BACK THAT CAN PROVIDE SOME
REASSURANCE AND THAT IS USUALLY
THE TIME THAT PEOPLE TEND TO
TELL OTHERS.
>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TESTING
A LOT OF FAMILIAR WITH AT-HOME
TEST THAT JUST TELL THEM YES OR
NO YOU’RE NOT PREGNANT.
IT IS PRETTY GOOD RELIABLE?
>> THE ADVENT HAS A PRETTY
RELIABLE TWO.
DEB’S REFERRING TO HIS FIRST
SEMESTER SCREAM FOR WHAT YOU
GET AT YOUR DOCTOR’S OFFICE TO
SEE IF DEPARTMENTS ARE IS
NORMAL WITH REGARDS TO
CHROMOSOMES AND GET AN
ULTRASOUND TO SEE WITH THE
BABY’S HEART RATE LOOKS LIKE
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> AND WHEN DO YOU GET YOUR
FIRST TEST WITH THE DOCTOR AND
YOU ACTUALLY GET TO SEE THE
BABY?
>> IT DEPENDS ON THE PRACTICE
AND DEPENDS ON SOMEONE’S
INSURANCE.
BUT USUALLY ARE WHAT WE DO IT
ORLANDO HEALTH IS WHEN SOMEONE
COMES IN FOR CONFIRMATION
VISIT, WE WILL LOOK AND PERFORM
AN ULTRASOUND TO MAKE SURE IT’S
CONSISTENT WITH THE DATES AND
THEN YOU CAN HAVE A FIRST
TRIMESTER ULTRASOUND THAT IS
PART OF THE SCREENING AND ALSO
IN ANATOMY ULTRASOUND AROUND 20
WEEKS LOOKS OKAY SO THAT IS
HALFWAY TO YOUR PREGNANCY.
>> YES.
>> A LOT OF QUESTIONS NOON
EXPECTING MOTHERS WILL HAVE FOR
THE DOCTORS.
I WOULD EXPECT ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT PEOPLE YOU NEED TO
TELL IS ALSO YOUR PARTNER IN
THE PERSON INVOLVED IN THE
PREGNANCY.
>> YES, THAT IS TRUE.
I SHOULD MENTION THAT.
>> LIKE YOU MENTIONED THE
SPECIALIST TO TALK TO MAY BE
YOUR DENTIST OR ALLERGIST OR IF
YOU GO TO SEE OTHER DOCTORS
THEY NEED TO KNOW AS WELL.
>> YES AND THAT WAY THEY CAN
TAKE YOU OFF CERTAIN
MEDICATIONS IF YOU ARE ON
MEDICINES LIKE FOR
BLOOD-PRESSURE FOR EXAMPLE.
ALL BLOOD-PRESSURE MEDICATIONS
NEVER CAME PREGNANCY SO SOON AS
YOU FIND THAT YOU ARE PREGNANT
CONTACT HER DOCTOR AND WHO
PRESCRIBED IT AND MAKE SURE.
>> OKAY, DOCTOR CHRISTINE FROM