- Do you think that people sit on the toilet once a month
and lay an egg like a chicken would?
(chick chirping)
Hey, y'all! Welcome back!
Mama Doctor Jones, OB-GYN and mom to four.
Today, we're going through a Reddit thread
called r/badwomensanatomy.
This is a Reddit thread where people go
and post stories or screenshots
of people misunderstanding anatomy
or reproductive tract in general, or periods, or pregnancy,
or whatever.
Great opportunities for some laughing and some learning.
Let's get into it.
(gentle music)
"My good friend's baby's father
"told her not to go all the way in the water
"when I took her to the beach
"because the baby might drown.
"I heard it with my own two ears."
(Mama Doctor Jones laughing)
The top comment is,
"Wait 'til he hears about amniotic fluid."
Obviously, babies can't drown in utero.
The way that they get oxygen is through the placenta
and the blood flow through the umbilical cord.
(inhales) Takes a breath,
your blood oxygenates,
and then that oxygen is taken to the placenta
and transferred to the baby through the placenta,
and the baby's deoxygenated blood picks up oxygen up
and takes it to baby in utero.
You breathe for your baby while they're inside.
Pretty cool, huh?
"Just learned that girls can pee with the tampon in."
"Effing innovative."
(Mama Doctor Jones chuckles)
I've encountered many people even who owned these parts,
who don't understand the layout of their own vulva is
in relation to where is the urethra,
where's the vaginal opening, all of that.
The reason this is so misunderstood, in my opinion,
other than the fact that schools do a horrible job
teaching anatomy in general is that,
the vulva has the labia minora and majora,
which cover the opening for the urethra where you pee from
and the opening for the vaginal vault.
Because they're covered like that,
sometimes people think they're in the same place
or that you have your urethra inside the vagina,
which is totally not accurate.
Layout of the vulva is urethra on top, vaginal opening,
and anus where you poop from.
"I told my boyfriend and he was like,
"'Well, has your egg come out?'
"How big do you think an egg is?
"'I don't know, like a grape (chuckles) or something.'"
That would be a thing.
It would be an interesting thing.
"A friend shared that he thought women were like chickens.
"One day a month, they would sit on a toilet all day
"and lay an egg."
(Mama Doctor Jones laughing)
What?
Speaking of chickens though,
we got some fertilized eggs to put in an incubator
and one of our eggs hatched.
So if you follow me on social media,
you may have already seen that.
But if not, you should follow me.
Twitter, Instagram, it's fun time.
This is Uno. (Uno chirping)
We just got some chicken eggs that were fertilized,
and we put them in our incubator and we waited and waited
and hoped that one of them would hatch.
There's really low hatch rates this time of year
'cause it's the middle of summer.
It's super hot.
And this little guy made it.
He hatched.
He is about a week-old now.
That's Uno.
Say "Hi!" to YouTube.
What do you think, bud?
Do you think that people sit on the toilet once a month
and lay an egg like a chicken would?
(Uno chirping)
- You're correct! Good job.
(Uno chirping loudly)
You're loud, sir.
(Uno chirping loudly)
What actually happens is that once a month,
you ovulate and an egg is released from the ovary.
And when that happens, generally,
if you end up getting a fertilized embryo,
it will implant into the uterus.
And if not, then the egg is either reabsorbed by the body
because it's microscopically small or it just goes away
through the reproductive tract.
Sometimes, people do feel ovulation.
A little bit of cramping pain, a little bit of bloating,
maybe even a little bit of spotting.
And this is called mittelschmerz.
So that's the name of the occurrence
of feeling ovulation when it happens.
Everybody doesn't have that, but some people do.
Right, I'm gonna put Uno back in his little box.
He has five friends.
We bought him five friends
because they don't do well by themselves,
and only one of ours hatched.
So, he has some friends in there.
This is a school nurse by the way,
not just a random person talking
to a sixth grader about her period.
"Just had a conversation with a sixth grade girl
"who started her period for the first time.
"and she had lots of questions.
"Student: 'Why do girls even have to get a period?'
"'My mom said, it's because Eve ate the apple.'"
(Mama Doctor Jones chuckles)
I know this is just supposed to be a funny story,
but I can't help myself.
You are here and you know this channel.
We have to talk to our kids about normal bodily functions
because how will they know if something's wrong
if you don't explain to them what is right?
We have a cycle that preps the inside of the uterus
to house an embryo that has to happen in a cyclical fashion
or the lining of the uterus gets overgrown.
You could explain that in much simpler terms
to a sixth grader,
but if your kids come to you
and actually someone just messaged me on Instagram
and asked me this question too,
similar to this.
If your kids come to you and ask them questions,
just give them an answer.
Like, you don't have to be detailed.
I think the person who messaged me said like,
"Hey, my seven-year-old's really curious
"about how babies get in the womb.
"And I don't know how to answer."
If they're that age to be asking,
then they're old enough to know.
And you don't have to get graphically detailed,
just start with something simple.
The egg is there and it meets a sperm.
And when that happens,
it turns into an embryo
which grows into a baby in the uterus.
A lot of kids will just be satisfied with that.
And then if they say, "Well, how'd it get in there?"
You can go on to further explain.
But when they start asking questions,
that's an indicator that they're old enough
to have those questions answered.
And the last thing you want is them going to school
and asking the person who thinks that an ovulation
is an egg that's the size of an actual egg,
trying to explain to your kid how a baby got in there.
Like, just do it yourself so that you know it's accurate.
I know that's hard.
I understand.
It's hard for me too.
And I do this and talk about these things all the time.
So, when my kids have questions,
I have to fight the urge to go like,
"Ugh, we'll talk about it later."
Or "The stork brings them."
But, just fight the urge.
Don't show your own discomfort
because that's gonna make them uncomfortable
and just make it okay for them to ask questions.
That's the best thing you can do.
"Lesbians don't age well due to their body fluids swapping,
"messing with their metabolism.
"It's called BRSS, Bindel-Raymond-Stein Syndrome.
"Google it."
Y'all know we got to Google this because absolutely not.
That is an impressive name, Bindel-Raymond...
This has to be totally made up like...
Please, tell me this isn't something
that someone has ever theorized.
(playful music)
Every single thing I can find about this
is literally it being used as an anti-gay propaganda.
Propaganda?
Propaganda.
My brain is not firing on all cylinders right now.
I don't even know.
I can't tell just in that quick Google
even where it originated, but...
Yeah, that's not real.
"Still thinking about how my sixth grade science teacher
"told the girls they weren't allowed
"to handle the yeast during a simple class experiment.
"And when we asked, he said, 'Ask your moms.'"
(inhales) Why is that person teaching science?
You don't get used infections from handling yeast.
In fact, you actually can get yeast infections
other places besides the vagina.
You can get yeast infections on your skin,
you can get yeast infections in your blood,
anywhere, pretty much.
You don't have to have a vagina to get a yeast infection.
And they are caused by a variety of different things,
but sometimes they also just happen.
It's just kind of like a cold.
You can just get a yeast infection
and we just needed to treat it and move on.
They occur sometimes on the skin,
especially in places with overlapping folds.
So, underneath the breasts where it's warm,
you might be a little bit sweaty,
that's a great environment for yeasts to grow.
It can be very itchy and red.
And they still aren't caused
by touching activated yeast that you would use for baking.
You are in increased risk of getting yeast infections
if you have diabetes that's not well controlled.
Sometimes, people who are on birth control pills
will get yeast infections at a little bit higher frequency
as far as vaginal yeast infections go.
But yeah, again, it can just happen.
And it certainly doesn't happen from handling yeasts.
And I'm just still trying to get past the fact
that this person is supposed
to be teaching sixth grade science.
(exhales) Just so crazy.
I get really worked up over this.
I'm just gonna move on to the next one.
"Please keep your religion out of my uterus."
"One should also keep a penis out of their uterus
"if they're not prepared for raising children."
"A (chuckles) penis, doesn't go in the uterus."
The penis goes in the vagina,
and the uterus is separated from the vagina by the cervix.
Definitely no penises going inside uteruses,
that would be horribly painful and terrible.
And I promise you don't want that to happen.
Wow! This is a tweet from PinkNews,
which is an LGBTQ+ news site who actually wrote about me
and the transgender video that I made which was super cool.
They tweeted out this article that says,
"'Gay people exist because pregnant women have anal sex,'
"claims bishop"
Interesting take.
Bishop, sir.
That is not how gay people are made.
"For example,
"if a woman dyes her hair brown while menstruating,
"then her blood will also be brown permanently.
"Some bleach their hair which will kill them
"because they're putting bleach in their bloodstream.
"It's fine to bleach your hair
"while you're not on your period though,
"because your body is back to normal."
Where do people come up with this stuff?
Like, I don't even feel like I should talk about that.
What? No!
Reddit don't do this to me.
You're making my blood pressure high.
"There are certain foods
"that can specifically decrease bust size.
"Things like flaxseed, egg whites, salmon, tuna.
"It's high in omega-3 which regulates estrogen,
"which leads to a decrease in bust size."
Hmm, I don't think so.
Estrogen does affect breast size,
but this is largely in adolescents,
and eating those things
wouldn't change your estrogen levels enough
to affect your breast size even at the peak time
of breast development during puberty.
Myth busted!
I'm so happy you got to meet Uno.
I hope you love him as much as we do.
And maybe someday,
I'll introduce you to the rest of our baby chicks
who don't have names yet.
I hope you're having a great day.
Have a wonderful week.
Be kind to yourselves, to each other, to me.
In the comments, be kind.
And I will see you next time.