Completely unrelated to the topic of the video, but I'm so worried and anxious about my own grey hair, while immediately upon seeing her I thought "wow, what a lovely hair".
embrace the grey - poorly obvious dye looks much worse (for men at least). Like dude your 80 - we know your grey - who are we fooling? the Drs hair is amazing
Exactly my thought, she has a beautiful natural hombre look i hope they grey hairs i will get will blend just as beautifully as hers with my black hair
I feel like there's been a bit of a "theme" in the last few of these vids, and might I say... keep it up. The internet will need this informative, factual videos for the foreseeable future.
@@PNWRideAlongs It really rubbed me the wrong way when she said "after the mother has the fetus" and "all of her fetuses" when talking about already born babies.
I like how calm and kind her explanations are, you can really see her take on the bedside manner she is used to using when answering questions with her patients.
Me too, i am a late teen scared of pregnacy, dont get me wrong its interesting but i do not want kids and even less having a pregnancy, no thanks, i know ill be disgusted with myself (even tho it is a completly natural thing n all and i know i am not mentally capable of doing it)
@NadiaSeesIt You're awfully defensive with people who never attacked you or anyone else. There's nothing wrong with wanting kids (obviously). And there's nothing wrong with not wanting them, either. Us NOT wanting them doesn't mean we're attacking you!
@NadiaSeesIt Being scared of pregnancy itself does not warrant need for therapy. I think the ones who went through it would need it way more! I don't understand why you'd attack someone for this?
@@PennyEvolus I know someone this happened to and she had an anatomical difference in the way her uterus laid in the pelvis, so that there was no significant change in her belly diameter. I used to find it hard to believe too
@@PennyEvolusI thought I was just getting fatter because of the holidays. 😅 but Suprise I was 4 months pregnant lol It’s because I don’t usually get my period and I assumed every symptom was me getting my period.
I'm pregnant with my third child and I cannot stand the smell of the inside of my refrigerator. No one else can smell it, but it just about makes me sick.
Same!!! I had to smell cinnamon for some reason to even walk into the kitchen but especially going into the fridge. No amount of cleaning helped. “Food smell” just grossed me out
My late mother smoked heavily during her pregnancies with all 7 of us. We all had low birth sizes, and we all have histories of ear infections and asthma.
That's unfortunate. My mother had us in the 70's and 80's. We had the same pregnancy symptoms 25 years apart. She was a smoker but suddenly turned green around cigarette smoke and she found beer tasted moldy, couldn't drink suddenly. I didn't smoke but the smell of cigarettes made me nauseous and suddenly didn't like wine with dinner. Happened before period was even late. 😅
18:30 A professor I had told me when his little girl was coming closer to her due date, there was concern because she didn't flip head down. His wife noted she would wiggle when a certain Mozart flute concerto played (what a left-brained family). So they played the music very quietly in tiny speakers placed beside the mother's hipbones. As the hours passed, the girl moves around the womb to hear the music better, thus putting her into a safer birthing position.
yup. it makes me feel horrible for women in the past (and now) who weren’t educated on it before getting pregnant. i can’t imagine not knowing exactly what would happen :(
Full respect to the doctor for acknowledging structural racism as a cause of black women's maternal mortality. That's step one, to recognize and name the issue. Gotta keep going on that road...
I had a vanishing twin. My mom thought she was having a miscarriage and the doctor found an empty sack. I was perfectly fine and born a normal, healthy baby
I have scoliosis, a moderate curvature of my spine. A pregnancy changing that even more, no matter in what direction, absolutely terrifies me. So glad we decided at a young age that we'd never have any kids at all. The years after that has only shown me what a good decision that was for me and us. Wishing the best to all current and future mothers.
I know people with scoliosis who have multiple children and have had vaginal deliveries. It can change how birth might look in some ways, but there's still a lot of options for having a baby!
@@laurenrt92 Or you could just let people be happy with the decision they've already made to not get pregnant. It's not as if humanity has a problem with underpopulation.
I was so fortunate to have Dr. Mehta-Lee as a part of my MFM team at NYU Langone! 💜 I delivered a healthy baby girl, and continued my career at the organization's Fertility Center for 8 years. What a fascinating video!
My wife, who has had cerebral palsy since birth, still managed to successfully carry all 3 of our kids and yet never actually ever began labor since they never allowed her planned C-sections to be scheduled anywhere near her actual due date -all three were at least a week early (and were still reasonably sized, thankfully…low-7 pounds)…what sucked was that SO MANY of the stupid articles and opinion pieces that came out in the early days of the internet (we had all 3 kids in the late 80’s-mid -90’s) kept Squawkimg about how women like my wife didn’t “really experience the whole experience of pregnancy “! …always made my wife depressed, completely unnecessarily
As someone who didn't have a C-section*, the now increasingly unaccepted 'wisdom' that women who have C-sections have somehow had an easier time is just insulting nonsense to me. Your wife sounds like a complete rock star, who clearly had her kids' best interests at heard and made sensible, tough medical decisions with her doctor for the health and safety of her babies. Wish I'd been around to give her a hug (or cake!) when she was reading that garbage. *my mum did though, with me. She survived to tell the tale but her birth story is harrowing! The C-section saved both of our lives that day. It's revolting that some would use this "natural birth" idea as a cudgel with which to beat both her and your wife (and other women like them).
I'm sorry she endured that. Pregnancy has been romanticized in our culture for a long time when it shouldn't be. It's a brutal, life changing event that has many positives, but also many negatives.
We were really into shaming women then, for not breast-feeding, and also body/fat shaming was very popular in those days. And of course I don't need to tell you about ableism. It's a reminder that things are still getting better in a lot of ways.
i was seriously craving poke to the point i wanted to cry so i went to a poke shop and legit asked them "i'm pregnant, what can i eat" lol and the lady was so nice she showed me all the cooked options they had.. and while it was not as good as the regular poke bowls i was used to, it was definitely enough to make me feel satisfied~
and other people don't. Had a friend give birth recently and she basically did it in ten minutes if we only count the time doctors were attending her, because the whole time before that she was going through labor she didn't know. Just felt weird and painful is all.
I didn't. I was induced with my first at a day shy of 42 weeks. Took 29 hours. With my second I was induced at 36 weeks for obstetric cholestasis. Took 8 hours. Went into labor naturally at 41 weeks and I couldn't tell if it was Braxton Hicks (which I had all the time with my older 2) or labor. It started and stopped for 3 hours before I got checked out and was only 3 cm. I was surprised, it wasn't labor, but Braxton Hicks surprised me before with other pregnancies. I packed up and in the hallway my water broke when I was leaving. And that was it, he was crowning. 7 cm in under 10 minutes after 3 hours of "Braxton Hicks". The line between false labor and labor isn't nearly as cut and dry as people make it out to be.
Yes! I just had my baby a few weeks ago and I kept hearing that early labor feels like period cramps and aren’t that bad but as soon as it started it was so painful, I had terrible back labor so I couldn’t mistake it for anything else!
Gotta say this lady did her job and 100% more. Not only did she awnser all the questions profissionaly, she expanded on the biological reasoning and provided a solution for questions that involve a problem
Yeah, most standard advice regarding exercise is if you were doing it before you can probably do it during as long as you're careful and listen to your body if it tells you to stop or if you have higher risk factors.
Most definitely. You use a LOT of muscles when giving birth, it makes it way easier to pass the baby if everything is healthy and strong. My first baby came out no problem, and I’m convinced I used to lift weights quite regularly (on restrictions currently with my second pregnancy, so I can’t lift right now 😅)
@@ryboi1337they do, and they also split apart a bit too, which is why afterwards a band is often worn to help the muscles come back together properly. Look up images of torso muscles while pregnant.
In Brazil there's an interesting policy on the 19:27 topic. All purpose wheat flour and corn flour has folic acid and iron added to it, so our every day food has higher content of those important nutrients. Most pregnancies in Brazil are not planned, this federal policy help keep babies safe until their mothers find out about the pregnancy. No, it's not perfect, but it's a good policy.
3:00 - Just be careful what kind of exercise. When my mom was pregnant with me (first kid) she was told "normal excercise." The doctor didn't know she was doing aerobics several times a week and Mom ended up with an abdominal wall separation
I wish more people asked what happens after birth. Like, I saw online a woman was wearing a diaper along with her baby because she had to because she was leaking fluid?? Like, what about how do mothers have to do to take care of themselves and their new baby? Especially when they’re single!
you're proving a lot of our points. people seem to focus exclusively on the pregnancy, and not what happens after pregnancy. i'm agreeing with you, btw. after birth conversations should be discussed just as much as we discuss pregnancy and delivery.
A cousin of mine had TWO cryptic pregnancies. Her menstrual cycle continued as normal, she didn't gain enough weight for it to be noticable (she isn't even remotely overweight either that's the scary part), and both times she had no idea she even was pregnant until she was in active labour.
I have heard SO many times people say in a cryptic pregnancy that the cycle continued as normal. It's just not even slightly medically possible though. But I don't think all these people are lying. There's got to be an explanation. There must be some phenomenon that could cause a regular bleed, that seems similar to a period, during a pregnancy. I really wish someone would study this, but it would be so hard to. You can't recruit study participants if they don't know they're pregnant!
12:30, to add to this. in 2024, a small black lady went to the hospital to delivery, but the baby did not make it. The hospital dropped off the baby to the funeral director which was wrapped up tightly. the director unwrapped and found the baby's head detached. called the med examiner who found that the delivery MD had issues delivering the baby and pulled too hard and popped his head. Best part, parents had no idea until the police contacted them to get information.
@@kayday1996 Thanks. Found several articles. Yes, gruesome, horrifying. BBC article was best short summary. The hospital (which didn't employ the doctor) refused the mum's request for a caesarean, and covered up what happened. The doctor is still practising. Business, profits before lives.
That's so true about feeling illiterate. I could hardly form a sentence towards the end. I would start to speak and completely lose the ability to make any sense or hold the thought in my head. It was pretty scary actually. I also had just gotten sober a month or two before pregnancy so double whammy on these memory loss and other symptoms as your brain heals.
I know someone who had a cryptic pregnancy. I had no idea it was so common. No missed periods, no noticeable weight gain, no positive pregnancy tests. Absolutely insane.
Hunh, that’s really interesting! That explains why when I was pregnant with my daughter they had me drink a lot of water before I went to my ultrasound
They do this with other kinds of ultrasounds too. I've had a couple for other uterine/ovarian things where I had to down a liter of water 30 minutes before and then couldn't pee until after the scan was done and yeah it's mild torture but it helps them get a better view of everything by the bladder 😵💫
Currently 12 weeks pregnant and God I can smell everything and hate it. I can’t keep my food down, I quit the gym because my body can’t handle it anymore, headaches everyday, nausea, insomnia. I just want my baby 😂😭😭. I’m pretty sure this will be my last pregnancy. This is also my first time being pregnant
@shaniaT10 hi there. The more sick you feel during the first trimester the healthier your pregnancy is. It means the hormone levels are rising as they should. It will even out in the second trimester.
@Vallecaucanisimo Actually thats a myth. Some people genetically are able to withstand rising in HCG and not vomit and feel sick etc. So basically if your mom didn’t have morning sickness chances are you won’t. It’s genetic.
Even 22 weeks is viable. I know twins who survived at 22 weeks and 3 days. One twin has mild cerebral palsy. Some babies have survived at 21 weeks, but it’s pretty rare. By 24 weeks, the survival rate is 50 percent!!! It’s pretty incredible. I hope that in the future, scientists can create an artificial womb for little tiny preemies. I know that they’re experimenting with animals, and it looks promising, but these kind of developments can take a very long time.
Yup! Viability is almost purely a function of medical technology. Babies born today that would have had a 100% mortality rate 50 years ago can have a good or even excellent chance of survival. I personally know a girl who was born at 21 weeks. Her father’s wedding ring could fit around her body when she was born. She’ll be entering college soon.
@@AnaLucia-wy2ii dang. That’s wild! I’m a quintuplet and we all had health issues. My brother had some mild cerebral palsy. Lots of lung scarring too. In fact one of my sisters is dealing with those effects now that we’re middle aged.
Our 5th pregnancy was twins. I'm only 5'0 tall and small, and I started showing very early. We conceived the twins when our older son was only 2-1/2 months old so my uterus had barely gone back down at that point.
My little sister did something like that. She was a week past her due date when she miscarried her first pregnancy in mid February, then she was pregnant already in late March. She's type 1 diabetic, so always a risky pregnancy. My nephew was born healthy at 10 PM the next Christmas Eve! 🙂
No. No. No. We NEED to talk about how horrible the first trimester is for a lot of women. You can give me a pill for nausea... I can take a pill for headaches... but you can't take away multiple food adversions or the demoralizing feeling of eating what you want but it isnt made right. And you no amount of caffeine can keep that pregnancy sleepiness away. Lol what about the excessive saliva and all those smells!? I have 4 kids but the first trimester have me rethinking my life choices!
@ A girl who was practicing karate had, I believe, her first period. Her pants were stained with blood so I just reacted to cover her and assured her that it's completely normal. I asked her which backpack was hers, told her to go to the bathroom and sit in the toilet while I went to grab her backpack so she could call her mom. I felt so useless, I could hear her sobbing and all I recall is telling her "Don't worry, it's completely normal, nobody will make fun of you", just reassuring her. Luckily her mom arrived in like 5 minutes and took over the situation. Like I said, I'm glad I'm a male. The most I have to worry about is getting a knee to my nuts, but that's an entirely different story.
Some people who had gone through both a pregnancy and had a kidney stone, thinks that the kidney stone hurts more. Not to say that pregnancy doesn't hurt though. I suppose because during the pregnancy, some things makes it a bit easier - while during a kidney stone, nothing in your body helps you then.
Well cramps aren't bad for everyone and some of us can avoid certain foods that trigger cramps, or use a heating pad which gets rid of cramps. Pregnancy sounds terrifying though.
Sorry to bring politics into this, but imagine forcing a woman to be pregnant when she doesn't want to be? All those changes in her body, plus more not even talked about in this video. Even your teeth can shift! It's not ethical to put a human being through this against her will.
@@hinney827because they are clumps of cells until a certain point. the vast majority of women aren't advocating or suggesting going through that procedure late pregnancy. it's the early stages women mostly refer to.
Thank you for bringing attention to the issue on black women and mortality rate. I never knew about this until recently and the GP should definitely be more aware of this
The labor question I relate to! I thought just my mucus plug came out the night before a scheduled c section. Alas, my water actually broke. And I had some "cramping" which were actually contractions 🫠I didn't know what I didn't know! Thankfully we were in the hospital early morning.
Had iugr during my pregnancy And had to go a high risk doctor. And give birth early due to poor blood flow. Had my baby 2 months ago, and she’s happy and heathy, thanks to high risk doctors like her :)
This was such an interesting video. I would love to hear this doctor answer questions on middle-aged women getting pregnant/giving birth. Like on the topic of getting pregnant without I.V.F. over 45.
@NadiaSeesItwhat is your problem. If you think the only purpose of women is to birth kids, go on and have them yourself and stop wasting your time and everyone else's on the comments section of RUclips videos.
The thing about pregnancy that no one talks about is how psychotic it feels to squeeze through a narrow gap, not by turning side on, but by going through face on and just trying to squash your shoulders in tight.
My wife suffered an ectopic pregnancy on Christmas Eve and we lost our first pregnancy. Absolutely devastating still to this day. I thought she would touch on that in this video. Would love to know more about what potentially causes that. Never see. My wife in so much pain.
This happened to me and my husband close to Christmas on 2023 so we can relate, we were devastated... the possible causes are several and they may change depending on where the embyro was implanted. I had a fallopian tube removed by emergency that day because that was where my baby had stopped instead of going inside the uterus. Thanking God my ob-gyn helped us a lot and had me made several treatment afterwards to reduce the possibility for it to happen again (once you had one ectopic pregnancy, you have a 50% chance to have it again each time, so you have to be very careful at the beginning) and now I am 34 weeks pregnant... You can do it, be strong! Sending you and your wife a big hug 😊
@ My wife had her fallopian tube removed as well. Sending prayers to you guys for a safe pregnancy. Definitely have been in touch with the OB-GYN. Healthy pregnancy!
@@TT337___ Thank you so much! I've been thinking a lot about you and am sending prayers for full recovery ❤️ Don't know of my humble experience can help you, but I was in a really dark place afterwards both physically and mentally and my OB-GYN suggested starting sports (I was not really sporty before): I started weight-lifting and it truly did wonders both for my physical and mental health, since it helped a lot in gaining again faith and confidence in my body, in which I was putting a lot of blame on before. Hoping the best for you and sending lots of love 💗
There are only two egg laying mammals (platypus and echidna) so maybe there’s a reason more mammals aren’t egg laying… probably because we only have one baby at a time usually?
@@EliasPluto hmm, an interesting point of inquiry. Now I'm picturing what life would be like if humans were more echidna-ish. I wonder what life is like as an echidna species 🤔
@@alexia3552 echidnas are extremely wild… there’s so many weird facts about them Like they have the lowest body temperature of any mammal They were actually named echidna (a Greek myth snake lady) because they have a few weird similarities to reptiles
I feel like some of the questions warranted more of a "this hormone influences this change in the body" as opposed to "the first trimester is really important because baby growing"... yeah, can you give me more detail plz?
They didn't. I think the reason is because most are on foodstamps, and healthy food is more expensive. It's actually all races of poor people have a higher chance of problems.
that vanishing twin thing is pretty darn comedy goats actually sometimes they'll have 5 to 7 in there and then eventually they reduced it down to about 3
Im sure they cut any pause that's too long or "um" so that people with brain rot don't get bored in the half a second she takes to think about her words
@@bubukechu114 That is definitely not all they do. In multiple other videos its clear that important iinformation has been cut. I'm just saying there is no point bringing in experts when its the editors who choose the final wording. Maybe the experts are better at choosing their words.
I think there is some misunderstandings or misinformation about fetal microchimerism that is floating around in certain sectors of the internet. Glad to see it being explained clearly on a major website that I'm pretty sure is watched by that sector.
I had a vanishing twin with my first pregnancy but ended up miscarrying as the actual fetus in there didn’t have a heartbeat. Got my rainbow baby girl very shortly after that and now she’s almost 7 months old 🤍
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Completely unrelated to the topic of the video, but I'm so worried and anxious about my own grey hair, while immediately upon seeing her I thought "wow, what a lovely hair".
I agree, I love her hair. I also am developing grays, and I would love to have hair like hers.
I took me seeing this comment to even notice- i got about halfway into the video too :,)
aging is beautiful. to me, she is radiating confidence.
embrace the grey - poorly obvious dye looks much worse (for men at least). Like dude your 80 - we know your grey - who are we fooling?
the Drs hair is amazing
Exactly my thought, she has a beautiful natural hombre look i hope they grey hairs i will get will blend just as beautifully as hers with my black hair
Shilpi is such an informative presenter.
She really delivered, baby.
....... nice
You're the king of pregnancy puns! Can't wait to see the crowning!
LOL!
I think so too! So very informative and easy to understand for anyone!
Can men get pregnant? ofc they can!
I feel like there's been a bit of a "theme" in the last few of these vids, and might I say... keep it up. The internet will need this informative, factual videos for the foreseeable future.
Like calling it a fetus and not a clump of cells? I mean we all are clumps of cells
@@PNWRideAlongs It really rubbed me the wrong way when she said "after the mother has the fetus" and "all of her fetuses" when talking about already born babies.
@@PNWRideAlongsit’s both
@@snakebitepellehue it's medical term.
@@snakebitepellehue Really? Time-stamp? I just finished the video and she referred to already born ones as babies.
I like how calm and kind her explanations are, you can really see her take on the bedside manner she is used to using when answering questions with her patients.
I am relieved I don't want to be pregnant. To all the pregnant and future-pregnant ladies, good luck and wish you a healthy path!
I am passed child bearing age and never had them. No regrets, I travelled the world instead!
Me too, i am a late teen scared of pregnacy, dont get me wrong its interesting but i do not want kids and even less having a pregnancy, no thanks, i know ill be disgusted with myself (even tho it is a completly natural thing n all and i know i am not mentally capable of doing it)
@PepperPeaches-n3h good for you. No part of the world is a amazing as my child. Different strokes for different folks.
@NadiaSeesIt You're awfully defensive with people who never attacked you or anyone else. There's nothing wrong with wanting kids (obviously). And there's nothing wrong with not wanting them, either. Us NOT wanting them doesn't mean we're attacking you!
@NadiaSeesIt Being scared of pregnancy itself does not warrant need for therapy. I think the ones who went through it would need it way more! I don't understand why you'd attack someone for this?
Cryptic pregnancies being 1 in 500 is a LOT more common than I thought. 😟
what i dont understand is how you miss the bump like huh what do you mean no one noticed your belly quadrupling in size
@@PennyEvolus I know someone this happened to and she had an anatomical difference in the way her uterus laid in the pelvis, so that there was no significant change in her belly diameter. I used to find it hard to believe too
@@SMJTLWthe human body is crazy hope that shes ok now tho
@@PennyEvolusI thought I was just getting fatter because of the holidays. 😅 but Suprise I was 4 months pregnant lol
It’s because I don’t usually get my period and I assumed every symptom was me getting my period.
@@aye760 ohh that makes sense my family has history of bad reproductive stuff hopefully ur feeling good now tho
I'm pregnant with my third child and I cannot stand the smell of the inside of my refrigerator. No one else can smell it, but it just about makes me sick.
Omg I also hated the fridge! In fact I just avoided the whole kitchen
Same!!! I had to smell cinnamon for some reason to even walk into the kitchen but especially going into the fridge. No amount of cleaning helped. “Food smell” just grossed me out
Ripped out all the carpet in my house 1st trimester. It was brand new carpet too. Worth it lol
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I’m 6 weeks pregnant with my first and I JUST said this to my husband yesterday!!! It’s awful!!!
My late mother smoked heavily during her pregnancies with all 7 of us. We all had low birth sizes, and we all have histories of ear infections and asthma.
Ouch
That's unfortunate. My mother had us in the 70's and 80's. We had the same pregnancy symptoms 25 years apart. She was a smoker but suddenly turned green around cigarette smoke and she found beer tasted moldy, couldn't drink suddenly. I didn't smoke but the smell of cigarettes made me nauseous and suddenly didn't like wine with dinner. Happened before period was even late. 😅
I know a mother who smoked to reduce the birth weight of her children to reduce pain during childbirth!
18:30 A professor I had told me when his little girl was coming closer to her due date, there was concern because she didn't flip head down. His wife noted she would wiggle when a certain Mozart flute concerto played (what a left-brained family). So they played the music very quietly in tiny speakers placed beside the mother's hipbones. As the hours passed, the girl moves around the womb to hear the music better, thus putting her into a safer birthing position.
birth is selfish
@dumhomie8656 those therapy sessions are really paying off
When I was pregnant with my son, he always kicked to "Take It Easy" by The Eagles without fail. Don't know why and it was only to that song!
That's SO interesting!
@@dumhomie8656What do you mean? 😮
Looking forward to learning how babies are made.
Translate, .
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hobane dikagare tša ka di kaone kudu (hlahloba ya ka ka nna) ....//🎉😂😂
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@@OFFICERSQUIDWARDno it ain’t bruh😊
how is babby formed
Can you get “Pregante” 😂
Pregnancy feels like the original body horror. The idea of my actual bones shifting makes me cringe.
It’s definitely gnarly!
Having gone through pregnancy, I agree. It's awesome and terrifying.
yup. it makes me feel horrible for women in the past (and now) who weren’t educated on it before getting pregnant. i can’t imagine not knowing exactly what would happen :(
Can men get pregnant? ofc they can!
Lmao my tailbone broke and even more fun was how the baby’s head crushed my bladder so badly the organ is permanently disfigured even 22 years later
Full respect to the doctor for acknowledging structural racism as a cause of black women's maternal mortality. That's step one, to recognize and name the issue. Gotta keep going on that road...
I had a vanishing twin. My mom thought she was having a miscarriage and the doctor found an empty sack. I was perfectly fine and born a normal, healthy baby
I have scoliosis, a moderate curvature of my spine. A pregnancy changing that even more, no matter in what direction, absolutely terrifies me. So glad we decided at a young age that we'd never have any kids at all. The years after that has only shown me what a good decision that was for me and us. Wishing the best to all current and future mothers.
I know people with scoliosis who have multiple children and have had vaginal deliveries. It can change how birth might look in some ways, but there's still a lot of options for having a baby!
@@laurenrt92 Or you could just let people be happy with the decision they've already made to not get pregnant. It's not as if humanity has a problem with underpopulation.
Currently 26 weeks pregnant. What great timing 😌
Praying for good health for you and your baby
Wishing you a safe delivery
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 That's awesome.
Wishing you good health and a safe delivery!
Hope everything goes well!
Me watching while 8 months pregnant like I didn’t look up all this stuff already 😂
I'm due this friday and still watching this XD
Wishing you two good health and a safe delivery when the time comes.
LOL I’m 69, birthed one child decades ago and still find this fascinating! She is a good presenter
@@Harmonikdiskorde hope it goes great!!
@@Harmonikdiskorde good luck hunnie.
I was so fortunate to have Dr. Mehta-Lee as a part of my MFM team at NYU Langone! 💜 I delivered a healthy baby girl, and continued my career at the organization's Fertility Center for 8 years. What a fascinating video!
My wife, who has had cerebral palsy since birth, still managed to successfully carry all 3 of our kids and yet never actually ever began labor since they never allowed her planned C-sections to be scheduled anywhere near her actual due date -all three were at least a week early (and were still reasonably sized, thankfully…low-7 pounds)…what sucked was that SO MANY of the stupid articles and opinion pieces that came out in the early days of the internet (we had all 3 kids in the late 80’s-mid -90’s) kept Squawkimg about how women like my wife didn’t “really experience the whole experience of pregnancy “! …always made my wife depressed, completely unnecessarily
As someone who didn't have a C-section*, the now increasingly unaccepted 'wisdom' that women who have C-sections have somehow had an easier time is just insulting nonsense to me. Your wife sounds like a complete rock star, who clearly had her kids' best interests at heard and made sensible, tough medical decisions with her doctor for the health and safety of her babies. Wish I'd been around to give her a hug (or cake!) when she was reading that garbage.
*my mum did though, with me. She survived to tell the tale but her birth story is harrowing! The C-section saved both of our lives that day. It's revolting that some would use this "natural birth" idea as a cudgel with which to beat both her and your wife (and other women like them).
My mother had 3 C sections and almost died when I was born, it’s extremely tough
I'm sorry she endured that. Pregnancy has been romanticized in our culture for a long time when it shouldn't be. It's a brutal, life changing event that has many positives, but also many negatives.
We were really into shaming women then, for not breast-feeding, and also body/fat shaming was very popular in those days. And of course I don't need to tell you about ableism. It's a reminder that things are still getting better in a lot of ways.
i was seriously craving poke to the point i wanted to cry so i went to a poke shop and legit asked them "i'm pregnant, what can i eat" lol and the lady was so nice she showed me all the cooked options they had.. and while it was not as good as the regular poke bowls i was used to, it was definitely enough to make me feel satisfied~
How do you know when you're in labor??? I had the same question and boy when it happened, I KNEW
hahaha...I was thinking the same!
and other people don't. Had a friend give birth recently and she basically did it in ten minutes if we only count the time doctors were attending her, because the whole time before that she was going through labor she didn't know. Just felt weird and painful is all.
@@MisterIncog she is really lucky woman :)
I didn't. I was induced with my first at a day shy of 42 weeks. Took 29 hours. With my second I was induced at 36 weeks for obstetric cholestasis. Took 8 hours. Went into labor naturally at 41 weeks and I couldn't tell if it was Braxton Hicks (which I had all the time with my older 2) or labor. It started and stopped for 3 hours before I got checked out and was only 3 cm. I was surprised, it wasn't labor, but Braxton Hicks surprised me before with other pregnancies. I packed up and in the hallway my water broke when I was leaving. And that was it, he was crowning. 7 cm in under 10 minutes after 3 hours of "Braxton Hicks".
The line between false labor and labor isn't nearly as cut and dry as people make it out to be.
Yes! I just had my baby a few weeks ago and I kept hearing that early labor feels like period cramps and aren’t that bad but as soon as it started it was so painful, I had terrible back labor so I couldn’t mistake it for anything else!
Gotta say this lady did her job and 100% more. Not only did she awnser all the questions profissionaly, she expanded on the biological reasoning and provided a solution for questions that involve a problem
I would think that exercising to some degree during pregnancy is not only OK but recommended to ensure a healthy and safe birthing process
I always wondered what happens if a toned woman with abs becomes pregnant. Do the abs go over the baby bump lol
Yeah, most standard advice regarding exercise is if you were doing it before you can probably do it during as long as you're careful and listen to your body if it tells you to stop or if you have higher risk factors.
Most definitely. You use a LOT of muscles when giving birth, it makes it way easier to pass the baby if everything is healthy and strong. My first baby came out no problem, and I’m convinced I used to lift weights quite regularly (on restrictions currently with my second pregnancy, so I can’t lift right now 😅)
@@ryboi1337they just move to the side and after baby comes they will most likely be separated.
@@ryboi1337they do, and they also split apart a bit too, which is why afterwards a band is often worn to help the muscles come back together properly. Look up images of torso muscles while pregnant.
i’m a woman and i respect any woman that have ever been pregnant or had a baby. it does NOT sound interesting at all for me.
Smells of perfumes can cause endocrine unbalance.
I'm a man, and I also have unending respect for all the moms, but the thought of going through pregnancy and delivery horrifies me!
In Brazil there's an interesting policy on the 19:27 topic. All purpose wheat flour and corn flour has folic acid and iron added to it, so our every day food has higher content of those important nutrients. Most pregnancies in Brazil are not planned, this federal policy help keep babies safe until their mothers find out about the pregnancy. No, it's not perfect, but it's a good policy.
After that, by starting pre natal care, public health services will provide folic acid and iron pills for free. Also calcium, if needed.
@@gBaldaconi isn't all purpose unhealthy? it's literally just processed wheat flour which lacks nutrients.
@@nithyaanumolu9506 Yes. And that makes sense, it's the product that reach the ones who will need these supplements most.
@@nithyaanumolu9506but everyone uses it therefore it's a good place to add it to. :)
3:00 - Just be careful what kind of exercise. When my mom was pregnant with me (first kid) she was told "normal excercise." The doctor didn't know she was doing aerobics several times a week and Mom ended up with an abdominal wall separation
Fun fact - we *all* get abdominal separations when we carry a pregnancy to term.
I wish more people asked what happens after birth. Like, I saw online a woman was wearing a diaper along with her baby because she had to because she was leaking fluid?? Like, what about how do mothers have to do to take care of themselves and their new baby? Especially when they’re single!
you're proving a lot of our points. people seem to focus exclusively on the pregnancy, and not what happens after pregnancy. i'm agreeing with you, btw. after birth conversations should be discussed just as much as we discuss pregnancy and delivery.
Fascinating. Much gratitude to this engaging physician for choosing the challenging specialty of treating high-risk pregnancies.
A cousin of mine had TWO cryptic pregnancies. Her menstrual cycle continued as normal, she didn't gain enough weight for it to be noticable (she isn't even remotely overweight either that's the scary part), and both times she had no idea she even was pregnant until she was in active labour.
that's actually terrifying
I have heard SO many times people say in a cryptic pregnancy that the cycle continued as normal. It's just not even slightly medically possible though. But I don't think all these people are lying. There's got to be an explanation. There must be some phenomenon that could cause a regular bleed, that seems similar to a period, during a pregnancy. I really wish someone would study this, but it would be so hard to. You can't recruit study participants if they don't know they're pregnant!
This makes me glad to be celibate.
19:27 It's also recommended to continue to take prenatal vitamins after pregnancy while nursing.👍👍
12:30, to add to this. in 2024, a small black lady went to the hospital to delivery, but the baby did not make it. The hospital dropped off the baby to the funeral director which was wrapped up tightly. the director unwrapped and found the baby's head detached. called the med examiner who found that the delivery MD had issues delivering the baby and pulled too hard and popped his head. Best part, parents had no idea until the police contacted them to get information.
This is the most afwul thing i think i have ever read.
I replied, looked up this case, found one in South Georgia which could be this one. Can't find the result so deleted my post. Was it in Georgia?
@@pynn1000 yes. I found multiple articles about it. The doctor pretended nothing happened. Gruesome
@@kayday1996 Thanks. Found several articles. Yes, gruesome, horrifying. BBC article was best short summary. The hospital (which didn't employ the doctor) refused the mum's request for a caesarean, and covered up what happened. The doctor is still practising. Business, profits before lives.
@@pynn1000HE SHOULD BE IN JAIL FOR MURDER
That's so true about feeling illiterate. I could hardly form a sentence towards the end. I would start to speak and completely lose the ability to make any sense or hold the thought in my head. It was pretty scary actually. I also had just gotten sober a month or two before pregnancy so double whammy on these memory loss and other symptoms as your brain heals.
My sister in law is currently pregnant with her first, sending this to her right away. Very informative
May she have a smooth and healthy delivery ❤
Yeah, I showed a lot earlier seconds time around. My body said “oh yeah, I recognize these hormones” and let everything go
Yup. Particularly after a meal, I could look 6 months pregnant already at only 10-12 weeks along
I know someone who had a cryptic pregnancy. I had no idea it was so common. No missed periods, no noticeable weight gain, no positive pregnancy tests. Absolutely insane.
Hunh, that’s really interesting! That explains why when I was pregnant with my daughter they had me drink a lot of water before I went to my ultrasound
They do this with other kinds of ultrasounds too. I've had a couple for other uterine/ovarian things where I had to down a liter of water 30 minutes before and then couldn't pee until after the scan was done and yeah it's mild torture but it helps them get a better view of everything by the bladder 😵💫
@ ugh yeah it was absolute torture, but yes I had to do another ultrasound for some uterine issues I had
That's actually so the bladder pushes the intestines out of the way so they can see the uterus (I asked my tech one time - I have endometriosis)
Currently 12 weeks pregnant and God I can smell everything and hate it. I can’t keep my food down, I quit the gym because my body can’t handle it anymore, headaches everyday, nausea, insomnia. I just want my baby 😂😭😭. I’m pretty sure this will be my last pregnancy. This is also my first time being pregnant
@shaniaT10 hi there. The more sick you feel during the first trimester the healthier your pregnancy is.
It means the hormone levels are rising as they should. It will even out in the second trimester.
Fetus
I’m 12 weeks too! Except I haven’t had the smelling thing!
@Vallecaucanisimo Actually thats a myth. Some people genetically are able to withstand rising in HCG and not vomit and feel sick etc. So basically if your mom didn’t have morning sickness chances are you won’t. It’s genetic.
I had this, it started to get better after 20 weeks for me, both times.
I was born at 28 weeks 40+ years ago. Wild that 24 is viable now!
Even 22 weeks is viable. I know twins who survived at 22 weeks and 3 days. One twin has mild cerebral palsy. Some babies have survived at 21 weeks, but it’s pretty rare. By 24 weeks, the survival rate is 50 percent!!!
It’s pretty incredible. I hope that in the future, scientists can create an artificial womb for little tiny preemies. I know that they’re experimenting with animals, and it looks promising, but these kind of developments can take a very long time.
Yup! Viability is almost purely a function of medical technology. Babies born today that would have had a 100% mortality rate 50 years ago can have a good or even excellent chance of survival. I personally know a girl who was born at 21 weeks. Her father’s wedding ring could fit around her body when she was born. She’ll be entering college soon.
@@AnaLucia-wy2ii dang. That’s wild! I’m a quintuplet and we all had health issues. My brother had some mild cerebral palsy. Lots of lung scarring too. In fact one of my sisters is dealing with those effects now that we’re middle aged.
@ Quintiplets! That’s incredible!
7:24 the parasite is called Toxoplasma (Gondii). The condition of being infected with the parasite is called Toxoplasmosis.
😂 4:54 when my sister was pregnant with my niece all she wanted was spaghetti everyday.
My nephew swallowed poo before birth. He nearly died and he lost a kidney. He is fine now, but he was in the hospital for over a month.
My favorite character on Downton Abbey died of preeclampsia.
Our 5th pregnancy was twins. I'm only 5'0 tall and small, and I started showing very early. We conceived the twins when our older son was only 2-1/2 months old so my uterus had barely gone back down at that point.
My little sister did something like that. She was a week past her due date when she miscarried her first pregnancy in mid February, then she was pregnant already in late March. She's type 1 diabetic, so always a risky pregnancy. My nephew was born healthy at 10 PM the next Christmas Eve! 🙂
this video is another form of birth control for me oh my
Same.
same
Unironically a good thing though, it’s better that we are informed before we get pregnant rather than find out during pregnancy
Toddler Support when?!
That's what I REALLY need now lol
Let’s make this happen!
In about 9 months 😂
I agree
I find pregnancy so fascinating! She needs to come back!
No. No. No. We NEED to talk about how horrible the first trimester is for a lot of women. You can give me a pill for nausea... I can take a pill for headaches... but you can't take away multiple food adversions or the demoralizing feeling of eating what you want but it isnt made right. And you no amount of caffeine can keep that pregnancy sleepiness away. Lol what about the excessive saliva and all those smells!? I have 4 kids but the first trimester have me rethinking my life choices!
11th week now and this comment made me feel seen lol
i can never imagine how people can suffer 10 months for this, thanks mom
I like how she speaks. Very informative, bravo!
I'm so glad I'm a male. I couldn't even handle the cramps during the menstrual cycle, let alone the "side effects" of pregnancy.
You're so lucky 💀
There are certainly a lot of upsides to not having a uterus and estrogen/progesterone-dependent body
@ A girl who was practicing karate had, I believe, her first period. Her pants were stained with blood so I just reacted to cover her and assured her that it's completely normal. I asked her which backpack was hers, told her to go to the bathroom and sit in the toilet while I went to grab her backpack so she could call her mom.
I felt so useless, I could hear her sobbing and all I recall is telling her "Don't worry, it's completely normal, nobody will make fun of you", just reassuring her. Luckily her mom arrived in like 5 minutes and took over the situation.
Like I said, I'm glad I'm a male. The most I have to worry about is getting a knee to my nuts, but that's an entirely different story.
Some people who had gone through both a pregnancy and had a kidney stone, thinks that the kidney stone hurts more. Not to say that pregnancy doesn't hurt though. I suppose because during the pregnancy, some things makes it a bit easier - while during a kidney stone, nothing in your body helps you then.
Well cramps aren't bad for everyone and some of us can avoid certain foods that trigger cramps, or use a heating pad which gets rid of cramps. Pregnancy sounds terrifying though.
As a guy, I couldn’t even fathom going through something like pregnancy. It’s awesome (magical even) how women can do that…
I wish males were more understanding and appreciative.
We need more like you 😢
As a woman, I can't fathom it either so I choose not to do it. No thank you 😂
@@MakeSureYouCleanUpthis is actually so real (I'm a female too)
@@MakeSureYouCleanUp why are you at this video...
Sorry to bring politics into this, but imagine forcing a woman to be pregnant when she doesn't want to be? All those changes in her body, plus more not even talked about in this video. Even your teeth can shift! It's not ethical to put a human being through this against her will.
Exactly. Inb4 a certain commenter comes in with "bUt As A wOmAn ItS yOuR dUtY"
Imagine, at the same time, calling babies in the womb "not human" or "just a clump of cells."
Decide not to be pregnant before not during. During ends life of your unborn child.
Literal torture
@@hinney827because they are clumps of cells until a certain point. the vast majority of women aren't advocating or suggesting going through that procedure late pregnancy. it's the early stages women mostly refer to.
38 week pregnant 🤰 loved this video
Thank you for bringing attention to the issue on black women and mortality rate. I never knew about this until recently and the GP should definitely be more aware of this
The labor question I relate to! I thought just my mucus plug came out the night before a scheduled c section. Alas, my water actually broke. And I had some "cramping" which were actually contractions 🫠I didn't know what I didn't know! Thankfully we were in the hospital early morning.
Had iugr during my pregnancy And had to go a high risk doctor. And give birth early due to poor blood flow. Had my baby 2 months ago, and she’s happy and heathy, thanks to high risk doctors like her :)
I gave birth to my twins at 21 weeks 💔 I wish it waited until the 24th weeks😢
I’m sorry for your losses ♥️♥️
@@AyaMazloum-hg6vj I'm so sorry 💔
Pregnancy is literally a miracle in any living being
It's not
@ i know what political ideology you belong to
@@soldierboy2352 why bring politics into everything?
What a cool video and an amazing presenter! Dr. Shilpi Mehta-Lee is fun to listen to, and she explains everything so clearly.
Love this. Please do a similar video for breastfeeding!
Breast-feeding is a primal thing of the past that is becoming obsolete. Baby formula will keep them fuller for hours longer and just as healthy.
I want to watch you do a deep dive on the microbiome and baby’s brain 🧠 so fascinating!
This was such an interesting video. I would love to hear this doctor answer questions on middle-aged women getting pregnant/giving birth. Like on the topic of getting pregnant without I.V.F. over 45.
And see how much we go through to bring life into the world? Make sure it is for someone who is worth it
never have babies FOR someone else, it's not a refundable gift
@sevi9 That's a big thing in a lot of the Caribbean. Women have babies "for" men, not with them.
... by parenting them well you mean? So they grow up into worthy people. Like, we have the babies ... for the babies themselves.
Ain't no way I have that much trust in any male or would even want to trust them that much
@@spring7643...that sounds like a very troubling issue. Imagine a man said what you just said but for women.
I've given birth 1 TIME, I'm definitely 1 and done 😂.
Big yes to this flawless women's health education!!
So helpful! Currently early in my first trimester and the dry/stuffy nose (along with everything else!) has been doing my head in!
I wish she answered the junk food question not just explain what should be eaten cause the cravings are insane.
Me a childfree woman with no plans of having children: This is interesting and good to know.
Why do people like you always have to announce themselves?
So interesting right?! God forbid we want to be informed to help others. Also, I’m also childfree and I’m announcing it :)
@NadiaSeesIt Dear Nadia, Lucy just explained to learn. Why are you targeting women who’s commenting they don’t want kids?
@NadiaSeesItwhat is your problem. If you think the only purpose of women is to birth kids, go on and have them yourself and stop wasting your time and everyone else's on the comments section of RUclips videos.
Here to announce my child-free status!
The thing about pregnancy that no one talks about is how psychotic it feels to squeeze through a narrow gap, not by turning side on, but by going through face on and just trying to squash your shoulders in tight.
The pregnancy test thing shocked me. I was always told you can’t tell until about 6 weeks?
I love wired support videos so much
I am just loving this format... 🎉🎉🎉 Superb team wierd, keep posting more
Dr. Shilpi has such a beautiful way of speaking. Loved this video. Would like to see more of her again soon!
i love these series
so informative.....
My wife suffered an ectopic pregnancy on Christmas Eve and we lost our first pregnancy. Absolutely devastating still to this day. I thought she would touch on that in this video. Would love to know more about what potentially causes that. Never see. My wife in so much pain.
This happened to me and my husband close to Christmas on 2023 so we can relate, we were devastated... the possible causes are several and they may change depending on where the embyro was implanted. I had a fallopian tube removed by emergency that day because that was where my baby had stopped instead of going inside the uterus. Thanking God my ob-gyn helped us a lot and had me made several treatment afterwards to reduce the possibility for it to happen again (once you had one ectopic pregnancy, you have a 50% chance to have it again each time, so you have to be very careful at the beginning) and now I am 34 weeks pregnant... You can do it, be strong! Sending you and your wife a big hug 😊
@ My wife had her fallopian tube removed as well. Sending prayers to you guys for a safe pregnancy. Definitely have been in touch with the OB-GYN. Healthy pregnancy!
I’m so sorry for your loss
@@augustsettecase Thank you so much God bless you. We mean that.
@@TT337___ Thank you so much! I've been thinking a lot about you and am sending prayers for full recovery ❤️ Don't know of my humble experience can help you, but I was in a really dark place afterwards both physically and mentally and my OB-GYN suggested starting sports (I was not really sporty before): I started weight-lifting and it truly did wonders both for my physical and mental health, since it helped a lot in gaining again faith and confidence in my body, in which I was putting a lot of blame on before. Hoping the best for you and sending lots of love 💗
How have I never seen a model of a baby in the womb before
Also that seems like a HIGHLY inadvisable design, god I wish we laid eggs
There are only two egg laying mammals (platypus and echidna) so maybe there’s a reason more mammals aren’t egg laying… probably because we only have one baby at a time usually?
@@EliasPluto hmm, an interesting point of inquiry. Now I'm picturing what life would be like if humans were more echidna-ish. I wonder what life is like as an echidna species 🤔
@@alexia3552 echidnas are extremely wild… there’s so many weird facts about them
Like they have the lowest body temperature of any mammal
They were actually named echidna (a Greek myth snake lady) because they have a few weird similarities to reptiles
Another reason to keep cats indoors. It will reduce their exposure to toxoplasmosis significantly.
Just signed on as a new NICU nurse. I clicked so fast
I am already childfree but this completed cemented it.
my daughter turned and studied the tv when I turned on Golden Girls and I knew that she heard it as I binge watched during pregnancy 😂
I feel like some of the questions warranted more of a "this hormone influences this change in the body" as opposed to "the first trimester is really important because baby growing"... yeah, can you give me more detail plz?
Right. It felt way too dumbed down.
me, a dude, watching this at 3 am
Why did you guys cut her off when she was talking about racism …
They didn't. I think the reason is because most are on foodstamps, and healthy food is more expensive. It's actually all races of poor people have a higher chance of problems.
Black women are more obese. And it is not because of food deserts, okay? That’s just people scapegoating whites.
@@millennialmadness5138 food deserts did contribute to obesity actually
that vanishing twin thing is pretty darn comedy goats actually sometimes they'll have 5 to 7 in there and then eventually they reduced it down to about 3
Humans 3d-printing Humans
I’d like to know more about false pregnancy. Psychosomatic disorders fascinate me
i cannot fathom how i’m built for this
0:55 'Congrats mom! It's a mannequin.'
The editors of these are allergic to sentences without cuts in them
Im sure they cut any pause that's too long or "um" so that people with brain rot don't get bored in the half a second she takes to think about her words
@@bubukechu114 That is definitely not all they do. In multiple other videos its clear that important iinformation has been cut. I'm just saying there is no point bringing in experts when its the editors who choose the final wording. Maybe the experts are better at choosing their words.
Sound wave? Does the baby hear or feel the machine? I’m slow
Very informative would love a video on vaccination at birth like the ones that ade mandatory vs optional
I think there is some misunderstandings or misinformation about fetal microchimerism that is floating around in certain sectors of the internet. Glad to see it being explained clearly on a major website that I'm pretty sure is watched by that sector.
please do one with a Radiologist
I still can smell more than I ever have after my pregnancy, like literally EVERYTHING.
Another winner. Thanks Dr Mehta-Lee.
is it true that 8-month-old born babies have higher tendency of mortality than 7-month-old?
Thank you for covering women's health! I hope this topic gets a part 2.
this was so interesting!
I had a vanishing twin with my first pregnancy but ended up miscarrying as the actual fetus in there didn’t have a heartbeat. Got my rainbow baby girl very shortly after that and now she’s almost 7 months old 🤍
36 weeks pregnant and so so ready to meet my baby boy
I was hoping you would explain premature births and what causes them.