GynaeCARE Blogs

  The journey towards becoming a proud mother was, on the whole, rather enjoyable for me. The third trimester was not all that comfortable though, and I have here written about some of the problems I faced during this period.   On the 18 th of June this year, I was blessed with a baby boy. The first feeling that I experienced on laying my eyes on him was not of joy though – it was a feeling of relief. During the third trimester of pregnancy (i.e., from around the 28 th week), I had started feeling several types of physical discomforts – and used to stay constantly worried about the well-being of the little one inside me. Thank goodness the delivery happened without a hitch, and I managed to rejoin office from October. I have here jotted down some of the principal physical problems that I faced during the last lap of pregnancy: Considerable increase in body weight – My gynecologist in Kolkata had said that my otherwise svelte figure would get somewhat botch...

  If you are not careful enough while having an intercourse, you might suffer many types of potentially problematic injuries. Over here, I have written about some sex-related injuries that I have seen in some of my patients.   If you thought that sexual intercourses can hardly ever lead to physical injuries, you would be in error. Till date, I have seen ladies with a wide range of mild to serious vulvar injuries at my clinic. Most of these problems occur due to an overflow of passion during the physical unions – and they can pose problems for pregnancy and regular ovulation cycles in the long-run. Some of the cases of straddle injuries that I have treated are: Sudden dip in blood pressure levels – These mostly occur due to the usage of lubricants that contain high levels of nitroglycerin and such other harmful chemicals. During the monthly sexology sessions I conduct, I advise women to use only such lubricants that have been medically tested to...