Facts About Being An Ob Gyn

By Anita Ortega


Women are more sensitive and conscious about their health than men. They sometimes over react on things that can somehow be handled. From monthly period to pregnancy, they tend to have mood swings over and over. Most of the time, they have special tests that are exclusively done to women to check the state of their organs and other matters that they worry about.

They are the ones who can do the necessary tests to confirm your pregnancy. Waco Ob Gyn assists pregnant women and some other concerns that are in lined with their expertise. They are also the ones who does pap test screening, they can detect if you have sexually transmitted disease, prenatal care and family planning.

They are called Obstetrical gynecologists. Two words, one title but has two meanings. Gynecologist is someone who has finished both training and education for female reproductive system. They take a close study on the diagnosis and the cure for diseases and disorders concerning the reproductive health of the females.

Obstetrics in the other hand is the study about the pregnancy of women, labor and the time period of childbirth. The two words has different meanings but most of the time, an expert dealing with females is usually a gynecologist and an obstetrician all at the same time. You can rarely see someone who is a gynecologist alone or someone who functions just as a obstetrician.

They also become someone who other doctors can refer to in cases where they need someone in a certain field of expertise like the ob gynecologists. They are most needed by other physicians especially in properly diagnosing someone with AIDS or STD. They can brain storm with each other so they can come up with an accurate diagnosis and perfect prescription. Some of them choose to work privately by getting clients who will only be under their care exclusively.

Just like other professions, doctors in this field and in any other field needs license and certification to be able to do their actual job. They take several series of tests to check if they are ready to face the reality of what they chose. Those who had their certification from 1986 to present has to renew and retake all exams done every 10 years.

One of their main responsibility and on of the most in demand service they have is the prenatal care. They assist and advice pregnant women. They are the ones who check on the current state of both the mother and the baby.

From 7 months to 9 months, they make a closer look to the health of the mom and child. They become more strict and gives more supplements for different purposes. Also, during the 6th month, they advice the parents to do an ultrasound to know the gender of the baby and to check if there are complications.

You do not have to be a female if you are planning to take this profession. All it takes is your passion. There are a lot of male gynecologists who has done their job as good and sometimes even better than a female ob gyn.




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