Speaker 1: Who baby a baby. I need you, Oh, hell, I
Speaker 1: need you What to Expect as a production of I
Speaker 1: Heart Radio. I'm your host Heidi Mrko, and I'm a
Speaker 1: mom on a mission, a mission to help you know
Speaker 1: what to expect every step of the way. So if
Speaker 1: you know me, you know there's nothing that is tm
Speaker 1: I in my book, at least when it comes to
Speaker 1: mom's sharing their symptoms or concerns. Today we are devoting
Speaker 1: the entire episode of What to Expect podcast on t
Speaker 1: m I symptoms that you have shared and here to
Speaker 1: help me do that is Emma informally known as the
Speaker 1: Queen of t m I across all social media because
Speaker 1: there is nothing she hasn't shared or wouldn't share. And Sarah,
Speaker 1: who is our fearless What to Expect community leader. Hey Emma,
Speaker 1: Hey Sarah. Hi, I feel like I would like totally
Speaker 1: post a picture of like my nipple when it was
Speaker 1: falling off when I was pumping. I'm like that intense
Speaker 1: with t m I. Well, I think moms do often
Speaker 1: send in a lot of pictures or share pictures to
Speaker 1: say like, Hey, is this normal? Is this weird? And
Speaker 1: you know, sometimes you just got to do that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: when when someone else is experiencing the same thing. But
Speaker 1: t m I, it makes you feel a little better,
Speaker 1: a little solidarity, little kumbay ya t m I sharing.
Speaker 1: I love it. It's getting around the campfire. Yes. So,
Speaker 1: speaking of sharing, when we had our pregnancy Q and
Speaker 1: A episode, Heidi, we had a ton of questions and
Speaker 1: we didn't have enough for one episode, so we needed
Speaker 1: a follow up, and specifically with questions that you know,
Speaker 1: maybe don't seem like people want to share with everyone,
Speaker 1: or they might think or t m I and your
Speaker 1: mission for what to expect has always been to have
Speaker 1: a supportive and safe environment, and I think because of that,
Speaker 1: our moms in our community have this high level of
Speaker 1: support and they are comfortable with sharing. There are questions
Speaker 1: that they might not want to talk to their doctor
Speaker 1: about or their friends. And I think Heidi and Emma,
Speaker 1: you both see this a lot across your social pages
Speaker 1: as well. I've gotten a whole lot. Mine's more sex
Speaker 1: oriented t m I. On my page, Sharing is caring.
Speaker 1: So we asked our community what their most t m
Speaker 1: I questions and concerns are, and man, they really came
Speaker 1: through for us. So, just like in the Q and
Speaker 1: A episode, where you answered some help me, Heidi in
Speaker 1: a hurry questions. I'm going to go through the list, Heidi,
Speaker 1: Emma jump in. We're asking is this normal? Kind of
Speaker 1: like a true or false thing. So the first one
Speaker 1: was leaky boobs at week one, So not everyone starts
Speaker 1: leaking coloss room, but some women do and can start
Speaker 1: it leaking at about twenty weeks or so, and some
Speaker 1: women never do the thing. Remember, though, it has nothing
Speaker 1: to do with how much milk you're ultimately going to produce,
Speaker 1: so keep that in mind. Oh that's good to know.
Speaker 1: I think it was just one of those weird things
Speaker 1: where I was like, this is interesting. Let's start using
Speaker 1: breast pads in advance and see how that cos. So
Speaker 1: you did have that, Sarah? I did. Yeah. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean it wasn't anything crazy. It was just a little bit,
Speaker 1: but it was just kind of like this, all right, Well,
Speaker 1: you know, things are working, things are moving along, roll
Speaker 1: with it. Yeah, but the good news is it's working anyway,
Speaker 1: even if you don't notice any leaking. And in fact,
Speaker 1: when I gave birth, I couldn't even squeeze any of
Speaker 1: it out, but Emma managed to. Yet, Oh I have
Speaker 1: so many things I could say, I don't know, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna stop though. We'll get to that later. We'll get
Speaker 1: done later, right, Okay. So another question was skin tags
Speaker 1: in the Perry area. Okay, so let's back up. You
Speaker 1: can get skin tags anywhere when you're pregnant. It's all
Speaker 1: those extra hormones, thank you hormone owns um. But you're
Speaker 1: especially likely to be blessed with them in areas that
Speaker 1: are high friction, so under your arms, under your breast,
Speaker 1: and also in your vaginal area. They're definitely harmless. They
Speaker 1: can be removed, so yeah, run them by your doctor,
Speaker 1: your midwife if you're concerned about them, and if they're uncomfortable,
Speaker 1: they can always be removed. Another question was hair growth
Speaker 1: on your belly. Is that normal? So pregnant bellies are
Speaker 1: fuzzy bellies. You can also find hair sprouting in other
Speaker 1: places you would not expect it, like your lips, your breasts,
Speaker 1: your timmy tin tin. You know what's interesting is that
Speaker 1: like the only place I had hair on my body
Speaker 1: when I was pregnant, I had like fuzz on my belly,
Speaker 1: but everywhere else it was so spares, like normally, like
Speaker 1: I shaved my legs, but when I was pregnant, I
Speaker 1: barely got hair into my arms. I barely got hair
Speaker 1: on my legs. Yeah that's actually pretty common. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: feel like hair wasn't really a thing for me, but
Speaker 1: just you know, like other things that you have on
Speaker 1: your stomach, like the line and all that other stuff
Speaker 1: that kind of I love the line mine still there.
Speaker 1: I was pretty darned fuzzy, I have to say. But
Speaker 1: it is hair. Hair today, gone to mark because you'll
Speaker 1: you'll shed it after your pregnancy. I feel like that's comforting.
Speaker 1: A lot of the stuff that happens during pregnancy, it
Speaker 1: just goes away over time, like either right away or
Speaker 1: a little bit over time. It's not always permanent. Oh, Heidi,
Speaker 1: this one came from your Facebook page. She said, sharp
Speaker 1: nipple pain. She has it so bad that it stings
Speaker 1: in the shower and even a little breeze is unbearable.
Speaker 1: So yeah, first time mester nipple pain is real. It
Speaker 1: can be excruciating. In fact, I remember like it was
Speaker 1: just yesterday. I mean I couldn't put on a bra
Speaker 1: without it being agonizing. And it should taper off by
Speaker 1: the second trimester. Of course. If you have any concerns,
Speaker 1: check with your doctor, but yeah, be gentle. Yes, okay.
Speaker 1: Another question was and it she anus and I think
Speaker 1: we're talking about hemorrhoids here, babe, Oh my gosh, hemorrhoids
Speaker 1: ahoy for me on both times. Yeah, the worst. That's
Speaker 1: definitely the hemorrhoids. You can try ice packs and which
Speaker 1: hazel pads? Check with your doctor about other options, Gentle?
Speaker 1: Does it when wiping? Pat? Pat? Pat? Yeah? But those
Speaker 1: witch hazel pads? Mom, I think you recommend them to me.
Speaker 1: They were really great. Who makes them? Talks talks? Thank you? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I always keep them at my house because those hemorrhoids
Speaker 1: are forever. I always associate that smell with just becoming
Speaker 1: a new mom, like well forever because that was my
Speaker 1: first introduction to Okay, so another good question. Can you
Speaker 1: use a vibrator while you're pregnant? Um? Yes, please just
Speaker 1: keep it clean. Yes. I never used a vibrator when
Speaker 1: I was pregnant. I like the real thing for pregnancy
Speaker 1: for me personally, but you know, you go girl. Okay.
Speaker 1: Another question we had was lactating during sex normal? Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: so breasts can definitely leak during sex um, both during
Speaker 1: pregnancy and postpartum. Okay, so we can't get personal without
Speaker 1: talking about vaginas. And we had a lot of questions.
Speaker 1: So I'm going to read what our moms sent in,
Speaker 1: and the first one, I think a lot of moms.
Speaker 1: You know you you want things to be looking nice.
Speaker 1: So she said, I want to wax my badge. Can
Speaker 1: I do that or at least make her nice? Is
Speaker 1: that good or bad? Mom? You take this and then
Speaker 1: I have a comment. Okay, I say, your age, your business,
Speaker 1: whatever makes you happy. I mean, of course, ironically you
Speaker 1: can't see down there, but if you are going to
Speaker 1: go get wax, just make sure you choose an esthetician
Speaker 1: who has experienced with pregnancy. Sensitive skin is going to
Speaker 1: be extra extra gentle because you can get far more
Speaker 1: irritated your Your skin is is super super sensitive in
Speaker 1: all areas, but especially that area when you're pregnant. And
Speaker 1: I would not try waxing at home simply because you're
Speaker 1: not gonna be able to see what you're doing and
Speaker 1: you could hurt yourself. I remember when I was pregnant
Speaker 1: with Lennox. You got me a special day to get
Speaker 1: waxed um in my business, and I have never felt
Speaker 1: pain like that in my life because I was pregnant.
Speaker 1: So that was the first and only time I got
Speaker 1: waxed during pregnancy. But a lot of people do it
Speaker 1: and they love it, but for me, I was like no.
Speaker 1: I somehow managed to shave, but I mainly was just
Speaker 1: worried about the delivery and like a bunch of people
Speaker 1: seeing what was going on there. I shaved like the
Speaker 1: night before, which was before when to labor. I had
Speaker 1: no idea I was going to go into labor. But
Speaker 1: I shaved. And then my mom I think she filmed
Speaker 1: my birth and I saw my vagina. I was like,
Speaker 1: oh wow, I really missed a few spots, Like my
Speaker 1: mom filmed my verse two and I can't look at it.
Speaker 1: I love that video. I can't do it. Okay. Another
Speaker 1: question we had, and I think this came in a
Speaker 1: lot moms wanted to know if their vagina is supposed
Speaker 1: to be changing color? Is that normal? All your genitals
Speaker 1: do get darker, They're deeper shade of the color they
Speaker 1: usually are, So they don't exactly change color. They just
Speaker 1: become deeper in their hue, including around the labia and aerials,
Speaker 1: of course, and those are those are keepers. Those are
Speaker 1: keeper colors. I mean, you may fade somewhat, but you're
Speaker 1: always going to be a little darker than you were. Yeah,
Speaker 1: my vagina is a lot darker than it was. I
Speaker 1: don't know about my nipples. My nipples are massive now.
Speaker 1: I think both got darker for me. Maybe it's all good. Okay,
Speaker 1: So we had some kind of a little more on
Speaker 1: the personal side of t M I. You know, a
Speaker 1: lot of moms asked this, why does my vagina smell
Speaker 1: different while pregnant? And not a good different? And actually
Speaker 1: this was up there with the most asked question. You
Speaker 1: definitely have more discharge, and as your pregnancy progresses, you
Speaker 1: have more and more and more of it, and it's
Speaker 1: actually a nature's way of preventing infection and of keeping
Speaker 1: your pH nicely balance. It will, however, make a mess
Speaker 1: out of your underwear, and it's it's milky like. It
Speaker 1: will smell differently, but it shouldn't smell offensive. Um, And
Speaker 1: if it does smell offensive, then you should always check
Speaker 1: with a doctor or midwife about possibility of infection. And
Speaker 1: the the other thing to keep in mind is that
Speaker 1: when you're pregnant, your sniffer is far more sensitive, so
Speaker 1: you might be smelling it more than anybody else. The
Speaker 1: most important thing to remember is nature has your back
Speaker 1: and has your business down there nicely taking care of
Speaker 1: and so you don't want to introduce anything artificial, no doucing,
Speaker 1: no sprays, no wipes, because then you will be interfering
Speaker 1: with your natural pH and and that could make you
Speaker 1: more vulnerable to infection. But that's pregnancy or not. I've
Speaker 1: always been told like not to douche even when you're
Speaker 1: not pregnant, just because let your badge be your badge. No,
Speaker 1: no douching is never a good idea, but especially especially
Speaker 1: especially when you're pregnant. So a related question, um, we
Speaker 1: had a few of these about yeast infection and if
Speaker 1: they're frequent, how do you prevent them? They are way, way,
Speaker 1: way more common during pregnancy, and some women are more
Speaker 1: prone to them than others. Always get a diagnosis, don't
Speaker 1: self treat. Even if you know the symptoms backwards and forwards,
Speaker 1: you've had tons of them in your lifetime. You should
Speaker 1: always get that diagnosis and that treatment plan from your
Speaker 1: provider when you're pregnant. Now, one of the things that
Speaker 1: sometimes helps is avoiding sugar, like excessive amounts of sugar
Speaker 1: refined grains because yeast loves to feast on those kinds
Speaker 1: of foods. Right. Also, taking probiotics, they're good for all
Speaker 1: your tummy troubles, but they also can build up your
Speaker 1: troops of good bacteria and that keeps a bad bacteria
Speaker 1: away the ones that are infection causing. Also make sure
Speaker 1: you keep your underwear cotton. Yeah, another question that came
Speaker 1: up with a lot of moms was being frustrated with
Speaker 1: bacterial vaginosis and wondering what's your advice on treating that.
Speaker 1: So to be clear, um, this is different from a
Speaker 1: yeast infection, and that's one of the reasons you should
Speaker 1: always have that diagnosis. When you think you have an infection.
Speaker 1: There are telltale signs. They are similar to a yeast infection,
Speaker 1: but there's a often a distinctly fishy smell, so you
Speaker 1: want to look out for that. Now, that's that not
Speaker 1: every woman has symptoms with b V. Sometimes there are
Speaker 1: no symptoms at all. And something also I want to
Speaker 1: make sure everybody understands is it's not an STD. A
Speaker 1: lot of people think that it is, but it isn't.
Speaker 1: If you're a symptomatic they probably won't treat, but if
Speaker 1: you are symptomatic, you will need treatment with antibiotics, and
Speaker 1: so that why you need to go see your provider. Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm definitely going to mispronounce this. What are over very
Speaker 1: very consitist. I don't know, yes, vericasitys. So we're talking
Speaker 1: about very coast veins down there. The thing to remember
Speaker 1: is that you can get very coast veins anywhere when
Speaker 1: you're pregnant, especially in your lower body, because the blood
Speaker 1: is having a hard time circulating back up so attempts
Speaker 1: to pull in your extremities. So that's why you get
Speaker 1: very clost vans in your legs. In fact, did you
Speaker 1: know that hemorrhoids are actually very coast vans of the rectum.
Speaker 1: I didn't know that. I didn't even know you could
Speaker 1: get veracospins in your vagina. This is all new to me.
Speaker 1: I actually hear this a lot. And one of the
Speaker 1: things that you might feel is like a swelling, throbbing feeling,
Speaker 1: not in a good way. Throbbing, I was going to say,
Speaker 1: because there is a lot of blood flows, so you
Speaker 1: might think, oh, I'm throbbing there all the time. And
Speaker 1: some women just are like highly sexually charged during especially
Speaker 1: during early pregnancy. From all that blood flow. But this
Speaker 1: is not in a good way. It might look a
Speaker 1: little lumpy, it might even be a little bluish but
Speaker 1: very very swollen feeling, and it's really important to to
Speaker 1: get a diagnosis and treatment. It's nothing, nothing, nothing to
Speaker 1: worry about, but it can become chronic. So there are
Speaker 1: things like an ice pack and how um sitting on
Speaker 1: a doughnut Kenny exercise you want to avoid long periods
Speaker 1: of standing or sitting. And a support garment that's designed
Speaker 1: for your paranneal area, even one for your will help
Speaker 1: support it. Elevate your legs every chance you get. That
Speaker 1: can also help with the very coast fans and your legs.
Speaker 1: Nothing to worry about, but it can be a real pain.
Speaker 1: So while we're on this vagina topic, we have so
Speaker 1: many moms I can't even tell you how many moms
Speaker 1: asking about how to identify their mucus plug. And like
Speaker 1: I'm telling you, from the history of time and community,
Speaker 1: everyone post pictures of their mucus plug, like you can't.
Speaker 1: It's hard to tell, and so people want to know, like,
Speaker 1: how do I know if this is the mucus plug?
Speaker 1: I get these all the time. Emma did show me
Speaker 1: her mucus plug. I lost it in Babies Are Us
Speaker 1: while we were filming. I remember losing mine and I
Speaker 1: was all alone and I had no social media to
Speaker 1: share with. So I saw it in the toilet and
Speaker 1: I was like, what the heck is? That is that
Speaker 1: the baby is not the baby. And by the way,
Speaker 1: just in case you're getting excited, it does not mean
Speaker 1: that labor is going to be a few hours away.
Speaker 1: I lost mine three weeks before, but your body keeps
Speaker 1: producing more of that mucus. So the mucus plug is
Speaker 1: kind of like the cork that seals the cervix up
Speaker 1: um and keeps your baby nice and safe and protected.
Speaker 1: You might lose it all in one big gelatinous glob,
Speaker 1: or you might lose it, you know, smaller pieces. If
Speaker 1: you're the kind of person who who flushes and rushes,
Speaker 1: you might not notice it at all. You might see
Speaker 1: it on your underwear, you might see it on the
Speaker 1: toilet paper, but it's not likely to be bloody. It
Speaker 1: might just be a little pink tinge, but not bloody.
Speaker 1: The mucus plug is generally clear. Okay, let's turn to
Speaker 1: our favorite topic. I bet you can't guess what it
Speaker 1: is sex. Yes, let's talk about sex. So we had
Speaker 1: tons of juicy good sex questions and I want to
Speaker 1: get into those. Okay, Which stage of pregnancy is unsafe
Speaker 1: to have sex? Is it based on a level of comfort? Oh? Yeah,
Speaker 1: So if you've gotten the go ahead, then go ahead.
Speaker 1: Like comfort should be your only concern um and of
Speaker 1: course your pleasure. But if your doctor midwife has said
Speaker 1: go for it, go for it. The only time you
Speaker 1: don't want to have sex is if your water has
Speaker 1: broken just because bacteria. Right, Yeah, if there's a rupture
Speaker 1: in your membranes, you don't want to have sex. But
Speaker 1: I don't think you'd want to know that doesn't sound
Speaker 1: like a good time. I was one of the unfortunate
Speaker 1: people to have placenta previous, so like I could have
Speaker 1: sex in the beginning and at the very end where
Speaker 1: it was like no and I wanted to be having sex,
Speaker 1: but that whole second trimester it was like no, sorry,
Speaker 1: your body shop is closed. Yeah, so you were on
Speaker 1: the quote unquote pelvic rest. Yes, okay, So which positions
Speaker 1: are safest and which are best when you're feeling uncomfortable,
Speaker 1: You definitely should stay off your back after the fourth month.
Speaker 1: But I mean, honestly, whatever feels good, you should do it.
Speaker 1: You know, try it out first. You can. I always
Speaker 1: just doing a dry run with your clothes on, so
Speaker 1: there's no pressure to see if everything's gonna fit well,
Speaker 1: and you're going to find that what feels good in
Speaker 1: the first trimester is going to feel not as good
Speaker 1: later on second third trimester. Second second trimester is always
Speaker 1: best for sex because you're not yet so large. You
Speaker 1: can still fit yourself into many positions like the first trimester.
Speaker 1: The vest. Yeah, okay, sometimes it feels like my baby
Speaker 1: is getting pushed out while I'm having sex. What is happening?
Speaker 1: It does sound like she's feeling pressure, and you can
Speaker 1: feel that kind of pressure when you're having orgasm. When
Speaker 1: you're having sex, your contractions, um, you get some contractions
Speaker 1: from that, and they're not the kind of contractions that
Speaker 1: put you in labor, but your uterus does gently contract
Speaker 1: and that can make you feel more pressure. And this
Speaker 1: can happen during sex, it can happen after sex. But
Speaker 1: of course, if there's any pain, definitely definitely check with
Speaker 1: your doctor. So this is like I think, a good
Speaker 1: to no question for everyone. If I'm one centimeter dilated.
Speaker 1: Is sex safe? Yes, and that's a really good thing
Speaker 1: because you can walk around one centimeter dial Yeah. I
Speaker 1: think I was one centimeter for like months. And again,
Speaker 1: if your provider has not put any restrictions on your
Speaker 1: pelvic activities, then you can go for it and keep
Speaker 1: going for it. Um you have Heide's blessing to get
Speaker 1: it on, Get it on? Okay. Is it true that
Speaker 1: semen softens the cervix in theory? In theory because sperm
Speaker 1: contained prostaglandins, and so when you go to the hospital
Speaker 1: and they're ripening your service, they will do that with
Speaker 1: a similar yet not as natural substance. So those prostaglandins
Speaker 1: might be able to soften your cervix and help get
Speaker 1: the labor party started, but only if conditions are ripe. Okay,
Speaker 1: This one I'd never heard of. Is it true that orgasm,
Speaker 1: by the way of masturbation during labor is good. I
Speaker 1: would argue that orgasm is always good. It's a win
Speaker 1: win in theory because you release oxytocin during orgasm and
Speaker 1: that causes the uterus to contract. There could be benefits.
Speaker 1: I would also argue that many women will not be
Speaker 1: in the mood for masturbation during labor. So this is
Speaker 1: another situation where if it feels good, go forward. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I thought it was a really interesting question. Nothing I've
Speaker 1: ever heard of before. Yeah, yeah, it's really cool, and
Speaker 1: you know, good for you if you're that relaxed you
Speaker 1: want to masturbate during labor. Okay, So we have some
Speaker 1: postpartum questions as well. In Heidi, I wanted to start
Speaker 1: off with a story that another mom from your Facebook
Speaker 1: page shared. She's said after delivery, I may or may
Speaker 1: not have ran out of the bathroom crying, saying there
Speaker 1: were pieces of my placenta falling out. Nobody warned me
Speaker 1: about blood clots. Mom, was that me? Remember after I
Speaker 1: held Seby, I thought it was my whole placenta that
Speaker 1: came out at me. Mom. Remember I called you and
Speaker 1: I was crying and I was freaking out, and I
Speaker 1: like saved it and I brought it to the doctor
Speaker 1: and like a tupperware. So whoever wrote that question, you're
Speaker 1: my soul sister. I feel you. It's true. I I mean,
Speaker 1: I remember the same thing when I stood up for
Speaker 1: the first time in the hospital and all this blood
Speaker 1: was gushing out of me. But that blood and tissue
Speaker 1: was accumulated during pregnancy and it's got to exit the building.
Speaker 1: Whether you've had a vaginal delivery or you've had a
Speaker 1: C section, you will get some clots at first in
Speaker 1: the first few days. You should always check with the
Speaker 1: nurse or the doctor or the midwife if you're having
Speaker 1: really really large clots. So, Emma, that was a good
Speaker 1: idea to go show them you're o be, but say,
Speaker 1: if they're lemon size or larger, that's definitely, you know,
Speaker 1: more of a cause for concern that it's possible. That's
Speaker 1: completely normal. You know, they do examine the placenta when
Speaker 1: it's delivered to make sure there are no missing pieces,
Speaker 1: but once in a while there there are a few.
Speaker 1: But you would have signs of infection following that if
Speaker 1: you did have any retained placenta. But for the most part,
Speaker 1: placenta has come out intact, and uh, you don't have
Speaker 1: to worry. So I think every mom heading towards a
Speaker 1: vaginal delivery is concerned about this one. Are postpartum diapers
Speaker 1: for blood, urine poop, or all of the above. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it can definitely be all of the above. You've got
Speaker 1: blood for sure, as we discuss. Also keep in mind,
Speaker 1: besides all the blood that you've accumulated, UH, the placenta
Speaker 1: has separated from the uterus and that's going to cause
Speaker 1: bleeding as well. It should start tapering off. If it
Speaker 1: isn't tapering off or it's increasing, all your provider right away.
Speaker 1: Um after about two weeks, and then you'll just have
Speaker 1: lighter bleeding that gets lighter and lighter now. P You
Speaker 1: may have some control issues at first, especially if you've
Speaker 1: had a catheter because you had an epidural c section.
Speaker 1: You also have a lot of fluid to pe out
Speaker 1: uh to get rid of after you've delivered, do your keygels.
Speaker 1: If you keep leaking, see your provider and get a
Speaker 1: referral to a pelvic for physical therapist. Poop hard to
Speaker 1: pass it first, then it might get hard to contain.
Speaker 1: For some moms, I actually heard this a lot, that
Speaker 1: they had some vegal incontinence after delivery, and especially if
Speaker 1: you've had a significant tear or repair. Definitely, pelvic for
Speaker 1: physical therapy can help a lot. It can be a
Speaker 1: game changer. Okay, what every pregnant new mom wants to know,
Speaker 1: Will my vagina ever be this? You know? Remember that
Speaker 1: a vagina is built to take it. It's designed, it's
Speaker 1: got according and like fold so it can accommodate a baby.
Speaker 1: The parenneum is somewhat less elastic, but vaginas are remarkably
Speaker 1: resilient and you probably won't notice a perceptible difference. Saying
Speaker 1: snugness and for some women, if they're too tight to
Speaker 1: begin with, is actually welcome um. But the more tearing
Speaker 1: there was a repair. Sometimes there's scar tissue. So if
Speaker 1: you have continuing pain or you feel something's just not
Speaker 1: right down there, definitely don't keep it to yourself and
Speaker 1: share that with your doctor. One last question I wanted
Speaker 1: to cover before we sign off. Where can I go
Speaker 1: to ask random questions that aren't doctor worthy? But it's
Speaker 1: too early to tell friends and family that I'm pregnant,
Speaker 1: So first of all, any question is doctor worthy, so
Speaker 1: never think that your question is silly or or too embarrassing.
Speaker 1: I feel like you should share anything that's on your
Speaker 1: mind that's concerning you with your doctor or your midwife,
Speaker 1: but you also have the entire what to expect community
Speaker 1: of moms waiting to share your experiences, share their experiences,
Speaker 1: and let you know that you're not alone. You can
Speaker 1: always come on my Instagram or on my Facebook and
Speaker 1: ask me anything that's at. Heidi Murkoff and of course
Speaker 1: Emma will always listen to your tm my questions. I
Speaker 1: love a good sex question, so bringam at me. Thanks
Speaker 1: everybody for sharing your tm my questions. Baby belof a,
Speaker 1: Baby Belof, I need you, Oh how I need you.
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