Ive lived in New York for eight years and love it here.
But for several reasons Ive stayed loyal to a single doctor in my hometown of Dallas: my ob-gyn.
Shes a straight shooter with an incredible bedside manner cut with a pitch-perfect dry sense of humor.

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There are adults-only versions of the Hang in There!
kitten poster hung throughout the office setting.
If you have abnormal cells from said pap smear, hinting at HPV?
Dont borrow trouble until the biopsy comes back.
Shes immediately mapping out a 10-year mammogram plan with you.
See why Im hesitant to find somebody new?
When I met my fiance, I was 31 and we immediately started talking about freezing my eggs.
But my doctor stopped me immediately.
But I want to touch on something important.
You dont know what rights these eggs or embryos will have in even a year.
They might have more rights than a woman one day.
Im not interested in being cautiously optimistic here.
From there, if anything alarming shows up, well decide how to proceed.
When I left Dallas, my dad told me he got concerned calls.
No, he replied proudly.
Because shes known she was one since fifth grade.