Heather Rupe, DO, is a board-certified OB/GYN in private practice at The Womens Group of Franklin in Franklin, TN. She also serves as the vice chief of staff at Williamson Medical Center.
All our lives have been upended in the last month. Many of us have canceled trips, lost our jobs, and been forced to learned new "homeschooling techniques" – but what about the women who were hoping to get pregnant this year?
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I have run enough marathons that seeing people poop their pants in the last miles of the race is no big deal. I also know women who have …
As a medical student, one of the conditions that was hardest for me to get my head around was PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome). It took ...
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There is no worse feeling in the world than when your vagina itches in public. It can start as a twinge in your nether regions while you ...
As soon as visitors arrive in the delivery room, every family member rushes to capture a picture of the tiny newborn and debate which ...
In my 15 years as an OB GYN sometimes I think I’ve heard it all, but then last week a teenager asked me “Is my vagina normal looking? My ...
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