63. Dr. Meggie Q&A Part II: Fertility, Infertility, Labor, Delivery, & Advice
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2018
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
"Be open-minded and bring snacks."
Dr. Meggie is back! Meggie Smith made her Ali on the Run Show debut last year, when she was wrapping up her OB/GYN residency at the NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City. After graduating, Meggie moved to California, where she's currently pursuing her fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the University of Southern California. On Part II of this two-part episode, Meggie answers listener questions about fertility, infertility, and giving birth, plus all kinds of personal stuff, like what med school is really like, what it takes to gross her out, how to date when you're constantly on call, and whether delivering babies every day makes her want one more or less. And listen to the very end, because the last question of this episode might be my favorite.
What you'll get in this episode:
- How long do healthy couples try for a baby? (1:30)
- What can I do now to become pregnant in a couple years? (4:00)
- Is it ever too early to start taking pre-natal vitamins? (5:50)
- Is mid- to late-thirties too late to have kids? (6:20)
- How long should you wait to conceive after traveling to a country with the Zika virus? (9:20)
- Birth stuff: Meggie's thoughts on epidural vs. drug-free births (10:20)
- What do OB/GYNs really think about birth plans? (11:40)
- Meggie's best advice for someone going into labor & the biggest myth about labor (14:00)
- Postpartum stuff — including why you're peeing a little when you run (15:15)
- Are some vaginas weird? (19:20)
- Meggie's best advice for studying for the MCATs (21:00)
- Meggie's experience with burnout (26:00)
- Dating & doctoring (28:00)
- Whether delivering babies every day makes Meggie want one more or less (32:25)
What we mention on this episode:
Meggie Smith on Episode 61 of the Ali on the Run Show
Meggie Smith on Episode 27 of the Ali on the Run Show
University of Southern California
Meggie's Every Mother Counts / NYC Half fundraiser
Jamie & Jeff's Birth Plan via McSweeney's
Abby Bales on Episode 49 of the Ali on the Run Show
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. |
| 0:06.5 | I'm your host, Allie Feller, and today I'm back with Dr. Meggie, who's here answering |
| 0:10.9 | more very personal listener questions. |
| 0:13.9 | On episode 61, Meggie answered all your questions about egg freezing periods, sex, hormones, |
| 0:19.4 | and birth control. |
| 0:20.9 | And today, on part two of our conversation, we're talking fertility, infertility, labor, |
| 0:25.6 | and delivery. |
| 0:26.6 | Plus, Meggie gets personal with us, talking about what med school is really like, what |
| 0:31.4 | it actually takes to gross her out, how to date when you're constantly on call, and whether |
| 0:36.0 | delivering babies every day makes her want one more or less. |
| 0:40.4 | And make sure you listen to the very end, because the last question of this episode just |
| 0:44.3 | might be my favorite. |
| 0:46.4 | As a reminder, Meggie is a board eligible OBGYN. |
| 0:50.2 | She passed her written board last year, yay, go Meggie, and she'll take her oral boards |
| 0:55.0 | next. |
| 0:56.0 | She's currently a reproductive endocrinology and infertility fellow at the University of |
| 1:00.4 | Southern California, which is so much to say, and she's totally brilliant, but just remember, |
| 1:06.2 | if you're seriously concerned about your health, you should always make an appointment with |
| 1:09.7 | your doctor in real life. |
| 1:12.4 | That's artist Glamour. |
| 1:13.4 | Got it? |
| 1:14.4 | Great. |
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