Ep. 230 All the Things You Want to Ask Your Doctor About Vaginal and Pelvic Health, but Are Afraid to Ask

Everyday Wellness with Cynthia Thurlow ™

Cynthia Thurlow

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Science, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

I’m delighted to have the honor of connecting with Dr. Betsy Greenleaf today! She’s a premier women’s health expert and bestselling author specializing in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. She is the first female in the United States to have become board-certified in urogynecology. In med school, Dr. Betsy started specializing in general surgery. She soon realized that there was no emotional connection with the patients, so she changed to OB-GYN. In this episode, I ask her the questions that many listeners have asked me privately. Dr. Betsy talks about her background in surgery, and we dive into the vaginal and gut microbiome, urinary incontinence, risk factors, chronic urinary tract infections, interstitial cystitis, uterine prolapse, vulvovaginal conditions, and various changes that occur in perimenopause and menopause. We also discuss the impact of the Women’s Health Initiative and therapies in addressing all of these issues. I hope you will enjoy this conversation! Stay tuned for more! IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: How Dr. Betsy got into urogynecology. Some of the common issues women go to see Dr. Betsy for. What sets women up for pelvic floor issues? How and when to do kegel exercises. What pelvic atrophy is and how to avoid developing it. Why women need to be diligent about emptying their bladders. What is interstitial cystitis, and what makes people susceptible to it? How the loss of estrogen impacts the vagina. Changes that occur in the vulva as women age. Dr. Betsy shares her take on the Women’s Health Initiative and hormone replacement. The problem with propylene glycol. Proactive ways to address conditions like painful intercourse, lichen sclerosis, vulvodynia, and rectal itching. The testing Dr. Betsy prefers for the gut microbiome. How is the vagina connected to the brain? Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn Check out Cynthia’s website Connect with Dr. Betsy Greenleaf On her website The Pelvic Floor Store On Instagram (drbetsygreenleaf_) Body Mind Spirit Podcast Some of Your Parts Podcast

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0:00.0	Welcome to Everyday Wellness Podcast. I'm your host, Nurse Practitioner Cynthia Thurlow.
0:07.0	This podcast is designed to educate, empower, and inspire you to achieve your health and wellness goals.
0:14.0	My goal and intent is to provide you with the best content and conversations from leaders in the
0:19.2	health and wellness industry each week and impact over a million lives.
0:23.4	Today I had the honor of connecting with Dr. Betsy Greenleaf.
0:32.6	She's a Premier Women's Health Expert,
0:35.2	best-selling author, and specializes in female pelvic medicine
0:39.5	and reconstructive surgery.
0:41.2	She is the first female in the United States to have become
0:43.8	board certified in Euro-gynecology. Today I asked her all the questions that
0:48.6	so many of my listeners have privately shared with me. We talked about her
0:52.4	background in surgery. We spent a great
0:54.6	deal of time talking about the vaginal and gut microbiome. The impact of urinary
0:58.9	incontinence, which is a $20 billion year industry, risk factors, ways to address this as well as chronic urinary tract infections,
1:07.3	interstitial cystitis, uterine prolapse, vulvo vaginal conditions, changes that happen to our vulvas in pereminopause and menopause, and this includes changes in loss of muscle, loss of elasticity, loss of estrogen estrogen which has a significant impact on the
1:25.4	vaginal microbiome the impact of the women's health initiative and therapies
1:29.7	to address all of these I hope you will enjoy this conversation as much as I did. I have no
1:35.7	doubt Dr Greenleaf will be back to have a second round two.
1:39.2	Dr. Betsy, it's a pleasure to connect with you outside of our normal avenues so nice to have you on
1:48.9	on the podcast today I'd love for you to share with listeners a little bit about your background because you
1:55.2	know you started as a general surgeon and then you ended up going into gynecology and then
2:00.5	urology and see you of this very important distinction I believe you're the first female
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