Hot Flashes & Hard Truths with NP Monica Carter

Hot & Bothered

Melyssa Ford

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In this powerful and eye-opening episode, we sit down with nurse practitioner Monica Carter to tackle some of the most pressing — and too often silenced — health issues affecting women, especially Black women. From navigating the rollercoaster of menopause and demystifying hormone replacement therapy, to understanding the nuanced connection between hormones and breast cancer risk, Monica breaks it all down with clarity, compassion, and clinical insight.But the conversation doesn’t stop there. We also confront the alarming statistics around Black maternal mortality and why the U.S. healthcare system continues to fail Black pregnant women at disproportionate rates. Whether you’re experiencing hot flashes or just hot with frustration about the state of healthcare, this is a must-listen that informs, empowers, and advocates for change Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This program is intended for informational purposes only and does not contain medical advice.
0:05.1	As always, please contact your physician or qualified health care provider with any questions regarding a medical condition.
0:11.2	And I'll never forget, I was laying on the table for my C-section, and I looked and the blood was just spilling over.
0:18.0	It looked like a faucet.
0:19.3	Now, I've been in this field for 17 years,
0:21.5	and I was like, it's no time. I am a statistic of maternal morbid. I was mass transfusion protocol.
0:27.4	Like, it didn't escape me. And it doesn't matter if you have a PhD. The situation in this country
0:31.8	from maternal health, it's crummy. When we talk about black maternal health, why are black
0:36.3	women in the U.S. still dying
0:37.5	and suffering complications at an alarming rate three times that of any of their, you know,
0:43.5	ethnic or racial counterparts?
1:15.1	Yeah. What's up everybody? Welcome to another episode of Hot and Bothered with Melissa Ford. I am sitting next to Monica Carter, who is an award-winning Maryland native family nurse
1:20.4	practitioner working in obstetrics and gynecology, serving the DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia
1:25.7	area for the past 17 years.
1:28.2	Hi, Monica.
1:29.4	Hi, Melissa!
1:31.5	M&M.
1:32.7	It would be so good.
1:33.7	Exactly.
1:34.3	As you could probably tell, we have been very giddy about this, about doing this episode.
1:41.4	We were introduced by a mutual friend.
1:43.8	What's up, Duck? And he just thought
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