Prolapse, tearing, pain: a urogynecologist on what you should know before giving birth
Dr Jocelyn Fitzgerald, who specializes in disorders of the pelvic floor, is ‘begging women to learn’ the physical risks and changes that accompany childbirth
A lot of patients who come to see Dr Jocelyn Fitzgerald – an assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive services at the University of Pittsburgh in the division of urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery – didn’t know that her specialty even existed.
“I like to joke, but actually I’m very serious, that the reason more women don’t know about urogynecology is because we would have to admit that we need urogynecologists,” Fitzgerald says.
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