Dr Natalie Crawford

I was chipping away at my ability to resist the Alzheimer's and dementia that runs in my family.

And that's what I'm trying to impress.

My girls are 21 and 25.

What I'm trying to impress on them.

Yeah, we were off and on for 20 years.

So polycystic ovarian syndrome, that was the treatment.

I mean, I learned about nutrition kind of on the back end.

But the life that I had set up for myself between, you know, medical school, residency, and then going into the field of OBGYN with limited sleep, you know, working 100-hour weeks, there –

I didn't have an environment that would have been conducive to be able to manage that disease with lifestyle.

And I can look back and say that honestly now without using the crutch of the birth control pill to manage my symptoms.

So my oldest, the first one coming through, wanted it for contraception.

And so when we talk about contraception, it's not just most people automatically think the oral birth control pill.

But I did go through all of the options with her and then sent her to a trusted friend to let her go and make her own decision.

And she decided to have an IUD inserted, which I thought was a great choice for her because she had normal regular periods before we did this.

There were no issues.

And she had it inserted.

And then within a week, she started having severe cramping, called me into the bathroom.

And this is my daughter who has not let me see her unclothed since she was seven years old.

She's just very private.

And she's like writhing on the floor, bless her little heart.