Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

causes anemia, infertility, or heavy periods.

We operate on fibroids if they're extremely large and they cause bloating.

After, like, you know, we go by weeks of pregnancy, and let's say you have a 16-week size fibroid uterus, which is equal to a 16-week size uterus, pregnant uterus, it starts putting pressure on the ureters that drain your kidneys.

So then you have to talk about either a myomectomy for women who want to get pregnant when you go in and you remove the fibroids,

or hysterectomy for women who are done having children.

So fibroids are extremely common, but then again, if you don't do a pelvic ultrasound, just doing a bimanual exam will never tell you if these patients have fibroids.

There you go.

Bravo.

Empowered, right?

That's why I called my podcast, SheMD, Strong, Healthy, Empowered.

If you empower the woman to be her own health advocate and she has that list and she takes that to her doctor's office, nine out of 10, like I said, doctors are amazing humans.

They're there to help you.

But if that doctor doesn't have a pelvic ultrasound in his office, which is probably very common, then ask them for an order to go to a radiology center, to the hospital near you.

But you should, every woman should have a pelvic ultrasound.

I think it should be part of well-woman exam every single year.

It takes me less than a minute to do a pelvic ultrasound, but then I've done it for 30 years.

But that's how fast it is.

And you know what?

Let me tell you.

I had a patient with a uterine septum.