What did you learn about women when you became a gynecologist?
On International Gynecologist Day, we asked gynecologists we know one question. Here are their answers.
What did you learn about women when you became a gynecologist?
For International Gynecologist Day, we asked all the experts we know the same question: "What did you learn about women when you became a gynecologist?"
Here are their answers: sensitive, attentive and inspired, full of love for every patient ❤️🔥
Thank you to everyone who took part.
What did you learn about women when you became a gynecologist?
Women carry the power of rebirth.
Whatever happens, whatever catastrophe strikes, a woman is reborn and becomes ready for new trials.
- An OB-GYN at a partner clinic
A woman has the right to choose for herself when and how many times to get pregnant and give birth.
That choice shouldn't be made by the people around her, by her relatives, and certainly not by her OB-GYN.
- An OB-GYN at Community clinic
Every woman is unique, and her body is closely connected to her emotions.
Women come to a doctor looking not only for treatment but also for support, trust and the absence of judgment. They are very patient and resilient, and a doctor's job is to help gently, without criticizing them for past mistakes.
- An OB-GYN and chief physician at the Medok network of women's health clinics
Every day I see women living with pain that most people don't even suspect.
Women who go through endometriosis, thrush, IVF, pregnancies and childbirth while also juggling work and home life, with a smile for their colleagues and loved ones.
I became a gynecologist and realized that being a woman means being vulnerable and unbreakable at the same time.
- An OB-GYN at a partner clinic
When I became a gynecologist, I realized I would never stop admiring women.
So multifaceted and amazing: with their fears, dreams and doubts, but with enormous inner strength.
I realized that women come to a gynecologist not only for treatment but also for peace of mind and confidence. And it means a great deal to me to be the kind of doctor patients trust 💗
- An OB-GYN at a partner clinic
Becoming a gynecologist, I realized how often women put themselves last, get used to enduring pain, fear judgment and simply want to be heard without shame or evaluation.
That's exactly why my job is to make my office a safe space, so my patients know: "A woman is home to another woman."
- An OB-GYN at a partner clinic
The most important revelation that came to me with experience is this: there is no such thing as a "single norm." We're used to forcing health, beauty and sensuality into rigid frameworks of standards, but life turned out to be far more subtle and interesting.
I look with great love at every woman who walks into my office. And I no longer look for pathology in a patient; instead, I find her unique code. Because I want her to leave not feeling that she is "built correctly," but knowing that she is accepted just as she is.
- An OB-GYN at Docmed clinic
