Urogynecology: a specialized field of gynecology and obstetrics that deals with female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery.

BSN: Bachelor of Science in Nursing refers to someone who has earned a bachelor's degree in nursing.

Urinary Incontinence 

Stress: when your bladder leaks urine during physical activity or exertion.

Urge: the sudden and very intense need to pass urine and you're unable to delay going to the toilet.

Fecal Incontinence: when you are not able to hold your feces or stool until you get to a toilet.

Prolapse: when the uterus, bowel, bladder, or top of the vagina slips down from their normal position and bulge into the vagina.

PCOS: Polycystic ovary syndrome is a condition in which the ovaries produce an abnormal amount of androgens, which are male sex hormones that are usually present in women in small amounts.

Male factor infertility: caused by factors such as abnormal sperm production, blockage of delivery of sperm or low sperm production.

IUD: a type of long-acting, reversible contraception (LARC) that provides birth control for 3 - 12 years depending on the type. Can be hormonal or non-hormonal.

BMI: a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. 

Screens for weight categories may lead to health problems, but it does not diagnose the body fatness or health of an individual.

ACOG: The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is a professional association of physicians specializing in obstetrics and gynecology in the United States.

Hypoglycemia: a condition in which your blood sugar (glucose) level is lower than the standard range.

Labor down: the process of not actively pushing once you are fully dilated to 10cm. 

Some people wait one to two hours before pushing, which allows the baby to move down the birth canal naturally.

Rectus diastasis: an increased distance between a part of the abdominal muscles at the midline caused by weakness in the anterior abdominal wall.

Pelvic floor therapy:  Physical therapist trained to evaluate and treat issues that involve the pelvis, such as pelvic pain, pain with intercourse, or leaking urine.

Pelvic Floor muscle:  The muscles of the pelvis that support the body. Can be affected by pregnancy, traumatic birth, weight gain, chronic cough, etc. 

Kegels:  Exercise used to contract your pelvic floor. Think:  holding your pee when you go to the bathroom—same muscles. 

Mastitis: inflammation that results in breast pain, swelling, warmth, and redness of breast tissue that sometimes involves an infection.

Most commonly affects women who are breast-feeding