How to Use ob-gyn in a Sentence

ob-gyn

noun
  • Fishbach didn’t have to abandon the state to learn the full range of ob-gyn care.
    — Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 20 June 2023
  • Fox scheduled an appointment with her ob-gyn that day.
    — Ayren Jackson-Cannady, SELF, 29 May 2026
  • Now, women can order it whether or not their ob-gyn knows about it or offers it.
    — Alice Park, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Leigh Wade, an ob-gyn who showed up with her husband, told the Times.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Like so many women, Valerie didn’t know how to get help or how to talk about it with her ob-gyn.
    — Courtney Biggs, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The hospital’s labor-and-delivery unit closed years ago, and there is no ob-gyn on site.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Sometimes, though, there’s an issue at hand that warrants a trip to an ob-gyn or primary care provider.
    — Mara Santilli, SELF, 26 Jan. 2024
  • His father was an ob-gyn and expected Peter to follow his path.
    — Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Read on to learn about the often subtle signs of cervical cancer and when to pay a visit to your ob-gyn.
    — Julia Sullivan, SELF, 4 Feb. 2026
  • See below for the best, most breathable underwear options that are all ob-gyn-approved.
    — Emilia Benton, womenshealthmag.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Three weeks before my due date, after a routine ultrasound, my high-risk ob-gyn walked briskly into the room.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
  • How does the Teal Health at-home cervical cancer screening work? Getting screened with Teal involves using a self-collection device and connecting with either a nurse practitioner or ob-gyn via the brand’s telehealth platform.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 9 May 2025
  • Why would a psychiatrist or an ob-gyn physician or nurse call the police to report a patient for their thoughts?
    — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Your ob-gyn can help rule out certain health conditions that may be at the root of it, like endometriosis or uterine fibroids.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Among them is Zoe Kornberg, an ob-gyn resident in her mid-thirties.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Every time another ob-gyn retires, Balthrop gets an influx of new patients.
    — Time, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The Mindy Project follows a successful ob-gyn who, like many of us, struggles with her dating life.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Another ob-gyn at the practice, Pam Parker, would follow soon.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Discussing your symptoms with your ob-gyn is the quickest way to get relief—whether that’s an immediate fix or starting down a path to feeling better.
    — Julia Sullivan, SELF, 4 Feb. 2026
  • If your period pain is severe, your healthcare provider or an ob-gyn can prescribe medications or birth control medicines to help manage symptoms.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Elliott wrote to Mark Surrogacy a few weeks later, when her ob-gyn in Texas confirmed a fetal heartbeat.
    — Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • One of the most notable GOP losses of the night was a Republican state senator who works as an ob-gyn.
    — Rick Klein, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • His mother and father, who emigrated from India, were doctors, an ob-gyn and a cardiologist.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 July 2024
  • The Mindy Project, a workplace rom-com that cast the creator as a single ob-gyn, had some great moments but was inconsistent enough to feel as dashed-off as its placeholder title.
    — Judy Berman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
  • My former ob-gyn had the unconventional practice of ordering routine ultrasounds as part of preventative care.
    — Ronnie Koenig, SELF, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Cutler is concerned that the law could hurt the ob-gyn residency at the University of Wisconsin’s medical school.
    — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Here, an ob-gyn and a reproductive medicine specialist help identify five signs your period pain and other symptoms are actually signs of endometriosis—and how to cope.
    — Cathy Cassata, Health, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Today Munn is determined to raise awareness for other women at risk, crediting her ob-gyn's decision to calculate her lifetime cancer risk as the one that saved her life.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024
  • Emani Ellis claimed Cardi, then pregnant with her first of three kids with Offset, scratched her face and spat on her during an argument outside the star’s ob-gyn’s office.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This is one of the reasons why seeing a healthcare provider, such as an obstetric-gynecologist (ob-gyn) or midwife, for regular prenatal care is important.
    — Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 1 Dec. 2024

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