Jennifer Gunter
@DrJenGunter
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OB/GYN, appropriately confident, lasso of truth, Canadian Spice, I speak for no one but me. The Vagina Bible. Menopause Manifesto. New book: Blood 🩸
San Francisco, CA
Joined March 2009
Come for the sex, stay for the science.Come for the science, stay for the sex.
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Murdered. She was murdered.
Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei dies days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by former boyfriend, Ugandan official says
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She’s also a lawyer.
Openly gay ex-MMA fighter will be first Native American woman elected to Congress
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A fetus doesn’t wear shoes.
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Abortions in the 3rd trimester are almost always done for fetal anomalies. There is no 39 week “I’m bored so I’m having an abortion” abortion. These procedures are $20k plus. Seriously. Stop fetishizing the fetus.
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$600 for my son who lived about 3 minutes. He received no medical care. At all. As he died almost immediately he didn’t get enrolled in my insurance plan, so I got the bill. From the hospital where I was a doctor.
What’s the most absurd medical bill you have ever received?.
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I am an OB/GYN. What are your fucking qualifications?.
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Look, I’m probably going to wear a mask in a lot of indoor spaces because I really enjoyed not having a cold for 14 months.
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The pain of vaginal delivery has been described as equal to having a finger amputated. Menstrual cramps are worse than a heart attack. But do go on.
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Her entire fucking body.
@DrJenGunter What organ does a pregnant woman donate to her child?.
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STOP TRYING TO MAKE "ECTOPIC PREGNANCIES ARE BABIES TOO" A THING. If you have never treated a woman with a belly full of blood from an ectopic you should shut the fuck up and sit down and learn before you get someone killed.
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I hate to say this but I think we need a 3-4 week hard lockdown including no air travel. I'm despondent at the time we have wasted, and I know we have no leadership to do this. But otherwise it is just going to be whack-a-mole with hot spots.
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Dear Misogynists, stop pretending to be doctors
Dear feminists, stop pretending that birth control is necessary for one's health.
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If covid isn’t a big deal — according to the current White House — why are they getting vaccinated first?.
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This is horrible on so many levels. Let me educate you all about the hymen 1/12.
T.I. Said He Takes His Daughter To The Gynecologist To Make Sure Her Hymen Is "Still Intact"
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If seatbelts work, why do we have air bags?. If air bags work, why do we have seatbelts?.
If the masks work, why do we need 6ft?. If the 6ft works, why do we need a mask?.
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A 10 year old being pregnant is evidence of rape, like no more evidence is needed to prove she was raped.
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If your goal is to reduce abortion you need:.-free, accessible contraception .- early, accurate sex ed.- free, quality maternity care.- to to reduce poverty .- reduce domestic violence . Abortion laws only reduce safe abortion. The hypocrisy is stunning.
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A generic pill is about $6.25 a month without insurance. She is very bad at math.
Lauren Boebert Says She Didn't Take Birth Control Because It's 'Cheaper to Have a Kid'
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A fetus is not a baby. A fetus is not an unborn or a preborn baby or child. If your goal is to legislate medical care you have to use medical terminology. I will fucking call you out each and every time.
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Who do you think removes bullets from spines and repairs (or tries to) livers blasted by an AR-15? The tooth fairy? This literally is medicine’s lane.
Someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane. Half of the articles in Annals of Internal Medicine are pushing for gun control. Most upsetting, however, the medical community seems to have consulted NO ONE but themselves.
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I was just asked to be on The National to discuss Roe and abortion. and then I found out it would be a panel with a "pro-life/anti-abortion" voice. I am livid and sent this reply. I couldn't care less if this means I will not be asked back to the CBC. It needed to be said.
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Hilary Clinton has a near faint and everyone freaked out. Bernie Sanders has a heart attack and it’s a big meh. I just can’t even.
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A needle in the scrotum is less invasive than an IUD insertion. Thank you for coming to my JenTalk™️.
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I delivered at 22 weeks into a toilet. It is panic. Absolute panic. My body told me it was a bowel movement. I was in a hospital and an OB/GYN and all I could do was scream. The fetus is very small. I can see someone doing this. It's not abusing a corpse. FFS.
This is heartbreaking. A woman in Warren, Ohio, has been charged with abuse of a corpse for trying to plunge a toilet after having a miscarriage at 22 weeks while using the restroom.
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Why was he walking in such an unsafe area of town?.
Preacher carrying ‘you deserve to be raped’ sign hit over the head by baseball bat-wielding woman
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Unknown 204 call, so I was expecting bad news. My dad died. He was 90 and was approved a few days ago for medically assisted dying. It’s all very complicated. In a lot of ways.
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I’m a doctor and there have been times when I have been unable to navigate the complexities of American health care. My kids were on oxygen for a year, but they exhausted their oxygen benefits after 6 months. How does one “figure” that out?.
Buttigieg: “I trust you to figure out your own health care.”.
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Do men get labeled as outspoken, or is that only women?.
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The abortion law in Canada in the 1969 and more recently in Ireland were both changed because of empathy. In Canada, the coroner of Ontario was so damn sick of seeing dead women he held an inquest for every abortion death. Wanted the public to see the carnage. 1/.
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If your child was getting chemo for cancer and that nurse infected them with COVID and your child died, would you still say “Freedom is everything and you must never give it up”?.
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Well, actually…dental floss size bottoms don’t always work to contain the majesty of labial cleavage. As a gynecologist I welcome people having access to a little more gusset. Are you saying that labia spilling out of bikini bottoms IS something kids should see?.
No woman needs to tuck anything. We have vaginas & we are the only ones who do. Oh and we don’t need our kids seeing this sh&% when we walk down the aisle at Target.
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Have you literally never fucking seen someone wearing a cross necklace?????.
@jzaraterod How many nurses and doctors do you see that wear “Christian paraphanilia” in a workplace/hospital setting??? . If y’all can wear rainbow pins, then shouldn’t a Christian be able to wear a Jesus pin?.
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What reduces abortions? .Free, accessible contraception. That’s it. Study after study tells us this. Laws simple penalize women. If you claim to be pro life and your mission is not free, accessible contraception you are a forced birther.
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Men with sperm, if you do not want a pregnancy do not stick your penis in a vagina.
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Don’t ever fucking lecture me about abortion. I’ve saved the life of a woman who had a shitty procedure because of legal restrictions. Done abortions after 24 weeks. Begged a politician to be allowed to save a woman’s life. I have no interest in your bullshit and ignorance.
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Just so you know my publisher is not allowed to use the word "vagina" to promote my book on @twitter. The image can have it, but they are not allowed to use "vagina" in the text. Dear @jack,.Vagina is an anatomical term and not a "dirty" word. Jen.
We aren’t allowed to say the name of this book in the ad, but trust us you want it!
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Hi David, actual expert here. “Partial birth abortion” is a made up term. Also, abortion after birth is impossible, and infanticide is illegal.
The ABC moderator lying about the laws re: partial birth abortion and playing the role of Harris debate partner will end up being more talked about tonight than anything either of these two buffoon candidates say tonight.
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Women are literally punished for their reproductive biology. They are paid less. They struggle to get childcare. They can’t access the care they need, because a 5 month wait for a 15 min appointment isn’t care. Their medical concerns aren’t studied adequately. 1/.
We have a global fertility crisis. In a new study published in Lancet, we are at the precipice of a fertility crisis. By 2050, three-quarters of countries are forecast to fall below the population replacement birth rate of 2.1 babies per female. By 2100, just six countries are
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Babies are not ripped from thee womb moments before birth. That is a lie. I am an OB/GYN trained in abortion after 24 weeks so I get to say that. #SOTU #ProLie #StateoftheUterus.
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Lots of men say they support strong women until they realize what that means.
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Reporters who ask “what about 3rd trimester abortions” should be told to give examples of what they have personally read about that is troubling them. The 13 year old rape victim because it took that long to ge emancipated? The 33 year old whose fetus has no kidneys?.
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19 years ago today I was laying in a bed with sepsis, too ill to go to the NICU to see my boys who were born shortly after midnight by c-section, who weighed 783 g and 843 g. I thought this is just gonna not end well. They’re heading to college in a few weeks. All the feels.
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When a man calls a woman nasty when she was prepared, appropriately confident, and took an offensive position what he really means is her competence frightens him.
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Hi @cvspharmacy can you explain why your pharmacy in Florida refused to fill this prescription for misoprostol?
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Fellow doctors of twitter, have you ever written a letter stating your patient will be healthy for more than 2 years? And where can I take a Predictive Medicine fellowship?.
WH Physician: Trump “in very good health. will remain so for the duration of his Presidency, and beyond.”
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Surgeons like me wear masks for 12 hours straight with no breaks. I even wore a mask when I was operating while pregnant with triplets. What you are describing is anxiety and you can seek care for that.
No no no! I had to wear a mask throughout my inevitably long haircut on Thursday. I felt sick, claustrophobic, had a mild panic attack. Imagine if you are already claustrophobic, autistic, depressed etc. Really, no.
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You are a liar. No one is advocating for infanticide. You are evil to twist newborn palliative care. Why do you hate terminally ill babies and their parents so much?.
As Democrat Governors in NY & VA advocate for late term abortion & even infanticide - & Democrats in Congress refuse to allow a vote on the Born-Alive bill - TODAY in Times Square an ultrasound will be shown for all to see, demonstrating the miracle of life. #AliveFromNewYork.
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I was raped 28 years ago. I was too scared to tell anyone. Didn't mean it didn't happen. If he ran for office I'd speak up.
Roy Moore: "To think that grown women would wait 40 years. to bring charges is absolutely unbelievable"
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My 21 year old son keeps tampons and pads in his bathroom in case any of his friends need them. He just does it to be a decent person.
I feel qualified to speak on this as the mother of three teenage sons and this might be the most inaccurate, yet hilarious, tweet I've ever seen. .
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Hi @jack for the safety of the country and to prevent runs on medications can you please suspend @realDonaldTrump’s account. These kinds of tweets are going to cause chaos and mass panic. If not, can you at least delete this tweet and tweets of his that involve medications?
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White supremacy is not a mental health issue.
Sen. Bernie Sanders: "I think all over the world people are looking at the United States and wondering what is going on, what is the mental health situation in America where time after time after time we're seeing indescribable horrors."
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If he didn’t believe in abortion it was his responsibility to keep his sperm out of women who may think otherwise.
A 16 year-old in Alabama had an abortion at 6 weeks even though her 19 year-old boyfriend opposed it. Now he's being allowed to sue on behalf of the fetus, and the case could redefine what it means to be a person in America. By @arianaeunjung @EmilyWax
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I am happy to do your next surgery without anesthesia, somehow people managed ok
The Declaration of Independence was handwritten. Somehow we managed ok.
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I am pro abortion. There is nothing shameful or bad or wrong about the procedure, whether medical, surgical or induction. If it is needed, it is needed.
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The birth control pill contributed massively to the economic gains achieved by women, so I could see why misogynistic serial impregnators would be against it.
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How about follow none of this advice. Your vagina is naturally fresh, anyone who says otherwise is representing the patriarchy. Feminine washes are a scam. I'm the expert. The end.
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Hi @Paula_White I am an OB/GYN and would love to learn about satanic pregnancies. Can you send me the spell book (I promise to Venmo the $) so I can learn? .Regards,.Jen Gunter MD.
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Dear Clarence Thomas,. A fetus is not a child. If you wish to discuss medical care you need to use grown ass medical words. Dr. Jen Gunter.
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Hi, surgeon here. Just spent all morning in a mask in the OR. Totally fine. I have been wearing a mask in the OR for > 30 years and I can even manage it with one kidney! No effect on oxygen. So breathe easy, wear a mask and be kind.
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Adding dexamethasone to remdesivir doesn't sound upbeat.
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Hi Matt. I'm a doctor. I think you are having some trouble, so allow me to help. Gender is not defined by whether you have a uterus/ovaries or penis/scrotum. So now you have a scientific opinion from a medical expert!.
Okay so females can have functioning male reproductive organs, you say. Well that’s just completely laughably wrong and anti-scientific in every conceivable way, but aside from that, it leads to another question: what is the objective difference between a male and a female?.
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Hey @TheVIew I would like to come on and have a real discussion about abortion. Hey twitter, can you retweet this to see if we can get their attention?.
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I am simmering with stress. I'm a big soupy bowl of frayed neurons ready to boil over. Every day feels like a month. Tell me I'm not the only one.
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This is 100% false. You are not an expert, you are someone who makes money from abortion disinformation.
Following an abortion, women are:. 34% more likely to develop anxiety disorders. 37% more likely to have depression. 81% more likely to have mental problems. 110% more likely to abuse alcohol. 155% more likely to commit suicide. Mothers, fathers, and children deserve better.
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I'm reading your weight loss book now. On page 105 you recommend writing down 60 times a day for 3 days: "Dear God, please feed my hunger and restore my right mind.".Page 171, fat is "a repository of twisted, distorted thoughts and feelings that didn't have anywhere else to go.".
So let’s state it again. I’m pro medicine. I’m pro science. I’ve never told anyone not to take medicine. I’ve never fat-shamed anyone. And today there’s a new one: no I don’t support Scientology. The machinery of mischaracterization is in high gear now. Gee, did I upset someone?.
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If America is full then shouldn’t birth control and abortion be free and accessible?.
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If we cut your anal sphincter so you intermittently leaked stool and also damaged your pelvic floor so every time you coughed you leaked urine, what would you call it? A gift?.
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Men with a history of domestic violence should not have guns.
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I’m 55 today! As a young woman I thought that was ancient and would be awful. Now, I know it’s pretty kick ass. I didn’t realize how much of my view of aging was shaped by the patriarchy. Welcome across the crimson bridge! There is a lot of clarity here.
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It is such an amazing scam to rename stock as “bone broth,” claim miraculous health benefits, and sell it for a small fortune.
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Married men who call their wives mother.
Is there anything creepier than spouses who share an email address?.
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This “I’m going out to have fun because I’m not scared” is medical ignorance and an ugly display of exceptionalism.
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It can easily be spread by contact within 6 feet. Don’t be an ignorant asshole and spread lies. And to you it is Dr. Jennifer Fucking Gunter.
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I’ve packed a fire kit. Passports, birth certificates, cash and a few mementos so we can grab and go. It’s a tinder box outside and it’s raining ash. I’ve drilled the kids on what to do and the safest place to run should it come to that and I am not home. This so where we are.
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This is legislating malpractice and experimentation on women.
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Your dad bragged about grabbing women by the pussy. He cheated on your mother, and your step mother.
“A decline of public morals in the United States will probably be marked by the abuse of the power of impeachment as a means of crushing political adversaries or ejecting them from office.”. Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835.
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I’m fucking sick of doctors lying about fake therapies for covid. Honestly, this is unprofessional behavior and we need to see the professional medical societies and state medical boards stepping up.
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No he hasn’t.
Excited to speak to @DrOz on his show tomorrow - he’s made a lot of people smarter about their health. 👍💪😀.
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Dear Ruth, Someone will be by to take a kidney, part of your liver, and some bone marrow. People in need have a right to your body.
Dear mothers,.Your unborn baby has a right to your body.
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You are so fucking stupid. Plan B inhibits ovulation. It is contraception.
Our taxpayer dollars should NEVER go to funding abortion!. I'm proud to stand @RepRosendale against paying to murder babies in the womb with our taxpayer dollars. I’m OPPOSED to this government-funded abortion bill!
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Hey @realDonaldTrump I just listened to you say these words: "I don't believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators.”. Fuck you and your lies.
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Period diarrhea is the WORST. That was me. It's due to the prostaglandins that are released. I learned that in medical school when I was 20 and I so wish I'd known it when I was 14. Knowing WHY your body is doing something is so helpful even if medically doesn't fix anything.
Can I just applaud this article for actually acknowledging The Period Shits because this was NOT something we were ever told about growing up and people NEVER TALK ABOUT IT.
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Dear AG Barr, I volunteer to apply capsaicin, the active ingredient in pepper spray and definitely a chemical, to your rectal mucosa and then you can tell us your thoughts on whether or not it’s an irritant.
"Pepper spray is not a chemical irritant. It's not chemical" -- AG Barr uses painstaking distinctions to defend the use of force against protesters near the White House last Monday
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I will hate with my dying breathe every single politician who chose to ignore this pandemic, from failing to provide financial aid to lack of PPE, to their lack of laws and enforcing laws about gatherings and travel. We could be done. Instead we have 2,000 people a day dying.
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I’ve done abortions after 24 weeks. For several years I lived in a state with no gestational age limit. I have never done one that was not medically indicated. I was never approached by any woman to do a non medically indicated abortion.
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There has never been a better thread. Ever. I would buy this as a book and give it to everyone.
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I never understood the human decency of 2nd and 3rd trimester abortions until I delivered my own son and watched him die. It broke me. It is a kindness to offer women an alternative where they don’t have to live it. To feel it. To see it.
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What to know what boosts your immune system?.Vaccines.
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I can’t be the only Gen X having major nuclear clock anxiety.
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Every doctor is tweeting that mass shootings are not a mental health issue, they are a gun access issue. Listen to the experts.
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