YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for August, 2002: Guidelines for posting to the YOUNG-WOMEN forum

Guidelines for posting to the YOUNG-WOMEN forum

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 31 Aug 2002 00:00:00 -0500 (CDT)

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Guidelines for posting to this forum:

1. Please do not use abbreviations without defining them initially. For example, a sentence should read "I'm trying to conceive (TTC)," not "I'm TTC". Posts that are too difficult to interpret will be skipped. This may seem simple but many abbreviations used by posters are not approved medical abbreviations and are unknown to the health professionals.

2. Please do not refer to other websites which require the doctor/nurse to look at your temperature chart, etc. In order to help the most people in the time allotted, the presentation must be concise and to the point. Remember that the health professionals are volunteers with private practices and families. They do this out of the goodness of their hearts.

3. Please state your age and number of pregnancies and children (there may be 3 pregnancies and only one living child but 2 miscarriages) in the beginning of each post, as this is frequently important. Do not assume that the various physicians either know or remember your entire history because you may have posted before.

4. There are many threads that are posted and answered repetitively. For this reason, they may be skipped. If your post is skipped, we encourage you to review the archives. To be fair to professionals and forum regulars, it is not appropriate to take more time with such recurrent questions. These include but are not limited to:

a. When do birth control pills become effective? After one package, in general.

b. Could I be pregnant? The answer is always "Do a home pregnancy test (HPT)."

c. Can sperm live on sheets/hands/etc? Can I get pregnant from it? The answer is "yes."

The doctors, nurses and other health care professionals who answer your questions want to be helpful, but they cannot and will not answer all questions due to the sheer daily volume, especially ones found time and time again in the archives. They may skip any posts at their discretion, and if you do not receive an answer within 48 hours, then you may post it again. If you feel it is either urgent or an emergency, do not repost and title it with capitals, "please respond" or other such phrases. This site is meant to impart basic, accurate and timely medical information on women's health and pregnancy issues. It is neither meant as a second opinion nor is it meant to initiate a physician-patient relationship (including specific, personal medical recommendations and diagnostic capabilities). For urgent or emergent situations, please call your personal doctor or go to your nearest emergency room.

Thank you for using OBGYN.net.

The OBGYN.net Forum Professionals

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