I have never been what one would describe as skinny, except once when a patient called asking to make an appointment with me and described me to the receptionist as, “I don’t know her name…the skinny one.” I still list this day as one of the best days of my life. I am not overweight; …
Dr. Pari was featured as a guest contributor in the article below, originally posted for Women’s Health Magazine by Korin Miller, July 20, 2015. A woman in Texas recently experienced every pregnant woman’s nightmare: She delivered her baby on the way to a birthing center. Oh, and her husband filmed the entire thing while he continued …
Because of my profession (and not experience), I am fully aware of the recommended nutritional guidelines for pregnancy. I can explain to you how much weight you should gain based on your current body mass index, how many extra calories you should eat per trimester, and what the most important food groups are for your …
Birth Without Fear is a very popular birthing blog that has wonderful information and inspiration for moms, including the new #takebackpostpartum movement, which inspires women to accept and share their real post-partum figures on Instagram. Unfortunately, I recently read a blog post on the blog titled, “Your Body, Your Birth, Your Baby” that I didn’t …
Dr. Pari was recently featured on the CW discussing nail salon safety and the top 5 red flags that you shouldn’t ignore. Watch now to learn more about how you can make sure your mani and pedi aren’t giving you any unwanted infections.
After a fun filled weekend of bringing the funk with a friend at a George Clinton concert and eating a mushroom roll that changed my life at the soft opening of Dallas’s highly anticipated Uchi restaurant, I have found myself laying in bed and watching a movie on a Sunday afternoon. I am about an …
My first trip to the gynecologist was at the age of sixteen when I went to see my mother’s, a jolly man who was about six feet five and weighed in at about three hundred and fifty pounds. Not intimidating at all. I remember sitting in his exam room. It was cold and lonely. I …
Last week Instagram came out with a statement explaining that they were allowing pics of breastfeeding, otherwise known as #brealfies. I honestly can’t even believe I know that word. Nonetheless, its a thing. The new changes come months after Alyssa Milano, Jaime King, Alanis Morisette, and Doutzen Krous posted themselves breastfeeding for all of their followers. …
I have read all of the BuzzFeed and Elite.com lists about your twenties vs. your thirties only to find that I am somewhere in between. I am professionally responsible and I own my own condo, yet I still don’t know how to do my own taxes, I spend most Friday nights out with girlfriends, and …
Dr. Pari was featured as a guest contributor in the article below, originally posted on Redbookmag.com by Jen Jones Donatelli on March 25, 2015. Could a down-there detox be the magical elixir for all of our uterine woes? Celebs like Tia and Tamera Mowry and Gwyneth Paltrow seem to think so, singing the praises of vaginal steaming—or “V-Steaming” for …