On Monday, Nov. 9, Dr. Rachael Ross (“The Doctors”) made a surprising announcement. “I’m pregnant!” She shared with the audience and viewers. “Boy or girl, I am going to be ecstatic either way,” says the proud mom-to-be who during the show did a live ultrasound in the presence of the studio audience. Ross’ OB/Gyn and college classmate Dr. Perpetua Goddall made an appearance to perform the sonography to check on the baby’s progress and to determine the sex.
“My doctor has been taking good care of me,” praises Dr. Rachael. “Everyone makes pregnancy looks so easy. I have been sick pretty much everyday. I am a little over five months.”
“Having this thing growing in you, which is a miracle, all the stuff that happens to you seems fine doesn’t it?” confirms Dr. Jennifer Ashton, who was filled with advice.
“I have always wanted to be a mom. I just wanted to make sure the time was right. I was really one of those women that just really was career focused. Finally, I got to a point in my career were I was like, ‘I can have a baby now!’ I can’t honestly say I feel fantastic. To the women who have done this 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 times, I applaud you,” Ross enlightens.
A practicing board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist, Dr. Ashton offered unsolicited advice, “I am on the edge of my seat here. I can’t wait for that sono, but I have to give you some woman-to-woman advice, some doctor-to-doctor advice, some mom-to-soon-to-be-mom advice; pregnancy is an adventure. It is different for every woman. I know the type of woman and doctor you are. Try not to be a doctor during the rest of your pregnancy. That’s what you count on your doctor for. Trust her. You want her to be calm when you’re freaking out and you want her to be cautious when you’re like ‘whatever I can do that.’ Soak it all up and enjoy every second. Even the times when you don’t feel great because you are growing a human being and there’s nothing like it.”
Later in the show the big announcement kept getting bigger when the sex was revealed.
“The purpose of an ultrasound is to take a head-to-toe survey to make sure everything is developing normally,” says Dr. Goodall. As television land and the audience waited with bated breath, we learned the baby’s heartbeat was “nice and strong.”
Following all the “oohs” and “ahhs,” “Honestly, I just want a healthy baby. Ohhhhhh, it’s a little [va-jay-jay],” Dr. Rachael exclaimed. She’s having a girl.
Dr. Rachael is a practicing board-certified family medicine physician and sexologist, who leads frank discussions on relationships, sex, health, abstinence, HIV/AIDS prevention and comprehensive sex education for teenagers.
“I think I speak for everyone when I say we are so happy for you. Thank you for sharing this with us,” offers Dr. Travis Stork [no pun intended] who is the co-host of the Emmy Award-winning show and one of it’s executive producers.
