Dr Amanda Carroll OB/Gyn

09/09/2026

Everyday more and more people are coming in saying their hormones are off and they want them checked. I tell them no and they get upset. Let me show you a picture that explains exactly what I then tell them. The ONLY time an OB/Gyn orders hormones, is if you have never started a period as a 16yo+, you are seeing someone for infertility, or if you are under 40 and your periods completely stopped. Perimenopause is a clinical diagnosis: this means we don’t use labs to prove it. Please share. TikTok medicine is dumb.

08/18/2026

I am on baby number 1022 here at Mercy. If you have a pic of your baby that I caught, or me and your peanut, put it below with name and birthday!! I can comment under that with the actual number your baby is!!

07/11/2026

1000 babies delivered since my time here at Mercy Jefferson. Welcome baby Jensen

07/03/2026

Three new babies born this call shift! I’m getting very close to delivering baby number 1000 since being here at Mercy Jefferson. Welcome to the world Adeline, Lane, and Kylen.

04/11/2026

Busy day in clinic today. All three vaginal hysterectomy with extensive repairs are doing well post op. We had worship tonight with the missionaries here at Adonai. We ran into town and tried not to hit a cow. I was able to make my cookies that I brought all the ingredients for with me. We have two cases in the morning including our patient with the severe anemia who is getting some blood before. All in all a blessed day.

04/09/2026

Had another good clinic day. We didn’t book any more surgeries but saw a lot of Gyn consult patients and did lots of ultrasounds. It was a hot day today but the evening cooled off. We went to another small town nearby and had dovlados for dinner that were awesome.

Tomorrow morning starts a big surgery day with 3 cases to do. Pray for Heidi and I and the OR team. Pray for the patients.

04/08/2026

First clinic day down!! Saw 9 patients. Scheduled six surgeries.

Here’s some fun stats though:

* one lady was 75. She’s had 11 kids. 5 of them are living currently 🥺

* two ladies weigh under 85 pounds and one clocked in at 95!

* one lady has had a symptomatic uterine prolapse for 26 YEARS

* one lady has a hemoglobin of 4.7! (Normal is >12 and we usually see closer to 14 here because of the altitude… 🥴). Please pray for this one! She NEEDS surgery and will need blood first/during/after but went home to ask her husband about it… 🥴

Had a nice afternoon nap and a trip into town for some things. Our house lady brought us some fresh fruit and veggies!! Ended the evening with street tacos and a visit with friends. All in all a great first day!!

04/06/2026

It’s Guatemala week!!! On the plane now from Chicago to Guatemala City. I will meet up with the other OB Gyn Dr Heidi at the airport and our missionary friend who will fly us in a tiny plane to Canilla!!

02/03/2026