From the other side of the consultation, briefly. Most of what circulates confidently in this community traces back to one summary of one study, and the qualifier was dropped somewhere in the third retelling.

bri_stats said:

For anyone reading later: the numbers in this thread are worth checking against a primary source before you act on them, including mine.

Bookmarking. The distinction being drawn above is the one nobody else makes. Taking it to my next appointment.

Adding the clinical framing, because it changes how the question reads. The useful move here is to separate what is established from what is widely repeated. Those two sets overlap less than the confident tone of most write-ups suggests, and the second set is where nearly all the disagreement on this board comes from.

Dr.LeslieOBGYN said:

The useful move here is to separate what is established from what is widely repeated.

Adding a me-too, because a thread of one person's experience is not much use. The detail I would add is minor and it is already implied above.

Moderator note: reminder that nothing in this thread is medical advice, and that clinical claims need a source. Report rather than reply if it drifts again.