What's wrong with this picture? (CAUTION! Female stuff!)

[TawnyMyst]

It's been medically proven that I'm barren and this is part of my medical record. Yet every year as part of my physical I'm required to take a pregnancy test and every time the nurse tells me that I'm not pregnant. Duh, I already knew that! I would be extremely shocked were I to be.

[Little Retail Rabbit]

It's been medically proven that I'm barren and this is part of my medical record. Yet every year as part of my physical I'm required to take a pregnancy test and every time the nurse tells me that I'm not pregnant. Duh, I already knew that! I would be extremely shocked were I to be.

I can almost imagine that moment...

"You're not pregnant."

"Oh gee, I was really holding my breath there for a moment."

*facedesk*

[Thuringwethyl]

I would agree that requiring a pregnancy test for all women in the hospital was utterly stupid except...I read the "things my patients have taught me" thread over at some medical forum. The check-in people probably have little to no faith in humanity anymore.

[Reyneth]

I would agree that requiring a pregnancy test for all women in the hospital was utterly stupid except...I read the "things my patients have taught me" thread over at some medical forum. The check-in people probably have little to no faith in humanity anymore.

This one?
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=257985

That thread had me occupied for weeks. I'm sad I've finished reading it and it's not very active any more. It sure is good for some

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Mommy was on the Pill when she got pregnant with me and Lizziebeff.

Mine was too when she got pregnant with me.

But then that was the late 60's and The Pill (from what I've heard) didn't have the same rate of effectiveness back then as it does now.

[Becks]

And in my mom's case, she was taking cold medicine.

[dalesys]

If I was a member of the "Mandatory P-Test (8-80)" demographic I'd do a little shopping before showing up for my next appointment.


For an ...erm... "appliance"... (BeeMused could probably help in selection of the proper unit)


The box blurb would be along the line of:


"Der Fambly Juuls"
"Looks and feels like the real thing"
"Concealed attachment"
"Available in a variety of skin and hair colors"
"Authentic life-like action"

[Kara]

Here's something interesting that I realized after reading this thread (thanks Pedersen). Even if it is 100% impossible for a woman to be pregnant at the time of whatever test or procedure, protocol requires a pregnancy test on all females for said test/procedure. Because they need proof, so that a random fluke didn't happen, and now they're facing a lawsuit (sadly they're not as concerned with potentially harming the baby, they're covering their asses).

With that in mind...

Once I have "legally" changed my gender, there will be times when I may need some minor procedure done or a even particular medication or whatever, and since the system will have me identified as female, they will be required to give me a pregnancy test. I never thought of that before now

[SuperRTL]

Heh, I was a Pill baby and so was my son. My daughter was the result of the only day in a 3 month span when my hubby and I were both awake and in the same room for a 5 minute span of time. No trouble pin-pointing the date of conception for the doc. I actually knew I was pregnant about 2 months before any of the tests came back positive.

I have been sterilized since but, yep, still the pee test. My grandmother died of ovarian cancer that they thought, for a while, was a baby. Because the test came back positive and the tumor was the size of a fetus at about 16 weeks. I have no problem peeing in that cup, even after I'm old and cobwebby down there.

[Sapphire Silk]

With that in mind...

Once I have "legally" changed my gender, there will be times when I may need some minor procedure done or a even particular medication or whatever, and since the system will have me identified as female, they will be required to give me a pregnancy test. I never thought of that before now

I'm assuming you're going from female to male? In which case it makes perfect sense, as not all women who transgender get a hysterectomy . . . to wit one gentleman who chose to get pregnant because his wife could not. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6244878&page=1.

[Kara]

No, going the other way, actually.

[Sapphire Silk]

No, going the other way, actually.

Sounds like you're already there: I thought you were already female Of course, that is the whole point . . . .

[Flying Grype]

Mind you, we both also joke that her 11 year old is a tumor

http://www.absoluteanime.com/black_jack/pinoko.htm

[Teefies2]

Dumb questions abound in hospitals ... to wit ....

In LDR to have my first child, clearly pregnant and in active labor. Nurse asks "Is there any chance you might be pregnant"? Umm ya think? I'm here in YOUR LDR having a baby - hmmm could I be pregnant??????

[Misanthropical]

I was told I could not have children because of something that had happened to me, so I was heart broken for years knowing I would never be someone's mother.

However, you all know that there are people running around who call me "mom".

The big guy: He hid from the blood tests for months. Plus, I was using a IUD and birth control. I was told I was just stressed out from the house fire we had. That stress is now 18 years old and graduating high school. Plus, he is the greatest most sweetest big guy you could ever meet.

Baby Girl: I had a stillborn between the big guy and her, so she was automatically a high risk pregnancy since they "claim" they have no idea why I had a stillborn. However, they first tried to say to me about her that I was just stressed and depressed from having to bury my son and to go home and relax. The heart break and stress is now 15 and in high school and the greatest daughter in the world!

The little guy: I was on the pill. I was stressed to the max about a car accident I had been in that had totaled my van and I was taking a pain medication. I was told I was stressed from all the above and to relax and don't worry about. When my guy showed up on the PG test the doc ran back in the room to tell me to stop taking the pain meds RIGHT NOW because I was PG. I thought it was a joke at first, but nope, the stress from the car accident is going on 13 years old, in middle school and the sweetest little guy in the world.

I did call the doctors who told me I would never get pregnant to tell them I am the mother of three children.

I had my tubes fixed, take birth control and doctors still want me to pee in the cup even knowing that information. I tell people if I get pregnant I am naming the kid "Harry Houdini"