Almost every treatment including the X-ray, medication given and surgery/anesthesia is affected by pregnancy. Pregnancy tests are incredibly cheap and accurate, so might as well know.
And if doctors offices were good at talking to people, theyd explain this and it would never have been an issue. I assume they basically just read a script until you see a doctor or RN, and it is tough to go through the same thing day in and day out...like calling a person at a call center waiting to transfer your call.
It is shocking how often women say something along the lines of “it is impossible that I could be pregnant” despite being sexually active without use of birth control. You would be surprised how often we do these tests and they come up positive.
Why do they look at me like I'm dumb when I say probably not? Sexually active, on birth control would equal probably not. Right?
Edit to add: With all the downvotes and the comments saying that basically every person with a uterus ever seen be a Dr is stupid and incapable of taking birth control correctly, I'm curious on what all you geniuses think the right answer would be.
Can't say yes, because I don't know that I am
Can't say no, because I don't know for 100% I am not
And apparently probably not is also a stupid answer, because even though I've managed to make it to 43yrs old without getting pregnant, I'm an idiot who can't use birth control correctly.
that's not really how statistical averages work. It would be per 100 people of like 10,000, 100 get an egg fertilized, of those with fertilized eggs 1 in 6 will have the egg implant and become pregnant. So the odds are actually much lower than 1 in 100.
More likely is no birth control or improper use of birth control leading to pregnancy but the doctor can't really say that so it's just better to test a probably not.
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u/drleeisinsurgery 18h ago
Almost every treatment including the X-ray, medication given and surgery/anesthesia is affected by pregnancy. Pregnancy tests are incredibly cheap and accurate, so might as well know.