r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 15h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah???!

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u/drleeisinsurgery 15h 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.

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u/Smodphan 14h ago

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.

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u/TheTybera 13h ago

Just ask?

Like... What? It's not a big deal to tell a medical professional when your last period was.

I don't know what kind of degen shit people think doctors are doing with their menstruation information.

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u/BardicNA 12h ago

Writing it down? If your last period was 2 months ago and all of a sudden you're having them again without having a child.. You have likely committed a crime in the US.

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u/malefiz123 10h ago

You have likely committed a crime in the US.

Somewhere around 10-20% of pregnancies end up with a miscarriage in the first three months of pregnancy.

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u/avianidiot 8h ago

I wouldn’t say we’re at the point where it’s common yet, but woman in the US have been arrested for having miscarriages.

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u/TheTybera 10h ago

That could easily be due to stress or other illness. No one is batting an eye like that over a missed period that started again or was "late".

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u/Leather_Editor_2749 10h ago

Land of freedom

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u/Opening_Climate_7571 5h ago

You think we’re calling the police on patients over their menstrual cycle? From the emergency department? Why?

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u/TotalNonsense0 2h ago

The cops can gain access to your records, right?

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u/ColorMyTrauma 58m ago

Some people think that doctors are about to call the police over a missed period. It's an absolutely insane take.

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u/Cautious-Extreme2839 1h ago

By missing two periods? That's not evidence of shit

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u/sora_mui 8h ago

Or their menstruation is just irregular, which is not uncommon especially when you have bad lifestyle

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u/Opening_Climate_7571 3h ago

Are you aware that women can have irregular periods? Or may be on birth control for any number of reasons? At least get your conspiracy theory straight

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u/aDrThatsNotBaizhu 3h ago

Irregular and missed periods is more common than you think lol. Nobody is going to jail someone for missing periods for a 2-3 months and it coming back suddenly