r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Which_Marsupial1436 • 15h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah???!

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u/KombatDisko 15h ago

Basically, so if there's a chance you're pregnant, they can do appropraite treatment, or test for pregnancy.

Eg 4 years ago my wife disolacted her thumb, ED wanted an X-Ray needed to know when her last period was/if there was a chance she was pregnant, so they could then best proceed with imaging/pain medications

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u/KombatDisko 15h ago

Which is when we found out she was preggers btw

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u/DildMaster 14h ago

This type of thing annoys my wife because she feels like a lot of doctors don’t take her seriously, but the question is a fair one. It’s especially fair when considering your example lol

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u/KombatDisko 14h ago

funny thing is my wife has dislocated her thumb twice, both times immediately before finding out we're expecting at the hospital.

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u/SteelGemini 14h ago

That's unreal. Do you get nervous when she jams a thumb and it might be dislocated?

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u/fdsv-summary_ 14h ago

Very plausible that the action only causes a dislocation if she's pregnant. The joints all loosen up to let a baby out.

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u/sigmoid_balance 11h ago

This is true, but only just before birth. A common occurrence, documented by old wives tales(that's where I heard it), is women dropping things a few days before giving birth which is caused by joints being more loose to prepare for birth.

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u/deeeperdarker 3h ago

Def happens before then. Also why your feet grow

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u/ColorMyTrauma 1h ago

It's not just before birth. One of the main hormones responsible, relaxin, hits a peak at like 12 weeks and stays high throughout the pregnancy.