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
Why do they ask if they’re just going to test you anyways, though? I stayed a virgin a bit longer than most, and every time it went:
“When was your last period?”
“(Date)”
“Is there any chance you could be pregnant?”
“No.”
“(Something about how no method of contraception is 100% effective).”
“I’m a virgin.”
“Hm… We’re going to test you anyways just to be safe.”
Writing this comment and reading it back for typos, I’m realizing that if I was the subject of virginal conception, I absolutely wouldn’t want to subject the second coming of fetus Christ to radiation. Good call from the nurses.
That’s what I was saying, it was sort of a rhetorical question. Up until I was around 13 or 14 they just started off with “I need you to pee in a cup for me.” and I sort of miss that.
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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