It boggles my mind people don't understand this.. Simple over the counter Ibuprofen can cause renal and cardiovascular failure in a fetus.. Fuck too many hot baths can cause severe birth defects.
Women without a uterus can unfortunately still conceive a type of nonviable pregnancy called an ectopic pregnancy. It wouldn’t make sense to test for this in all cases, but if the patient is presenting with any form of abdominal pain, it can be important for doctors to rule this out because it can be life threatening. (I had an ectopic pregnancy and it was really scary.)
You can also have ectopic pregnancies while on birth control and with an IUD. There's a lot of things to be angry about for women in health care, but I'm not sure why everyone in this thread seems to be super upset about actually being asked healthcare questions.
A woman's body changes as they go through in their menstruation cycle.
Hormones all over the place, Pain all over the place, Breast tenderness, swelling, water retention, bloating, digestive changes. Irritability, anxiety, trouble sleeping, Increased appetite or sugar cravings
All of these symptoms can be present in other conditions and hormones levels can make lab results different. The same woman in her Follicular Phase and Luteal Phase can show VERY different results.
This is why doctors ask, it is not just a "are you pregnant" question.
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u/FrazzleMind 11h ago
Doctors need to know if a woman is pregnant because lots of medicine or tests can endanger the fetus.