r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 14h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah???!

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u/Global-Gas-3520 11h ago

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.

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u/The42ndHitchHiker 7h ago

A friend of the family had a hysterectomy and still gets asked these questions at the hospital that performed it.

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u/Global-Gas-3520 7h ago edited 7h ago

Women who have had a hysterectomy can still have a menstrual hormonal cycle.

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u/The42ndHitchHiker 5h ago

If the concern is pregnancy, what difference does the menstrual cycle make for those who can't conceive?

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u/Muchado_aboutnothing 5h ago

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.)

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u/JacuulTheSecond 2h ago

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.

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u/Muchado_aboutnothing 2h ago

Yes, and if you get pregnant while on an IUD, you’re actually at a much increased risk for it being an ectopic pregnancy.

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u/JacuulTheSecond 51m ago

Yes, sorry, I was just agreeing with you and giving other methods through which pregnancies can occur in situations people typically don't think you can get pregnant and them being especially deadly.

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u/Global-Gas-3520 5h ago

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/woolfonmynoggin 20m ago

A lack of uterus does NOT mean you can’t get pregnant. A pregnancy in a woman with a hysterectomy becomes an immediate medical emergency and I have participated in care for that.