Why Do They Always Ask Me This Question At The Doctor's Office?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you can get pregnant at 45. You can get pregnant through menopause. It's unlikely but it's possible. It takes one egg.

You cannot get pregnant during menopause, but if you haven't reached it by 45 then you can still get pregnant, but the chances are less than one percent.

And yes, I hate being asked when the first day of my last period was.

Shoot, I don't even have an app for that...It's not like I store it in my Smartphone or anything. Or carry it around in my memory.

Everytime I get asked this, I draw a blank, then they ask me to give a time frame and even then I get a brain fog. Ha! What do they expect?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I stack my birth control, so when I tell then it's been 8 years, I get a really funny look.

Not to derail, but I have a quick question for you. I have been doing this for 6 months. Do you ever take a break? I haven't planned on taking one, but was curious what others do (and I know no one in real life who does continuous bc).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I stack my birth control, so when I tell then it's been 8 years, I get a really funny look.

Not to derail, but I have a quick question for you. I have been doing this for 6 months. Do you ever take a break? I haven't planned on taking one, but was curious what others do (and I know no one in real life who does continuous bc).

Not quoted pp, but I also stack bc. I don't take breaks. I'll stack until I can get back on the implanon. But my period is trying to kill me and my Dr and I have decided it's better to stack the bc instead if going to urgent care when I have my period.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I stack my birth control, so when I tell then it's been 8 years, I get a really funny look.

Not to derail, but I have a quick question for you. I have been doing this for 6 months. Do you ever take a break? I haven't planned on taking one, but was curious what others do (and I know no one in real life who does continuous bc).

Not quoted pp, but I also stack bc. I don't take breaks. I'll stack until I can get back on the implanon. But my period is trying to kill me and my Dr and I have decided it's better to stack the bc instead if going to urgent care when I have my period.

Thank you! My gyno wasn't quite clear about what stacking meant, or maybe she was and I was totally sleep deprived, so I didn't catch it all. Good to know (and same issue here my sympathies!).

[Anonymous]

You could be recently pregnant if you had your period a few weeks ago. So the question should not be used in place of a pregnancy test. My mom found out she was pregnant at the doctor's office when she was there to get a booster shot. Had they relied on just her answer to when her LMP was, they might have given her the shot.

[Anonymous]

I was feeling not well, lethargic, overall weird for about 2 weeks. Left work early went to WHC ER department because I could not take how I was feeling any longer. They asked the question about my periods. I could not remember. They had me pee in a cup and guess what-- I was pregant. Totally surprised at 40.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was feeling not well, lethargic, overall weird for about 2 weeks. Left work early went to WHC ER department because I could not take how I was feeling any longer. They asked the question about my periods. I could not remember. They had me pee in a cup and guess what-- I was pregant. Totally surprised at 40.

Yikes!

[Anonymous]

Hey, you know what question is even more fun? The "what kind of birth control do you use?" when your file shows years of infertility. Woo hoo! (I imagine the lesbians love that one, too.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey, you know what question is even more fun? The "what kind of birth control do you use?" when your file shows years of infertility. Woo hoo! (I imagine the lesbians love that one, too.)

Does the medical assistant have access to your files?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey, you know what question is even more fun? The "what kind of birth control do you use?" when your file shows years of infertility. Woo hoo! (I imagine the lesbians love that one, too.)

Does the medical assistant have access to your files?

I hear you!
And yes, I realize the medical assistant doesn't read my file before doing the initial scanning. And no, I don't blame her for asking the question. It's still an annoying question in some situations. My other favorite is "what form of birth control do you use?" I find that so odd as it implies that everyone is/should be using birth control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had a hysterectomy, noted in the file, and still get this question.

That must get tedious.

They do look chagrined when I reply '2011.'

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I find the question annoying because a decent number of women still bleed when they're pregnant — asking when somebody's last period was does not rule out pregnancy.

Also, I'm a lesbian.

LOL, unless you are a lesbian without a uterus, why couldn't you be pregnant?

Well, presumably this person wouldn't accidentally be pregnant so there is no reason to ask when her last period was.

Gold star!

Last time I got pregnant it cost me $15,000 and a team of doctors. It's really not a possibility for me to be pregnant and not know it.

+1 million

From another lesbian, trust me, when I'm pregnant every Dr. I see will know.

[Anonymous]

I would have no idea how to answer that question, because thanks to Mirena, I haven't had a period in over 2 years. I'm tempted to answer with that date back in 2011 or whenever.