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Contrary to PP's legitimately irrational examples, requiring a pregnancy test at 52 IS legitimate.

It happens extremely rarely for women to be pregnant at that age, but it does happen, and it's hard to recognize when cycles are highly irregular, like they are at that age. If you menstruate, by definition there is a chance you can get pregnant. Nowadays, there are also more women who try to conceive with donor eggs and who might forget to tell their doctor before the procedure that they may be pregnant.

LOTS of people forget to tell their doctors very important things before dangerous or laborious procedures, which is why the team insists. It's like asking whether you're allergic to certain drugs before anesthesia, or whether you have any metal on you before an MRI, etc. People forget, because they're nervous and they can't think of everything! The medical team is here to do the thinking for them.

Don't take it personally.
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I do take it personally because it's paternalistic sexist bs. I refused to do it before a surgery. I was so angry I had to go to the hospital a day early and wait for 2 hours for them to give me a pregnancy test post menopause. I told them to f themselves and left. They still did the surgery. [/quote]

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