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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the weirdest thing was from the moment of becoming pregnant, people in the medical field feeling entitled to call me “mom” or “mama”. I immediately shut it down in my OB practice when I switched (my original OB was older and very professional and would never have allowed it in her practice). The baby isn’t here. You’re not treating the baby. I’m your patient and I have a first name, or you may call me Ms. Surname, but I am not “Mama” to you, and if I was, I would have raised you better.[/quote] I don't remember my OB doing this but pediatricians, teachers, and childcare providers will often do that-- just call me Mom instead of my name. I don't like it. I assume it's done to avoid having to remember it look up people's names? I find it irritating though. No one ever called my mom "Mom" except her own children, which is how it's supposed to be.[/quote] I tolerate it when it’s a pediatric nurse saying something like “Mom, could you hold her against your chest this way for a shot”— it’s unprofessional as heck but I understand the patient is my kid and relative to her I am Mom. If a teacher or childcare provider did so I would correct once and report/complain at a second occuranxe. [/quote]
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