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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teens don't need to go to the gynecologist. Gyne's are specialists who you see if there is an issue.

Their regular doctor can handle questions about birth control / sex etc. [/quote]

Disagree. Mine hasn’t gone yet, but I plan on taking her this summer before she goes to college. There was a long thread about this a few weeks ago.[/quote]

[b]It’s really hard and long waits to be seen by a gyn as a new patient with no issue.  [/b]Don’t waste their time and take up needed spots to others.  If all your teen needs is the safe sex and birth control options talk (and a prescription), the pediatrician or family doctor are completely qualified and do this all the time. [/quote]

One way to avoid this is to build a relationship with doctor before an issue presents itself. Like, perhaps when you’re 17/18.[/quote]

So you are going to have her meet and build a relationship with every kind of specialist just in case down the road she has an issue? Bizarre. She doesn't need to see a neurologist or a cardiologist or a gynecologist or an internist or a hematologist or a psychiatrist as a teen to build a relationship in case she has a future health issue.[/quote]

I’m her mother and I don’t even have a general doctor. I only see a gyn annually because those are the only types of major health issues I’ve experienced in adulthood. My mother never really talked to me or prepared me for any of it, so I’m trying to do better. You do what you you want with your kid![/quote]

You have it backwards.  You should be seeing a primary care doctor yearly and a gyn pretty much never or just if a specific complicated issue that needs addressing.  Primary care can manage UTIs, yeast infections, common gyn issues, and even do paps.  You gyn shouldn’t be managing sick visits or other non gyn issues that come up (blood pressure, cholesterol, colonoscopies, etc.). [/quote]

I’m doing just fine my way, thanks! I can’t even remember the last time I did a sick visit. I’ve been going to the same gyn annually for 20 years now. [/quote]

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