Doctor assuming I want children
I had the craziest experience with my doctor yesterday. I’ve had issues with this doctor before and have been meaning to switch but thought I’d just do one quick telehealth session to get a refill on my medication I needed. Not even two minutes in, she starts going on a rant about “family planning” and how I needed to get something under control so I could avoid pregnancy complications. Never once did I mention wanting to be pregnant or have children. I couldn’t even get a word in to tell her I won’t be having children, but she also mentioned I might be “too young” (at my big age of 25) to be wanting kids now, but I needed to plan for the future. She literally went on for like 5 minutes, so by the end of it I just kept my mouth shut and said “okay” so we could move on and I could get off the call with her.
She’s shown me some red flags before but this was the final straw lol. It was such a weird thing for her to just assume. Why is ruining your body with pregnancy just considered the default?? Especially in the healthcare field. Just more motivation for me to save up to get my uterus removed so I can stop being seen as an incubator.
Posted Aug 14, 2025, 12:29 AM UTC