When You Think The Patient Is Pregnant, But They're Not
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Why You Shouldn't Assume The Patient Is Pregnant
The question I get asked is "Is there a chance you could be pregnant?"
The best response I've heard from a patient was "Only if it was an immaculate conception"
😂 I've used that reply often!
I used that one in the past 😂. To be fair, it let's you skip some follow up questions about how you can be so sure
My response to the mandatory pee test to check for pregnancy before surgery/with certain labs is *always*:
"If that's positive, we need to call the Pope."
Drastically cuts down the number of "Are you Sure?" repetitions.
I answered, “If I was the Virgin Mary, I’d be pregnant by now.”
That's an old one 😂
"That's fair" got me wheezing
the worst one I have ever heard of when the doctor asked a lady if she was pregnant and she said 'not anymore' 😢
I was smiling then I saw your comment and I got sad
Oooo.... That escalated quickly.... So sad.
That’s... so sad... 😔
Damn… That’s terrible
Any chance that she Just have birth?
Lmao "i cant tell if youre a boy or a girl" touche pregnant lady .. touche !
"I AM NOT PREGNANT!!!"
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@yudithcaron8053i wanted to comment that 😂
She turned into Professor Oak
Omg😂
Once upon a time I was very thin. I gained ~20 lbs and started wearing looser scrubs (I’m an RN). I had been a size 4 and was now ~ size 8. I had someone I knew casually at work say “Congratulations! When are you due?” I said “I’m not pregnant. I’m just fat” They replied “No, really. When are you due?” I said “ Seriously, I am not pregnant. I am just fat!”
I would kill to be that “fat” now!!
I had an exchange like that with someone, many years ago. 🙄
Right? I WISH I was the size when I had my kids, lol. When people ask me if I'm pregnant, I say, "Nah, it's a food baby" and we all laugh. Sigh.
Omg that’s horrible! I’d NEVER ask a woman if she was pregnant, that’s such a horrendously stupid idea 🤦♀️. Whoever asks that question deserves all the awkwardness and humiliation that follows..
When I am almost sure someone I haven't seen in a while is pregnant, I just say they look amazing (when it makes sense, not when they are very clearly not their best) and when they are, indeed, pregnant, they'll tell. If I'm wrong, I've just given them a compliment
@@christafranken9170 and that's the way to do it!
THIS HAPPENED TO ME WHEN I WAS 13. It was sooo frustrating cause I was actually extremely dehydrated and was super lightheaded and they js kept insisting to my mom that I take a pregnancy test. Eventually, another doctor came out, female, and started me on an IV while my mom and some nurses and the original doctor were arguing, and she watched as I started to feel better. She then went and scolded the others. After a couple hours, she came back before we left and told my mom that if she had brought me in the next day and that argument happened, I’d probably be unconscious.
When I was 15 I had many people ask when I was due because I had 'that glow' (?). Even mother thought I was pregnant, she dragged me to the Dr's for the test... I was not sexually active, but it sure did give me a weight complex!
When I was 12 somebody asked my friend when she was due. She was 12!!!! Maybe if a 12 yr old looks pregnant to you mind your own damn business.
@ribbitty UH...NO!! Not in this day & age!! Youngest New mom we had had JUST turned 14!! Meaning pregnant at 13!! And then the girl who's mom took her across state lines for an abortion right after Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade: she was 10!!!!!
@@ribbittyWe WILL HAVE QUESTIONS...LOTS of them!!! Like who did this to her?!?
@@SOUTHERN_LADY not your family, not your business. Her parents can ask those questions. Not a STRANGER.
@@ribbitty BEG to DIFFER!! I am speaking as a former ICU charge nurse, so YEAH!! We NEED TO KNOW! Before u argue your point, understand that this is in the context of a HOSPITAL. And MOST DEF going to ask additional questions as we are REQUIRED TO BY LAW.
"shut up" "fair enough" 🤣🤣🤣 that was gold
I’m a nurse, I had a stomach bug so bad once I went to urgent care because it was getting to the point I could hardly keep water down; so I was hoping I’d get sent home with a prescription for zofran or phenergan, or anything that would help with the nausea. The resident who had me as as a patient asked if I was pregnant, told him no because my period had just ended, he made me take 3 pregnancy tests just to be sure, they all came back negative. He then spent 10-15 minutes telling me how he was hesitant to send me home with any nausea medications because the pregnancy tests may be a false negative. All the while I’m hugging the trash can, heaving into it every 5 minutes. I asked if we could do doxylamine or pyridoxine if he was concerned about me being pregnant. He then went on another rant how he didn’t believing in prescribing those for morning sickness because he didn’t believe they were safe, even though they’re both first line for morning sickness. I always abide by the “don’t tell them you’re a nurse” rule unless I know something is dead wrong; but feeling like crap and dealing with a resident on a high horse made me not so nice. I told the resident I wasn’t pregnant and there was no possible way I could have been because my fiancé and I hadn’t had sex in about a month because he had the flu then I had the flu, then I had spent the last 2 weeks throwing up every 5 minutes and feeling like death warmed up; so he could prescribe me nausea medication we both knew was safe for pregnancy is he was that concerned about it or the next time I had to throw up I’d miss the trash can. The attending came to see me after that, gave me a prescription for zofran while berating the resident.
isn’t zofran safe to take while pregnant anyway, meaning it doesn’t matter and the resident could have just given you the prescription? what an asshole. women’s healthcare is so bad. if you have a uterus, goodbye! everyone will say you’re pregnant until you’re half dead from whatever it is you actually have.
I know someone who felt she was pregnant for months, but all the tests came back negative. It was a scan that finally determined that she was pregnant.
Also, I've come across the odd nurse that has had a cryptic pregnancy. It can happen. I think because on the cautious side is best.
i kinda hope they didnt make thier residency with that mind set. to watch ya being sick and argue with you instead of giving you help.... like what if someone was dying! what if you had something worse then a flue... ffs
@@laurasherry3017 It happens, but I feel like it's rare enough to not warrant that level of caution. If the tests all come back negative and the patient denies having recent intercourse and just finished menstruation, what more can you even ask for? Unless they're prepared to provide the woman a free scan to check AND she is willing to deal with all that, there's nothing else to be done. If we were this cautious, we would exclusively provide women over 6 and under 70 pregnancy-safe medication (or none at all) just in case, and that just seems a little over the top.
Why are nurses and doctors even allowed to do this? This is condescending and horrible for women.
I have a friend who worked at a restaurant and one of her regulars came in looking a lot thinner than he usually did. It kinda shocked said friend as he hadnt been to the place in awhile. She said "wow, you've lost weight, what diet are you on" he said "its the chemo" which is when she said "well, keep it up, you look great" out of habbit as its usually packed, so they make quick small talk with generalized statements sometimes. It took her a few seconds to realize he had cancer, but they both laughed about it when she realized what she said
she thought, "it's the keto".
lmfao how absolutely mortifying. Must have been hilarious from the perspective of the regular on chemo 😹
Yeah, my best friend had a similar thing. He contracted HIV and was really terribly sick for about 2 months. He didn't tell the people in his gym whathad happened and when he came out of it, people congratulated him on losing so much weight and how awsomely thin he looked.
He was not really amused
Omg…
This is exactly why I keep small talk with customers to a minimal
Any time I get asked any pregnancy questions I automatically know they didn't even try to look at my history or my chart.
No matter how disoriented I am in the ER, it is programmed into my to scream at them to look at my chart if they make a misdiagnosis.
I have seen hundreds of doctors and only a handful have ever read my chart. Dozens of times I have been prescribed meds I’m already taking. I’ve even had a PCP do it. I am a professional patient at this point, so I know better than to compliantly take 3 antibiotics at once, or worse, 3 SSRIs, but I did hallucinate once from Serotonin Syndrome.
I was in the ER once for a kidney stone. I reiterated that I'm allergic to codeine and morphine, so all they game me was high doses of ibuprofen. The ER doc gave me some prescriptions to fill to ease my discomfort when the stone finally passed. I dropped them off at the pharmacy and because the wait was going to be over an hour, I went home. A while later I got a call from the pharmacy asking if I knew that one of them contained codeine. Thank goodness the pharmacy pays attention to those things, because the ER doc could have killed me.
I was once asked if I was pregnant. I'm a bald, bearded man.
@@VecheslavNovikov I'm over 60 and I still get that question whenever I have an xray done. But you have that beat. 😁
In most cases, they'd still force her to take a pregnancy test before doing anything. 🤷
Maybe just take a urine sample, useful whether one is on not. Went in recently,sprained wrist. Asked me for a urine sample..don't know why, but ok.
Well if you’re sexually active with a partner that can get you pregnant, it’s necessary to test. You gotta make sure before giving the patient any medications that could hurt a potential baby and so the patient can make informed decisions about their health.
@@Mary-cz5nl You can ask what it’s for because you are allowed to refuse if you want to. Urine samples are usually either for pregnancy test or drug test if not specified by the doctor, but it can also test for many other things; your doctor really should specify what they are testing for though.
@@Mary-cz5nlbecause of the sprained wrist. I’m thinking it’s for a drug test to make sure whatever they give you, doesn’t react poorly. Or give someone too much pain meds.
Because...better safe than sorry. If it's negative, good, don't have to worry about it. If it's POSITIVE...conversations should be had and medication that should be avoided.
Backpedal, backpedal,processing, shutting up now. Props to Austin though, he nearly had it.
True Story: I had ovarian cancer at 25/26 and I had to undergo two surgies to have a total hysterectomy. Despite informing the ER of this and having documentation they STILL give me a pregnancy test despite me informing how horrible they make me feel by asking that line of questioning. Despite it being my like 10th time in ER. They're assholes.
Edit: I have had a TOTAL hysterectomy. No tubes, no uterus, no cervix, no ovaries...NOTHING. just for clarification
In this day and age, it's a CYA. I HAVE had to test a pregnant husband. I HAVE asked a very obviously pregnant woman/person when the baby was due as her husband was there for a vasectomy. She said she wasn't pregnant. A nurse co-worker WAS NOT PREGNANT during her surrogacy. She got snippy with patients near the end of 'incubation'.
Did you also have an oophorectomy because if your ovaries are still intact then there's a chance of ectopic pregnancy and that is life-threatening.
Partial hysterectomy - just the uterus.
Complete hysterectomy - uterus and cervix.
I'm right there with you..total hysterectomy except ovaries removed.
I had to go to ER for unrelenting pain from said surgery..gave me pregnancy tests even though they had discharge papers from hysterectomy in their hands. Dr gave excuse that since i was on chemo he was concerned that i might be pregnant. I told hospital in my complaint that I was not able to get pregnant because of said hysterectomy, and etopic pregnancy were not viable. And they would have addressed it during surgery.
Yeah they are
@@TheKrispyfortgiven ovarian cancer I doubt they left the ovaries in place
Friend goes to the ER complaining of abdominal pain.
Nurse: You're pregnant.
Dr: You're pregnant.
Nurse 2: You're pregnant.
*Lab results come back.
Dr: You've got cancer.
That's me but I've got tumor 😂😂
This is why labs are sooooo important.
well I mean, not so different really
@@DelilahZoe am a doctor and the doctor i was at kept fighting me how am pregnant and lying THEN did the lab work 😂😂
Damn don't scare me wth
Twice-
1st I was drinking coffee and a hospital nurse said "should you be drinking that?" Me,"um yeah why?" nurse, "cause you know your pregnant" "I'm not. Nope" 😅smile and not worry about it
2nd it's winter and I waddle in the hospital all bundled up nurse proceeds to ask me if I need help finding maternity ward? me, "uh no why?" Nurse "cause your pregnant right?" 😅"nope I'm not" just smile and wave smile and wave
Wow, I can’t believe some nurses can’t even tell the difference between a woman who’s overweight vs one who’s pregnant smh
@kayleigh3648 not over weight I just had puffy coats on bundled for winter lol
"When's the baby due?"
"What baby??"
*cue Brian Regan joke*
"Oh... uh, the pandas, at the zoo!"
Yes 😂 omg yes 👏 👏
"Ling-Ling! How's Ling-Ling doin'?" 😂😂
I approve of this reference 😂
While the OBGYN was doing an ultrasound prior to an IUD procedure, I asked her jokingly, “any babies today?” and she answered, “two, actually!” I was like O____O;;; but she meant that she had delivered two babies that day. T____T
I asked a classmate in college and...
Inoperable tumor. Last time.
Something I saw years ago: Never ask a woman if they're pregnant. The only "safe" time is when they're in labour and crowning... And avoid it if you can even then 😂
doctor: "hello ma'am, so you're pregnant?"
woman literally giving birth: "rude" XD
(i agree with you tho)
And at that point, the answer is gonna be "Not anymore."
I worked at Toys R Us in the late 90s. A lady came through my line and I asked when she was due. She was actually 3 months post partum. To be fair, she was wearing a maternity outfit.
That happened to me at a grocery store. I was absolutely heartbroken. It was only about 6 weeks postpartum and I had been incredibly thin and unhealthy (strung out) prior to my pregnancy so I had gained a TON of weight during my pregnancy and afterwards due to my drastic lifestyle changes and being off drugs and on methadone maintenance (which also made me gain more weight, sigh). The worst part was, the person who asked me when my baby was due was the sweetest, little old lady and she was so genuinely kind that I didn’t have the heart to embarrass her, so I just made something up and went along with my day. My daughter was fine and with her father at home, so I mean, I suppose I can see why she would assume that since one would assume a new mom would have a newborn with them at all times.
Man, that did a number on my self-esteem though. I have always had body image issues and problems with weight management so, when I got that heroin chic body and dropped down to 100lbs soaking wet, and people started telling me I was *too skinny* for the first time in my life, I was elated. I know that, for normal people, who have never had issues with disordered eating, that sounds preposterous but, honestly, that was my biggest accomplishment in terms of my body goals-as embarrassing as that is to admit now.
Ah! Maternity outfits! They were comfortable! My pregnancies were in the 80's, the big shirt/tent days!I wish I had my old ones back! BTW I don't like the modern ones! I don't like tight clothes, so these new tops today would make me feel like I was being suffocated, or squeezed by an octopus!
@@RNMom424I still wear most of my maternity shirts! Of course, they're the kind that just have wide flowy hems instead of being body con, but mostly I only remember they're maternity clothes when I check the tag. Lol
@@jennifergracehI know a thing or two about how hard it is to lose weight. And how it feels to be uncomfortable in your own skin. But giving up unhealthy foods is one thing, giving up drugs and turning your life around like that is a million times more difficult. Congrats! RESPECT! You did what sooo many people fail to do for the rest of their lives. You kicked addiction in the butt, transformed your body from strung out and poisoned to healthy and nurturing. You're a mom with a loving partner. And you have the chubby parts to prove it. I know it's hard but try to wear your additional pounds with pride. You did what is impossible for most and you deserve to enjoy your success to the fullest.
@@dianagreene4257 don't look at the tag! 😁
When in high school, My friend got asked if she could be pregnant while her mother was in the room. Later, the male doctor came in and asked the same question and got the same answer, “no.” He then asked if her answer would change if her mother left the room! Her response was epic! “I don’t know what you have in mind, but no!” He couldn’t get out of that room fast enough!! 😂.
😂😂😂😂
He dug himself into that one 😂
I swear, no matter what weight you are, that is ALWAYS a man's first thought. No matter how much you swear it isn't possible.
It’s a females doctors too. My family doctor knows I’m infertile and not sexually active and she still sends me for pregnancy tests when she changes my meds
i had a little kid ask if I was pregnant, I said no why. She said God only gives the best people babies. I finished tying her shoe took her back to her class room & I cried.
That's awful and you know the kid's stupid mother taught them that. I would have said God gives the ones without kids common sense not to get knocked up. I don't care who is rude 😂 I dish it back and also work in a hospital.
@@ellzedd4113 she wasn’t being nasty. She was a five year old girl who’s parents were fighting overseas. I was helping her learn to read & she had been very quiet most of the year. That was the first day she spoke
@@ellzedd4113what in the world kind of comment is that??What the heck?
Take a chill pill.
@@jessicabejarano6065that is the sweetest comment…so glad she has kind ppl helping her to remain kind!🥰🥰🥰
Then I must be a "best person" because I have three sons.
actually had a coworker ask me this one time. It was about 10 years after I'd had a hysterectomy. Told her no, I'm just fat. The look on her face was absolutely priceless, as SO worth it lol
I had an older guy in a restaurant (out to dinner with my spouse and his co-workers) ask me when the blessing was due. I told him 4 years ago, thanks, I was just fat.
This actually happened to me while I was getting stitches in my hand. I wish they had looked in to it , they would have have found a massive ovarian cyst about a month from needing emergency surgery.
I know I'm fat. I just tell them I'm fat and haven't been laid in over a decade
That's really sad
I mean, I do miss a good dicking @@fuddrucker74
@@fuddrucker74what do you think you’re accomplishing by saying this?
@@chelseakitkatznot accomplishing anything. It just sounds as if the op is lonely. And I find that sad.
No worries dear im slim but have no personality, spirit or money left so i'm the same as u
My moms in her early 40s and has had three kids, which means she gets asked this question cONstantly and not just by doctors. Seems whenever a woman isnt stick thin the immediate response is "oh she must be pregnant" because god forbid a woman has organs, bones, fat, muscles, and skin.
I’m trying to figure out if I’d rather be thought of as pregnant or just fat.. I kind of think, I’d rather be assumed to be pregnant lol..
@@plainjane3439 pro tip: if you're fat, wear only maternity outfits so people think you're pregnant. (you might have to move every few months to avoid awkward questions...)
My chemistry teacher in secondary school looked 6 months pregnant when I joined the school. We all thought she was pregnant. No one ever asked tho. By the end of the year and she still wasn't taking maternity leave, and that's how we figured out she wasn't pregnant. I'm so glad no one asked her anything 😭✨
You know what happens when you assume, right? Makes an ass outta you and me 😂😂😂
I love and have lived that statement, and I completely agree with you, and I have lived with somebody who just assumes and frustrating. It’s actually my mom where I learned it from lol.
THIS IS ME!!!!! I have a chronic ireatated stomach and the amount of times Doctors assumed I was pregnant drove me insane. The worst was at the Radiology where they did an ultrasound of my belly to look for weird tissue. The male Nurse didnt even look at my chart and was like "huh well mam you are not pregnant" and i was so shocked about his audacity that i said angrily " If I were pregnant call Holy Mother Fucking Mary" (was still a virgin) and told him off on his lack of decency. Never went there again. Just bc im female and have nausea/vomiting doesnt mean im pregnant. Pls dont just blatantly ignore/ assume things its annoying
The worst case of this I ever had was when I was working in oncology. A patient of my had advanced cancer that had spread to her liver. She developed ascites (fluid accumulation in the abdomen). A person’s abdomen can become so distended that they look like they are 9 months pregnant with twins.
She was coming to the oncologist to have the fluid removed (only a temporary measure). She came off the elevator and came into my infusion room in tears. I asked her what was wrong, if she was in pain. She told me that someone on the elevator had excitedly asked her when her baby was due.
This poor woman! If the person on the elevator had taken even one second to look at her, and not just stare at her belly, she would have seen that she did not look healthy at all. Her face, neck and arms were very thin. Her color was terrible. She had jaundice, but it wasn’t the color that you see sometimes in newborns. She was closer to Gulden’s mustard. It was heartbreaking. She was quite obviously sick. I felt so bad for her.
Did she beat the cancer?
Those questions are understandable if you get them from a small child. They are never understandable coming from a medical professional. Ever. Just ask "Is there a chance that you could be pregnant?" instead.
you're completely right, but rn i'm imagining a doctor asking a woman who's 9 months pregnant this, just out of fear of being rude XD
@@lilalino Same thing stands though. They might have just given birth. They might have just lost their child to a stillbirth. They might have a massive tumour. You still ask - and some people who are due to pop don't LOOK like it. My late SIL was a tiny, tiny woman and when she was 9 months pregnant, she barely looked 5-6 months. Despite being five foot nothing and super petite with a tiny bump, she popped out a 10lb baby somehow. Go figure.
I got pregnant years ago, when i found out i was pregnant i was tiny, 95lbs. Long story short i had the baby, went on maternity leave from work however when i returned to work the company had me start back at a location in the next city over. The original location id worked at while pregnant was right next to my dads, so a few months go by and i stop in the store i used to work at, saw an old coworker whos jaw dropped and said "oh wow, again?!" I just gave him a look of confusion. He said "youre pregnant again?" I think i made him cry when i told him "no i just havent worked on losing the weight after giving birth". Poor kid was MORTIFIED
Never assume... She might be, but don't assume I was working as a nursing assistant and had been taking Prednisone. I started gaining weight in my face & belly area... The constant questions about when the baby was due or if I was hoping for a boy or girl was horrible...
My friend had that question asked. I’ll never forget her reply: “the baby is 8 mos. old”. That stopped that conversation real fast!
Patient "I am not pregnant!"
Me " oh I must have read the wrong file; let me go check on that"
I’ve been overweight since I was 4 due to the meds I need to keep me alive. But I’ve only ever had a stranger think I was pregnant once. I was 15 and I’d been having frequent fainting spells due to headaches brought on by incredibly painful ovulation. I was walking up the stairwell to the second floor where my English class was and halfway up I got dangerously dizzy and fell against the wall. The dizziness got worse so I put my hand on my stomach out of habit and slowly sat on the step. After a few minutes, a male student started to ascend the stairs, saying “Are you pregnant? Do you need me to help you the rest of the way? Should I get someone?” I told him “Not pregnant. Just in pain and dizzy. I’ll be okay in a minute.” He lingered for a moment longer then continued walking upstairs.
He at least was willing to help 🥺
He seemed to actually be concerned-
In the Army, you can go to sick call for a paper cut, and they give you a pregnancy test.
In her defense.
They thought she was pregnant.
This is why I just never bring it up. Do you look pregnant? Are you *very* clearly about to burst? Did you tell me to my face that you're pregnant? Too bad! I'm not saying jack shit unless I'm medically and/or legal required to!! Pregnant people scare me enough as it is, I don't need to remind them to be angry with me.
I asked someone I knew a little and saw every few months if everything had gone well with the baby, because she looked pregnant for a suspiciously long time and then never mentioned a child. I felt bad seeing her again and looking like I didn't care about her mental health. It was a huge stomach tumor 💀 She's completely out of danger now but the embarrassment I felt will remain
Yeah ngl you kinda deserved the embarrassment 😂😂. She obviously didn't mention it for a reason, usually pregnant ppl who are showing announce it.
@@jclyntoledo I realised after the info that she actually tried to talk about it many times, by probing me to talk about gastric issues, digestion, what is safe to eat, this was a topic she ALWAYS started when we met and I never understood if she was trying to make me say or ask something. Well she did, but I didn't get it
In all honesty, if she had a stomach tumor, I’m willing to bet she’s been asked hundreds of times before if she was pregnant. So I don’t think she’s even gonna care about it in the long run. But I could def understand u feeling embarrassed!
Maybe we should all just agree that asking a woman if she’s pregnant is a bad idea; and that if she was, there’s a 99% chance she would have announced it by the time she’s actively showing. And if she hasn’t announced anything, it’s cuz she’s either not pregnant or doesn’t want u to know (both of which are reasons enough to stay out of the matter entirely).
Even if a woman has her legs up in stirrups and a head is crowing I won’t ask that question. It’s a slippery slope 😂
And in THAT case-- LITERALLY 😅
One day a colleague asked me with a big smile on his face when the baby is due and I had to tell him that I'm not pregnant. I was just really bloaty that day. He turned super red, mumbled sorry and scuttled out of my office. Felt so bad for him cos he's actually a super sweet guy.
"Well, hopefully the burrito baby is due in a few hours"
@@SweetlyTwisted I'll remember that for next time lol. Thanks!
"Oh, I'm so sorry! You have that glow so with that and the nausea I figured you were pregnant"
It’s funny because I sat in the ER at Chesapeake General in Chesapeake Virginia for 3 hours listening to a woman vomit for three hours wondering why they didn’t at least give this woman something for N/V. I’m like what is she throwing up because she hasn’t ate or drank anything. By the way Chesapeake General hope you see this. Nice work. When I finally got to see someone it was a PA and she was in the room less than 5 minutes to diagnose me and release me. Three hours I sat in the ER waiting room to only be seen for 5 minutes.
Sounds normal these days.
Love that the nurses are clearly in the wrong in this, we love a self aware creator
Poor Austin 😂😂😂
He tried.
Bless his heart, he tried
Her response at the end was fantastic
"I thought I saw here that you were pregnant. Let me see who that note waa actually meant for, my apologies."
Not to mention “Morning Sickness” is entirely inaccurate. It’s 24/7. Just call it Pregnancy Nausea.
I get severe period sickness, but with irregular cycles and sort of "ghost" cycles. I get to be sick for a week straight, then wonder whether or not I'm actually having a cycle.
It is actually called "nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP)" according to Wikipedia. I believe it's also sometimes called hyperemesis gravidarim.
Emesis gravida
@@xerofelix7090hyperemesis gravidarum is not morning sickness. It's a debilitating and life-threatening condition. Some people call it morning sickness from hell but it's its own pregnancy related rhelm of torment.
I had none w/ my 1st, & only a couple weeks of VERY mild MS w/ my 2nd! And ONLY at breakfast time! My poor SIL though said it began at conception & didn't end until delivery!
I got one for you. When the nurse, dr and myself all think I’m pregnant again on birth control and it turns out your intestines aren’t working.
There was a substitute teacher where I worked. She clearly was expecting, and so I asked her when her due date was. She corrected me like this lady.
She had her baby, and I never said a word. But one of her students said she didn’t like to talk about her pregnancy because, “It’s like everyone knows what you’ve been doing.” I mean…
this reminds me about a friend of mine who went to visit someone in the hospital once. she got into an elevator with a nurse, and the nurse tried to start small talk by asking her when she was expecting. The nurse didn't try to talk with my friend after it was clarified that she was not pregnant and was only coming to see someone
Ugh when i went to rehab i gained like 40 pounds. But all in my stomach and my ass. And then i have a REALLY small frame so my stomach grows out, not wide. So after i came home people kept asking me if i was pregnant and i was like "no! I'm just fat! Leave me alone!"
That one hurts. I have put on a few pounds over the last few months and when I was at the store shopping for a dress, a woman came up to me and told me congratulations on my baby that’s due. I almost started crying. Didn’t even know what to say to her. I’m not even that big in my stomach, so I really didn’t understand that. Never say that to a woman. It’s rude.
I'd think about my weight - or my outfit - if they called me pregnant 😅😂😂😂
Same!
Vomiting, looks like they're pregnant... I'd guess it was the same issue that sent me to the ER, gallbladder decided it had enough lol
Once I thought my period started week early, which was already weird, but there was too much bl00d and after a hour I felt like there is an Alien in my stomach. I called an ambulance, the brought me to ER. Doctor walks in the room and asks basic questions, and then "how often do you have sex?" And I said that I am virgin. Doctor was shocked, because paramedics and nurses said him, that I might have a miscarriage.
Sorry for my bad english, it's not my first language 😅
I gotta be honest: When a coworker asked me if I could be pregnant I go right for the throat. Mind you we are an old craft company with 50 people and I'm the only female worker. So when I don't feel good, somebody asks me whats up and I say I feel sick, the next look goes to my belly and they ask if I'm pregnant. Everytime with so many coworkers! I'm working at this company for five years. This happend way to often so now I growl at them " Oh so woman can't have 'normal' stomach pain?! They are always pregnant as soon as they have a specific age?! When your mother or wife or sister has stomach pain, do you asked her if she's pregnant as well?!
But no matter what I say they'll just give me a look of disbelieve. So I thought of something new: "I have a girlfriend!" Is way more effective than it should be but then they go "Ohhh! Yes than your right"
But those are old folks nothing could change that stupidity and besides that they are way more pleasant to work with than almost any female coworker I had before 😂
See that's exactly why I am so paranoid about mentioning nausea to ppl unless I know it's a direct symptom of a medication side effect or something I just ate.
Yes, that’s a slippery slope. Asking a woman when she’s due.
I have a stomach that kind of protrudes a little bit, and I get asked at least once a week if I'm pregnant / when I'm due
Someone asked me (not in the ER) when I was due. In my defense, I was a little overweight at the time but I was also holding my friend’s baby & had my hip stuck out to balance his weight. I said “no. I’m just fat.” Then he apologized & offered to take me to dinner for the mistake. He was a friend of my friend’s dad…who had cheated on his wife a few times once with my friend’s mom (the reason her parents divorced-cheating) and eventually with her dad’s second wife. Her dad never found out his “friend” was doing this to him. Ignorance is bliss I guess… FYI, I said no & called him a pig. He’s old enough to be my dad…eww
Even if he was your age, would you really want to go out with a serial cheater?
@@kathyharmon2093 nope. That’s why I called him a pig. He knows how old he is.
Disgusting human being, just 🤢
Nobody:
No one:
Not a soul:
Every doctor I have ever seen since my First Blood despite my best efforts: Any chance you're pregnant? ... You sure?
Sorry if I’m dense but what do you mean by first blood? Do you mean your period? And do you mean that you were trying to get pregnant but we weren’t able to? If so, I am sorry about that. I can only imagine what it feels like. to want to be pregnant, but just aren’t able to. If that is the case, I deeply empathize with you and hope that you are able to one day if you haven’t already. ❤
@@kathrynrhodes7785 First blood was a tongue-in-cheek reference to menstruation, yes, and what I was referring to was the relatively common experience of telling a doctor you are not sexually active and then still being asked as a redundancy if you could be pregnant (I get the liability thing, but that doesn't change how bizarre it feels, especially as a child when there is a stigma associated with the implication).
I'm not looking for motherhood myself, but how we conduct ourselves in a health care environment in the US leaves a lot to be desired.
I was 32 and a virgin. Nobody got that that could be possible. Always disbelief of it. Believe me I wish I had kept true to myself because now at 43 I can't have children and it's probably because I was too naive and peer pressured into having random sex. I hate myself daily and sometimes wish I could just go already.
@candacerain1 That must be exceedingly hard to carry. I hope that you are able to find support you need.
the "shut up" was on point lmao
Plot twist , it was Pseudocyesis symptoms :
Breast tenderness.
Enlarged abdomen.
Missed menstrual period.
Weight gain.
Nausea or morning sickness.
Food cravings or aversions.
False labor contractions.
Those are wild systems
It would be even harder to deal with I think
What? So weight gain causes missed or delayed menstrual cycles? Okay
Never assume someone is pregnant! Ever!
everyone always assumes that when a woman dares to say she doesn't want to drink alcohol. everyone. it's super annoying.
This actually happened to me recently. I am 52 y/o and went to the ER because I had been vomiting for 3 weeks non-stop. I had gone to clinics with no resolution and at that point I felt so dehydrated that needs an IV. I was asked if I thought I could potentially finally be pregnant. 😂 I was positive I was not pregnant due to my circumstances…
Happened to me. Nurse walked in and asked when I was due. I wasn't pregnant.
I bloody love Austin
Austin's quick thinking is impressive.
Knowing how many girls come in the ER that are actually pregnant...this is a legit question lol
No, the legit question actually is "Is there any chance you could be pregnant?" not "When's the baby due?" or "Is it a boy or a girl?" because a) they might not actually be pregnant, b) they might not be ABLE to conceive and you just rubbed it in their face that they look pregnant anyway and c) even if they are, they might be miscarrying, or their child might have died in utero and they're waiting to deliver them. or any number of other awful scenarios. Either way, you look like a douche, and you possibly upset your patient.
Yeah, the problem is he didn't ask it as a question like 'are you pregnant' or 'is there a chance you're pregnant '. He just started talking like of course she's pregnant.
I remember that my general doctor thought I was expecting even though I had told them there is no way. she told the nurse to run the test and when the nurse came back she told the doctor it was negative. She looked shocked and and to get her self together and said sorry to me and my mother. She didn't run any more tests and it wasn't until many years later that I found out I needed surgery because my monthly was causing me to need iron infusions and other health problems. No thanks to my gp.
I'm taking her side on this 😂
Love the “boy or girl nurse”!! Such a great (almost) save!! 😂😂❤
Literally me three days before I found out I was pregnant
When I was on peritoneal dialysis and had to have 2 liters of fluid dwelling, people (including doctors) thought that I was pregnant. Had to sign wavers and get blood work all the time to prove that wasn’t the case.
One day my aunt told a far relative to name her baby in her belly after her if it happens to be a girl.
The lady was not pregnant but had gastric issues... 💀
it happened to a lady behind me at the supermarket cachier line. I didn't notice her, and was asked by a third person to give her my place at the line. When I offered, she just shook her head in denial and pure embarasment
Healthcare workers seem to assume every woman in her 20s or 30s is pregnant.
And, assume that every woman up through about 45 or so is having all kinds of sex with all kinds of people. They always ask what form of birth control they're using, and admonish some for not using any - even if they're "using" lesbianism, abstinence (no suitable partner, partner away, male partner dysfunctional, etc) And test for STDs - even though the woman says she's not sexually active nor has any indications of it. (Can YOU say "upcoding"?) Then, suddenly when she turns 45 or 50, she's no longer having sex! If she's complaining about troubles during sex, talking about possibilities of pregnancy, possibility of STDs, asking about the suitability of sex after a procedure, they'll just assume, or write in the chart (!!!) "not sexually active" - even if she's married, even if her husband is in the room...
@@rudra62One of the highest rates of STIs is actually in women 60+. Because they can't get pregnant anymore, they think they're safe to have unprotected sex.
Rule 1. Never ask a woman if she's pregnant unless you see her in labor and the baby is crowning.
Legally doctors do have to ask if you could be pregnant, but they’d usually never just assume.
I said I wasn’t Mary from the bible to my doctor, as she had to ask the question for like safety and stuff.
“No but I-“
“*Shut up*”
“That’s fair..”
edit: not to be that person who says “not to be that person who says “ not to be that person who says “not to be that person” but holy that’s a lot of likes thanks!
The second interaction literally made me laugh so hard I just can't 😭
I work with kids with autism and I provide in home therapy. I had a new client and I was meeting the family for the first time. The mom straight up asked me if i was pregnant. (I’m a thic woman who carries most of her weight in her stomach, butt, and thighs. But I’m fit.) And I responded… no.. I’m just fat. 😂😂😂😂
That "okay; I'm sorry" from Austin was real!!! 🤣🤣🤣
I went to the ER for a severe UTI. Once I got back, they had me pee in a cup, chose the wrong test, and I had to owe again (mind you this is very painful for me). My mom was working that night (CT tech) and she came to see how I was doing. "The doc says you're not pregnant!" She said it as a joke, but when she saw the horrified look on my face, she asked what was wrong. "He hasn't told me my results yet." 😐 imagine if I had been pregnant and she found out before I did! For clarification, I was 19, definitely old enough that he violated HIPAA big time
A Woman's Sister ruined an engagement plan a similar way. The then Boyfriend told the Woman that he was going to put an engagement ring on the dog and the dog would run up to his owner when she came to work like he always did. What ended up happening was that the dog ended up inadvertently throwing the ring off of him. So when the Woman's Sister came home he greeted her with no ring, like it was a normal day. The Woman later called her Sister and said,"Congratulations, Bride to be!" The Sister had no idea what the Woman was talking about, as the dog showed up with no ring on him. She and the Woman chatted for a bit and then the Husband found the ring that the dog inadvertently threw off of him and popped the question the right way and the Sister accepted. The Woman was mortified that she accidentally spoiled the surprise, but all three of them ended up having a good laugh about the whole thing. 🤣🤭
what a GREAT recovery answer
Austin tried so hard and almost got away with it😂
Nice save from Austin, but the patient has a solid rebuttal. 😂
Good save Austin 😂😂😂😂
“That’s fair”
“Okay I’m sorry”
😂
And I am not pregnant!!! Greatest come back EVER…
The pink scarf hair- had me laughing also.
Always test for it and never assume it
And always get paid for it! By insurance, government programs, or the patient herself. The term there is "overuse" - if the woman has not been sexually active for months, years, or ever, has had a hysterectomy/ovariectomy, is post-menopausal.
@@rudra62 my country has socialised medicine for permanent residents and citizens.
I keep forgetting that some countries primarily work on for-profit models
@@TheKrispyfort In the US, it's not only for-profit, but is ludicrously expensive. Signing up for such a test will likely lead to bankruptcy and homelessness - regardless of how much one has saved over their life.
The overuse thing still holds in a socialized medicine structure. One is getting tested for things which they cannot possibly have, which costs money (to the program), taking it away from those who actually need care or treatment. It's just that the monetary incentive is not there for the medical professionals to do it or "sell" it with fear mongering.
His little "okay, i'm sorry" had me 💀
Austin nb Icon confirmed???? 🤔
The “ok I’m sorry 😑” got me 😂😂
I'm male-to-female transgender, I have visible belly fat and I have been mistaken for pregnant more times than I can count.
It was funny the first dozen times.
What's also funny is when a doctor or nurse doesn't check my e-chart or history properly and asks me "are you pregnant or planning to become pregnant?"
R/thathappened
Thank HIPAA for that, friend...I don't have access to chart notes I feel I need for assessment.
@@carlasouthwell7422 I'm not in the US
@@scifigrl23 Just because you think badly of trans people doesn't mean all our anecdotes are fake, STFU
Hahahaha. One of the nurses I worked with years ago asked one of the reps that would come in “how far along” she was and without hesitation, the rep said “I’m not, I’m just fat.” And the nurse was mortified and literally ran down the hall. 😂😂😂
"Foot in Mouth" Disease, excits 😂😂
Someone thought I was pregnant. Excuse me? I’m had SEVERE stomach bugs.
I am lactose intolerant and get very bloated. Don't know how many people have asked over the years. 😢
" A boy or girl nurse". He just about saved face 😂😂😂