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The 10 Craziest Questions Gynecologist Have Ever Heard
Did you deliver your own baby?
Why yes, I sliced my own stomach opened and pulled out my baby. Because I am, in fact, just that good.
Since you have all women working in your office, are you all on the same menstrual cycle?
Surprisingly, I have been asked this weird and personal question many times. We don’t really discuss our cycles around the office. Menstrual synchrony has never been scientifically proven, by the way.
Do I need to take my tampon out before you do the pap smear?
Yuck, yes you do.
Will this medicine hurt my baby?
This is not as much a stupid question as an poorly worded question. Almost every time I prescribe a medication to a pregnant woman, she will ask me this. Yes, I went to school for 12 million years, so I could poison your baby with Benedryl. Obviously, I would not prescribe a harmful medication to a pregnant woman. A better phrasing would be ‘what are the risks of this medication in pregnancy’ as ALL medications have risks.
Will you see my boyfriend as a patient?
No, I do not do boy stuff. I am a GYNECOLOGIST.
Should I stop my birth control pills if I am trying to get pregnant?
No. If you have to ask this question, perhaps you should not procreate.
Me: ‘Are you sexually active?’ Teenager: ‘Sort Of’
This is a common ‘stupid answer’. On further questioning as to the nature of said pseudo sexual activity, the actual answer in most cases, should have been a simple ‘yes.’
I had a hysterectomy, what happens to my husbands semen after intercourse?
Hmm, where did it go before? They all hangout next to the bladder and just chill. Seriously, there isn’t really anywhere for the sperm to go, and it simply comes out again.
Can you tell if I’ve had sex recently?
Yes and no. If you have had sex in the past 12 to 24 hours, there is a good chance we will be able to see the remnants of sperm, lubricant, spermicide, etc.
Doctors can ask crazy questions too...
I recently asked a teen patient if she had ever been sexually active. She then paused and looked at me like I was an idiot and said, “Yes, I have a baby.
Thanks to www.graceformoms.com
By Dr. Heather Rupe