• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    4 months ago

    The one that really angered me though when she told me the story was “What if something happens to one of your children?” Like you were just replacing a busted TV or something.

    That’s so awful. What a bizarre attitude. It’s like something out of the Middle Ages- you can always have another, unless you die in childbirth.

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      4 months ago

      It is not an unreasonable question, I was asked the same when I got my vasectomy. The implication was “you are young enough to have another should the worst happen”, not that kids are replaceable parts.

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        4 months ago

        Cool. That implication doesn’t matter if you’re in an abusive relationship where your husband expects you to keep pumping out children.

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        4 months ago

        That doesn’t really matter though. Doctors aren’t supposed to judge like that. You have to deal with that because you’re, emphasis on you, are making the decision right now to forfeit that ability in the future.