I've recently, within the past week, discovered something disturbing.<br><br><br><br>
My friend at work thinks she may be pregnant. Her husband and her have been using b/c but she's 2 weeks late. Seems to think the b/c may have failed. Anyhow, their one and only baby just had his 1st birthday. Both of them know they don't really want anymore kids because they don't believe they can provide for another. They've decided before the first was born that one is enough.<br><br><br><br>
So she discusses this with her doctor before she delivers the baby. He won't perform a tubal ligation because she's too young. My friend was 26 at the time. She then went to another doctor who explained to her that she may change her mind and that he would rather she wait awhile before making that decision. He wouldn't do the procedure either. Well, now she may be having another baby that they really didn't want to have.<br><br><br><br>
I discussed this with my best friend last night and was floored to find out she had the same problem. She has 2 kids now. One is almost 11 and the other is 7. After her first child she wanted the tubal litigation. The doc wouldn't do it. Said to her his rule of thumb is that he'll do it if the woman is over 21 and has at least 2 kids. Other than that he won't. She went to someone else and got a hassle. Mind you, she was just 19 when she had her son and doesn't regret having her daughter (who's now 7). After her daughter was born she had no trouble finding a doc to do the procedure.<br><br><br><br>
In discussing this with other women, I'm finding that doctors are hesitant to do this if the woman is young and doesn't have a house full of kids. I'm like, WTF? Where do they get off telling women how many kids to have?? This should totally be the individuals decision, not some doc who won't even be contributing to the cost and raising of the potential offspring. It just disgusts me that in this day and age, we still have men determining crap like this. It ain't right I tell ya. Ain't right. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/mad.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="
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Thoughts?? Anyone ever heard of women being denied the procedure???
My friend at work thinks she may be pregnant. Her husband and her have been using b/c but she's 2 weeks late. Seems to think the b/c may have failed. Anyhow, their one and only baby just had his 1st birthday. Both of them know they don't really want anymore kids because they don't believe they can provide for another. They've decided before the first was born that one is enough.<br><br><br><br>
So she discusses this with her doctor before she delivers the baby. He won't perform a tubal ligation because she's too young. My friend was 26 at the time. She then went to another doctor who explained to her that she may change her mind and that he would rather she wait awhile before making that decision. He wouldn't do the procedure either. Well, now she may be having another baby that they really didn't want to have.<br><br><br><br>
I discussed this with my best friend last night and was floored to find out she had the same problem. She has 2 kids now. One is almost 11 and the other is 7. After her first child she wanted the tubal litigation. The doc wouldn't do it. Said to her his rule of thumb is that he'll do it if the woman is over 21 and has at least 2 kids. Other than that he won't. She went to someone else and got a hassle. Mind you, she was just 19 when she had her son and doesn't regret having her daughter (who's now 7). After her daughter was born she had no trouble finding a doc to do the procedure.<br><br><br><br>
In discussing this with other women, I'm finding that doctors are hesitant to do this if the woman is young and doesn't have a house full of kids. I'm like, WTF? Where do they get off telling women how many kids to have?? This should totally be the individuals decision, not some doc who won't even be contributing to the cost and raising of the potential offspring. It just disgusts me that in this day and age, we still have men determining crap like this. It ain't right I tell ya. Ain't right. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/mad.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="
Thoughts?? Anyone ever heard of women being denied the procedure???