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| From: Leslee Freeman | Posted: Aug-23-2000 11:01 pm | Msg: 1FF4 |
| Subject: [Sistahtalk] (unknown) | ||
| I am so mad right now, so this may not be very coherent, but please bear with me. I am pregnant with twins. I have been married for 6 years, and wear a wedding ring. I went to the dr. late this week, and was tonight going thru the paperwork/pamphlets that the nurse gave me prior to my appointment. Low and behold, I find several about proving paternity. Excuse me? My husband, with HIS wedding ring, on has accompanied me to most of my appointments, and most of the nurses know him (he is a 6'9", bald, mean-looking ex-marine; people tend not to forget him). My chart also notes that I am married and happy about the pregnancy. I know this thanks to my skill at reading upside-down. Why did the nurse assume that I was an unmarried woman? I know I am more sensitive and reactionary because of hormones, but this is not the first time I have been categorized at the doctors. Early in my pregnancy, my blood pressure was elevated. I was told it was becayse I am most likely prone to high blood pressure. I told the doctor, in my coldest voice, that if she read my chart(which she was holding), she would see that my blood pressure is actually prone to be low, and would she please consider another possibility. I was sent to a nutritionist for gestational diabetes, who advised me my pre-pregnancy weight was fine, since I have a such a large frame (she as planning my diet and weight gain, so she needed to have an accurate picture of my prepregnancy weight). As much as I love to be told I did not weigh too much, I need accuracy, not diplomacy, so I advised her that my frame has always been considered small. She then took the time to actually look at my wrists (even swollen, they are small), but still asked if the women in my family were small, or...It was fun telling her my mom and aunts' weights. These are just two examples. I would like to do something about this problem I am having. This categorizing is not only annoying, it can be dangerous, since they are less likely to look past their assumptions to the actual truth if there is a problem. Any suggestions would be nice. Thanks everyone Leslee ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com | ||
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