Fun in the stirrups

I just had my first "well woman" check-up since Ben was born with our primary care physician who has never seen me for such an exam.  This brought a few interesting moments...

Doctor L: Would you like to see your cervix?
Me: No thanks, I've already seen it.
Doctor L and med student exchange a look. I should have piped up that it was one of the unintended consequences of doing a home insemination.

Doctor L: How are you set for birth control?
Me: Oh, I don't need any, Louis had a vasectomy.
Doctor L: Oh, you don't plan on any more children?
Me: He actually had it quite some time ago. Ben is a DI baby.
Doctor L: Uh, DI?
Me: Donor Insemination.
Doctor L (while looking at chart): I didn't know that!
Eh, why would she?  I fill out Ben's medical history forms based on the donor. I guess it never occurred to me to tell her.  I would have used it as an "education" moment but since I was a tad exposed at the moment, I decided to wait until she asked further questions at Ben's well baby check-ups.

Comments

[faith(lo)]

how funny. yeh, why is it dr.'s are shocked when we know more about our own bodies than they do. must be an ego thing .
they pretend like they are also entitled to know our thoughts before we do, or something along those lines, lol. aargh.