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reinydaysims

I love Munchie, but sometimes she is a very naughty cowplant

quakerjoe

traveldustedshoes

Because abortions aren't the only way the patriarchy wants to control your junk

OBGYN: Yeah, you are exhibiting all the signs of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. I’m so sorry.

Me: Huh? Oh, yeah. Insulin resistance, impossible weight loss, pre-disposition to type II diabetes, painful AF periods. Likelihood of bleed outs. Crap. That blows.

OBGYN: Yeah, well that too.

Me: *blinks* What?

OBGYN: Well, PCOS makes it very difficult for a woman to conceive and carry.

Me: BWHAHAHAHA. Yeah. No. No babies. Ever. Never wanted them. At all. Maternal instinct is not strong with this one. Only upside today.

OBGYN: Well then. Not exactly problem solved, but we’ll run with it.

Me: So about the MIND-SEARING PAIN and occasional HEAVY AF BLEEDING. When can we deal with that.

OBGYN: Not until you are 35.

Me: Dah fuq?

OBGYN: Not my rules. Hospitalization won’t even consider any treatment unless it’s life or death until you’re 35.

Me: Why?

OBGYN: Because you might want to have a baby.

Me: I’m 31. I didn’t want kids when I was 11, I didn’t want them at 21, and I sure as shit don’t want them now. Can’t I just sign a form that says “I don’t ever want a baby take it out, take it out now”?

OBGYN: Nope.

Me: Why?

OBGYN: Government rules. No removal of baby making parts before 35 unless your life is in immediate jeopardy.

TL;DR: The government knows better about your baby making parts than you do.

eve-made-the-right-choice

This is just evil. They are literally refusing to treat a potentially life-threatening condition, not just without the patient’s consent but despite the patient’s protest. Evil.

kaijutegu

According to the National Women’s Health Network, there’s no legal age restriction- “Technically, any woman of legal age can consent to the procedure, but it should be medically justified. It’s incredibly unlikely that a doctor will perform a hysterectomy on women ages 18-35 unless it is absolutely necessary for their well-being and no other options will suffice.” Of course, this is in the US. Other countries may have different rules.

If you’re in the US and your OBGYN says “government says no,” look for a new one because they lied to you. If your OBGYN says that “hospital says no,” look for a new one because this one doesn’t respect your bodily autonomy. It is true that most surgeons don’t like to perform hysterectomies until you’re in your late 30s at the earliest, but a respectful surgeon will listen to their patient and not just write them off. Sexism in hospitals is alive and well- and it’s not just anecdotal evidence. There’s been a history of looking at it academically/professionally since the 70s (look into Mary Halas as a good place to start if you’re curious), and it crops up all the time in articles in the Journal of Women’s Health and Women’s Health Issues, and the International Journal of Women’s Health all of which are peer-reviewed, well-respected medical journals. It’s absolutely a real thing.

Anyways, I guess what I’m getting at is this: here’s a list of doctors (mostly US-centric) who perform different sterilization surgeries without giving their patients trouble. While even a surgeon on this list might caution anyone under 35 away from a hysterectomy, at the end of the day it’s your body and your pain. (And some of the docs here have been known to perform hysterectomies on people in their 20s with no fuss.) While this list won’t be practical for everyone- after all, medical treatment is ridiculously expensive in this country, it might help someone.

love-lays-bleeding

Holy shit fam Holy S H I T

SIGN ME THE FUCK UP I’VE BEEN TOLD THIS IS NOT ALLOWED FOR YEARS

xelbleedsglitter

Oh god

purpleterpsichore

QUICK REMINDER THAT I HAD A HYSTERECTOMY A FEW DAYS AFTER MY 26TH BIRTHDAY B/C I HAD CANCER AND I DID EXACTLY THIS. I HAD A DOCTOR WHO DIDN’T WANT TO DO IT AND THEN I WENT TO A NEW DOCTOR AND AFTERWARDS SHE MORE OR LESS SAID MY LIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN DANGER HAD I NOT DONE IT.

lisafer

Sometimes it’s not the doctor, it’s the hospital. For example, my OBGYN worked at a Catholic hospital, so they couldn’t perform any type of sterilization onsite unless it was an emergency situation.

So if your doc feeds you this BS line about not being allowed to, ASK IF IT’S THE HOSPITAL POLICY. If it is, ask if they are able to perform the procedure elsewhere. If they are not, ASK FOR A REFERRAL.

I was 28 years old when my OBGYN explained that he wasn’t allowed to perform a sterilization procedure onsite, and then he proceeded to tell me what a crock of shit it was and referred me to someone else who was able to. And even though I was under 30, his referral listed me as “an ideal candidate” for the procedure.

If they pass off this line and insist when you know otherwise, FIND A NEW DOCTOR.

blueboltkatana

God help American women

incubeebirb

I’m glad my obgyn is one of the few good doctors out there, he gave be so many options of what we can do to control my PCOS because my A1C was getting out of control and diabetes runs in my family so I’m like oh feck. 😳

twodotsknowwhy

I think some of you who were young when Obama care became law maybe dont get what the horror of pre-existing conditions meant. It wasn't just you disclosed your condition and insurers didn't cover you, its that they would cover you, you would pay them, live your life and then one day, you'd need medical care and the insurance companies would comb through your past history LOOKING for an excuse to tell you that actually, because your GP told you twenty-five years ago that you might consider making lifestyle changes to avoid developing high blood pressure (changes which you did, and which worked), that stroke you just had is a pre-existing condition and you're shit out of luck

And with the invention of social media and the ability to buy consumer's data, if this practice is allowed to resume, a lot of people are gonna be so screwed over

pbrim

A good friend had insured their family (2 parents, 3 kids) for several years, paid their premiums regularly. Then their eldest son developed diabetes, and the company claimed that he had been overweight all along, and thus had not ever actually been eligible for their policy. Not only would the company not pay for his treatment now, they demanded back all the money they had paid for treatment in the past. They did not, of course refund any premiums paid because it was a single price for a family with 2 or 3 kids covered.

In the 90′s I was working as a contractor in IT and getting my insurance through my husband who was a regular employee. I was secretly make plans to leave my abusive husband, and was looking for private insurance. But it had been recently discovered one of my heart valves is mal-formed. It is a birth defect, discovered accidentally, that I had had without problems for 40 years. But there was a chance that at some point it would need to be replaced. The best deal I could find for private insurance was a policy for which I would pay the same as everyone else, but there would be no coverage at all for ANY problem with my circulatory system because of my “pre-existing condition”, (Other companies refused to insure me at any price.) Not just no valve replacement surgery, no coverage for a heart attack, no coverage for high blood pressure, no coverage for anything that in anyway affected my circulatory system. I had to remain with my husband for several more years until I could shut down my company and find a job with my own employee insurance. (25 years later, and still no issues from that mal-formed valve.)

My best friend has several complex medical problems. She was lucky enough to get coverage from the state under a high-risk pool (not available in every state), and that kept her alive. But it cost almost half of their income every year for premiums and co-pays. Her husband was not eligible for the pool, and could not afford to take a job that offered insurance, because that would make her ineligible for the pool. He was fired early on from a job that did offer insurance, but it was a small company and his wife’s conditions were driving the premiums up for everyone in the company. The insurance company rep flat out told them, “We doubled your premiums this year, and we will double them next year, and every year until you fire X. Do that and the premiums for everyone else go back down.” So he didn’t go to the doctor for anything for 10 years so they could keep the insurance that was keeping his wife alive. He was afraid to get a checkup for fear they would find some “pre-existing condition” that would mean he could NEVER be able to get insurance.

This is what they want to go back to. This is what they want to go back to in the middle of a pandemic. This scares the shit out of me.

hillaryisaboss

hikikomoriheadphonegirl

sugdenjohn

He was there. Hunter. I could see his eyes. I could feel his breath. My baby. Hunter, darling.

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REINA press conference

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rikatatsumi

Marina’s 2018 Awards - Rookie of the Year

Utami Hayashishita

royalarmyofoz

i am mother (2019) trailer

daughter, your whole life i’ve taught you to see the bigger picture. everything i do is to protect you.

futurist

Tell me…do you remember your mother? Curious, isn’t it? That you’ve survived so long where others have not. As if someone’s had a purpose for you. Until now.

I AM MOTHER (2019) dir, Grant Sputore

birdonahotdog

strawberryorangelemonade-deacti

The Mantis (2017) (x)

cleocazo

QUEENS show no MERCY.

wahtdahel-blog

Wtf most women don’r even know they are pregnant at 6 weeks. This is violence.

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adriennegabriella

Ever notice how it’s never the time to talk about guns–even though NOBODY is immune to a bullet–but it’s always time to talk about abortions and new bills to stop them? They really should say they hate women and go.

wahtdahel-blog