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[–] Fosheze@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My mom works in the labor and delivery department at the local hospital. I won't say it's terribly common but, on several occasions, people have been brought in actively in labor but insist there is no possible way that they're pregnant. The mind boggles.

Unfortunately it is because of people like that that most hospitals insist on pregnancy testing every woman that comes in for anything regardless of what they say.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There used to be a whole TV show for that

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Were these people visibly pregnant and in denial or weren’t really showing?

[–] Fosheze@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Some were one some were the other.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I once got asked if I'm pregnant at a hospital. I don't have a uterus because I'm trans. I think maybe the doctors are being a little too careful