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Chronic Illness 1w
Am I the only woman in here with chronic illness that’s constantly told ‘get pregnant, it’ll fix your chronic illness’ like what the fuck. I am childfree by choice for one but for 2 why the fuck would I wanna get pregnant…EVER…that doesn’t FIX the issue
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Anonymous 1w

every woman ik in my family has had issues that got worse after pregnancy. it’s a literal medical event that impacts your health forever wtf

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Anonymous 1w

lol, nope. Everyone tells me it will help and my pain will go away. That or wait and menopause will fix me. But at the same time there’s this whole fact of it will exacerbate other conditions (I have to go off medications), and oh, yes, the small part of having a small screaming child to drain my little energy.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

YES all of that !! Like forget about how horrid pregnancy can be, I’m not saying others shouldn’t have kids but for me, yea absolutely not, but like I’d have to COLD TURKEY stop so many meds like SNRIs😫😭 the neuropathy and brain zaps etc I’d literally DIE. Idk why they don’t just listen to us and try to meet us where we are at and be more kind

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

propaganda to have more children i stg that’s it

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

I agree with u. It’s awful. Granted I am going to search for a new OB/GYN for that specifically. I didn’t add it in the post. But like…I just sat there the past appointment and few appointments with other OB/GYN’s and was like what in the actual fuck…

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

For real. My conditions are (mostly) stable with the medications I’m on. Anytime a doctor has suggested changing it, I’ve had a horrible relapse (and I’ve had other meds to control it). Personally, I at some point want kids but I can barely manage myself right now. I kind of need to be in a good place to maintain a job, date, get a home… surely there is something better!

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