A Dumb Question

[taffimai]

Whenever I go to the doctor, they ask me if there's any chance I could be pregnant. Now, as I do not have sex with men, I find it pretty easy to answer this question.

But I've never understood how straight, sexually active women in the second half of their cycle are supposed to answer that question. Because even if they're using birth control, it's only 99% effective, so there's always a chance they could be pregnant, but they haven't missed a period yet so they wouldn't really know. Is this just code for, "have you missed a period?"

Just curious.

Comments

[nuptse.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, that's always a fun one to answer, innit?

I've had my tubes plugged and haven't had sex in three years and I still get asked it at the doctor's. I think if you are in possession of a vagina, they're always going to ask.

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

I don't mind them asking, I just wasn't sure how sexually active straight girls answered it. But I'm glad to know that even the straight girls don't really know. *grin*

[nuptse.livejournal.com]

I was one of the first my gyno tried the Essure procedure on (a new type of tubal ligation) and he was very interested at my last yearly checkup to know how it was fairing.
I felt somewhat guilty to tell him that I hadn't 'tried it out' actually.

But yeah, I guess they have to assume certain things, and it sort of pisses me off to have to admit I haven't even been near enough to a man for anything to matter. I just tell them I'm not sexually active and that's that.