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BroadwaybabytoIn my twenties, I was denied a medically necessary hysterectomy because I “might meet a man who wants kids” I fought for years to get the surgery, spending weeks out of every month stuck in a hospital bed needing iron and blood transfusions. Too disabled to work. Fainting almost daily. In constant pain. No matter how sick I got, the hypothetical future husband and baby came before my health. What these imaginary beings might want was more important than what I needed. When I finally had the surgery, I had a severe post operative complication. The surgeon didn’t believe me. She sent me home. I had to go to the ER four times before they found the life threatening internal bleed. Each time dismissing me as “attention seeking” or accusing me of not understanding some pain was to be expected. My then boyfriend saved my life. He got loud and refused to take me home, saying he was convinced I would die. It turns out, he was right. I had a giant bleed in my belly and an infected abscess that had been growing for weeks while they gaslit and ignored me. It was a hell of a crash course in medical misogyny, as well as the need to always have an advocate in healthcare settings:<a href="https://medium.com/@thedisabledginger/what-my-hysterectomy-taught-me-about-medical-misogyny-and-advocacy-e7d6e7294af8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://medium.com/@thedisabledginger/what-my-hysterectomy-taught-me-about-medical-misogyny-and-advocacy-e7d6e7294af8</a><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#misogyny</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/chronicillness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chronicillness</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/patriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patriarchy</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/womenshealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womenshealth</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/obgyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#obgyn</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/hysterectomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hysterectomy</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/childfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#childfree</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/medicalmisogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicalmisogyny</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disabilityjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disabilityjustice</a>

`Da Elf<a href="https://zeroes.ca/@broadwaybabyto" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@broadwaybabyto</a> Oh but can my mother name this song in just one note.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#misogyny</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/patriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patriarchy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/womenshealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womenshealth</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bodilyautonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bodilyautonomy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/obgyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#obgyn</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mybodymychoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mybodymychoice</a>

BroadwaybabytoWomen’s rights and bodily autonomy are under attack, but it’s important we remember the role medical misogyny plays in endangering our lives. It’s not new, and it’s only getting worse. When I wanted a tubal ligation, I was denied because I wasn’t married and thus couldn’t get my husband’s ‘permission’. When I was told I was unlikely to survive a pregnancy, I asked again and again I was denied because I might ‘meet a man who wants kids.’When I needed a hysterectomy, doctors sought the permission of my 22 year old boyfriend of less than THREE months. They asked him if he would leave me when I became ‘barren’. Men who want a vasectomy do not have to jump through these hoops. Their body, their choice. None of us should need a man to consent in order to get the care we want and need. It’s archaic, patriarchal bullsh*t and we must keep calling it out. <a href="https://www.disabledginger.com/p/pregnancy-will-likely-kill-you-but" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.disabledginger.com/p/pregnancy-will-likely-kill-you-but</a><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#misogyny</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/patriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patriarchy</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/womenshealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womenshealth</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/bodilyautonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bodilyautonomy</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/obgyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#obgyn</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/mybodymychoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mybodymychoice</a>

John E. Bartley, III (D) K7AAYLegacy is Episcopalian (Protestant), OHSU is agnostic, Providence is Catholic. You've been warned. <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/pdx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pdx</a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/PortlandOregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PortlandOregon</a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hospitals</a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/OBGYN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OBGYN</a> <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/religious-directives-at-catholic-hospitals-complicate-emergency-care-for-pregnant-women" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/religious-directives-at-catholic-hospitals-complicate-emergency-care-for-pregnant-women</a>

BroadwaybabytoMedical errors kill, maim and traumatize. As a disability advocate, I hear stories of medical negligence almost every day. I’ve got more than a handful of my own stories. Few are as egregious a this one. A young woman seeks help for abdominal pain. At first she’s dismissed as having PCOS. They later find a 25cm (!!!) cyst on her ovary and proceed to do a total hysterectomy and resect part of her bowel and appendix. She barely survives, and when she regains consciousness in the ICU is told she’s lost her womb and has stage four cancer. That alone would be difficult to deal with, but then she’s later told she doesn’t have cancer and the hysterectomy and surgical menopause were unnecessary. She tries to focus on the positive (not dying of cancer), only to have the medical team change course again and confirm that she actually DOES have stage four cancer but in her appendix and lymph nodes and not her uterus or ovary. PpThe gauntlet of emotions this woman must be dealing with is heartbreaking. How a medical team can get something this wrong this many times on ONE patient I will never understand. As always, try and have an advocate with you at all times. I’m unsure if it would have helped in this scenario, but we all need a second set of eyes and ears in the room. Ask questions. Get a second opinion. Don’t be afraid to speak up if you feel you’re being mistreated. Reach out online for support from other patients and caregivers… we will help you. <a href="https://people.com/woman-32-has-hysterectomy-doctors-apologize-no-cancer-11714951" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://people.com/woman-32-has-hysterectomy-doctors-apologize-no-cancer-11714951</a><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/medicalerrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicalerrors</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/iatrogenic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iatrogenic</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/trauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trauma</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/hysterectomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hysterectomy</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cancer</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/womenshealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womenshealth</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/obgyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#obgyn</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/chronicillness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chronicillness</a>

Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦And the open access article in Science Advances <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Pregnancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ReproSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReproSci</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ObGyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ObGyn</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adr7922" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adr7922</a>

Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦“Several measurements — including a marker for inflammation and several indicators of blood health — settled but did not return to their pre-conception levels even after 80 weeks” <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Pregnancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ReproSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReproSci</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ObGyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ObGyn</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a>

Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦Pregnancy’s true toll on the body “in the first month after birth, 47% of the 76 indicators stabilized close to their pre-conception values. But 41% of the indicators took longer than 10 weeks to stabilize.” <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Pregnancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ReproSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReproSci</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ObGyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ObGyn</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00959-7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00959-7</a>

BroadwaybabytoMe at ER for cardiac issuesDr: “Could you be pregnant?”Me: “No I had a hysterectomy”Dr: “You look too young for that? Are you sure?”Me: “I’m confident”Dr: “I think you might be confused. Maybe it was your appendix.”Proceeds to order pregnancy test I’ve had this interaction more times than I can countHealthcare workers think I’m “too young” to have had a hysterectomy and automatically assume I’m confusing my womb with another organ.They ask endless questions, only to end up doing a pregnancy test anyways Perhaps there are patients who confuse their uterus for their appendix, but I would imagine that’s exceedingly rareThe battle I went through to get my hysterectomy was long and arduous. It involved many physicians lecturing me about how I would never be able to have children Asking insensitive questions like:“Don’t you want to be a Mom?”“You might want biological children, many women do”“What happens if you meet your dream man and he leaves you for being barren?”You don’t have to endure this type of insulting and misogynistic third degree to get your appendix or gallbladder removed.They inform you of the surgical risks, you consent, the end.There’s simply no plausible way to confuse the removal of a WOMB with an appendix Despite these obvious facts, I’ve had countless doctors assume I’m wrong. That I couldn’t possibly have lost my uterus and it must have been something less important.I’ve even had “patient CLAIMS hysterectomy”’written in my chart. Why someone would lie about something so easy to prove or disprove is beyond me.The end result is always a delay in care while we argue and then wait for an unnecessary pregnancy test which always comes back negative.Surely we can do better? I understand that doctors must have a degree of skepticism, and that the price of missing a pregnancy can be incredibly high.I’m not opposed to them running a pregnancy test if that’s what they feel they need to do.I am opposed to the delays and gaslighting It was traumatic to lose my uterus at a young age. The healthcare workers who inundated me with misogynistic questions & put a hypothetical man before me and my health? They didn’t make it any easier.I feel that trauma all over again whenever I’m questioned about pregnancyI wish we could endeavour to either TRUST our patient, or just run the pregnancy test without all the unnecessary and (often) rude comments.I don’t object to the test, I object to the way I’m treated leading up to the test. Patients know their body best. We know the difference between a womb and an appendix. We know when we’re being talked down to and mistreated.It causes trauma. Makes us less likely to trust the provider and far less likely to seek care in the future Please treat your patients with the dignity they deserve. Don’t judge them on how they look, the chronic illness or disability they have or their gender or sexual orientation. Listen to them. Work with them. Let them be a partner in their care.We can do better together /end After the hysterectomy I also had a post op complication that was ignored by the ER three times. I had a life threatening internal bleed, but was sent home without tests because they thought I was “exaggerating”.We MUST listen to patients. I only survived because my accidental advocate stepped up<a href="https://www.disabledginger.com/p/my-most-dangerous-er-experience-and" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.disabledginger.com/p/my-most-dangerous-er-experience-and</a><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#misogyny</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/medicalmisogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicalmisogyny</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/womenshealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womenshealth</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/obgyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#obgyn</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ableism</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/endometriosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#endometriosis</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/hysterectomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hysterectomy</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#discrimination</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/mybodymychoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mybodymychoice</a>

Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦And the open access article in iScience <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ReproSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReproSci</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MedMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedMastodon</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ObGyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ObGyn</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Endometriosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Endometriosis</a> <a href="https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(25)00049-5?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2589004225000495%3Fshowall%3Dtrue" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(25)00049-5?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2589004225000495%3Fshowall%3Dtrue</a>

Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦“What we've shown in this paper is that the epithelial cells can communicate with the macrophages,"… "Our hypothesis is that their cross talk potentially provides an environment that's conducive to the development of the disease." <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Endometriosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Endometriosis</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ReproHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReproHealth</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MedMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedMastodon</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ObGyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ObGyn</a> <a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-hormonal-treatment-endometriosis.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-hormonal-treatment-endometriosis.html</a>

Mx VerdaOMG WHAT <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaobCA-NUsg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaobCA-NUsg</a><a href="https://www.aspivix.com/clinical-data-show-significantly-lower-iud-procedural-pain-and-bleeding-rates-with-aspivixs-novel-suction-based-cervical-device/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.aspivix.com/clinical-data-show-significantly-lower-iud-procedural-pain-and-bleeding-rates-with-aspivixs-novel-suction-based-cervical-device/</a><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Contraceptives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Contraceptives</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/ObGyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ObGyn</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/GUMclinic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GUMclinic</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/GenitoUrinaryMedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenitoUrinaryMedicine</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/vagina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vagina</a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/tenaculum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tenaculum</a>

MorriganAzure 🧙🏻‍♀️🔮🪄<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/thompson-hospital-norway-house-mom-1.7484113" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/thompson-hospital-norway-house-mom-1.7484113</a>his is outrageous!!! 😡 Sounds like <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racism</a> is alive and well in <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/thompsonMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thompsonMB</a> I can't imagine what this family goes through. <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> services have consistently discriminated against <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indigenous</a> people in <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canada</a>, in particular <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#women</a>, who are already prone to being gaslit by health care personnel.I was treated horribly by an <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/obgyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#obgyn</a> and their staff, and I'm well-educated, middle class, white appearing woman.What chance do others have?

KidsDataCDC suspension of PRAMS data collection on maternal and infant health is confirmed <a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-shutters-prams-program-on-maternal-and-infant-health" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-shutters-prams-program-on-maternal-and-infant-health</a><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Data</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DataScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DataScience</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MedMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedMastodon</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/pediatrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pediatrics</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/womenshealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womenshealth</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/obgyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#obgyn</a>

DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠MechanicPhysician manpower, not just in Ob/Gyn but in primary care and many specialties is the major issue facing <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Healthcare</a> in Delaware!<a href="https://spotlightdelaware.org/2025/02/05/women-clinics-sussex/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://spotlightdelaware.org/2025/02/05/women-clinics-sussex/</a>Women in Sussex County struggle to find doctors following closures of clinics"Recent closures of women’s health clinics in Sussex County have exacerbated longstanding problems facing people across southern <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Delaware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Delaware</a> who for years have struggled to find <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/OBGYN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OBGYN</a> doctors nearby. Seaford resident Barbara Hedges-Goettl has recently dealt with that problem, struggling for over a year and a half to see a women’s health doctor.”

Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦And the open access paper itself <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Pregnancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ObGyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ObGyn</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924977X24007375?via%3Dihub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924977X24007375?via%3Dihub</a>

Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦“this study reinforces the importance of taking care of the mental health of mothers from the beginning of pregnancy, since stress could leave a biological imprint on the baby's development through epigenetic mechanisms” <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Reproduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reproduction</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Pregnancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ObGyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ObGyn</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-stress-pregnancy-placenta-affect-baby.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-stress-pregnancy-placenta-affect-baby.html</a>

BroadwaybabytoThere’s a lot to unpack in this article:“on average more than three-quarters of tissue in infected placentas had been damaged, cutting off oxygen & nutrients essential for fetal survival. this damage could occur silently, even in mothers without acute Covid symptoms, offering no warning signs”Whenever I read studies about the damaging effects of Covid on the fetus - I’m reminded of a friend who was a high risk “geriatric” pregnancy. She caught Covid in her first trimester and spent weeks in the hospital. Not a single one of her doctors advised her to mask OR masked around her Her baby was born full term but low birthweight and months later is still in the bottom percentile for size. It’s too early to tell if there are more severe issues - but everytime they go to the hospital for a check up - everyone is unmasked.In the second trimester she passed up a chance to go to Cuba because she was concerned about Zika - yet continued taking no precautions for COVID. The linked article talks about Zika and the risk it poses to the fetus - and in some ways it appears COVID might carry MORE risk So why is it that almost every pregnant person knows to avoid Zika - yet they’re taking zero COVID precautions? Public health failure. If your doctors aren’t masking around you, if the healthcare facility doesn’t require masking, if no one is telling you TO mask … you won’t. We’ve downplayed the virus so much that folks think it’s just a cold - despite scientific findings like this:“A cluster of stillbirths in first 3 months of that year prompted doctors to investigate. They discovered that the placentas linked to fetal deaths were infected with the coronavirus…describing them as riddled with lesions likely caused by viral transmission through the maternal bloodstream.”We’ve known about this for years - yet we don’t advise pregnant people to take precautions. They avoid soft cheeses, Zika, Sushi etc but NOT a vascular virus that crosses placenta? We’re entering year 6 of this devastating pandemic. That’s millions of babies born who suffered Covid infections in utero. They may also have multiple infections before they even reach five years of age. Why aren’t we protecting them? I understand it must be incredibly hard to protect young children - but we have to at least try. They’re counting on us. Pregnant people can and should be wearing respirators. Their doctors should be as well. These kids need the adults to step the F up and make better choices.H/t <a href="https://zeroes.ca/@nicktsergas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@nicktsergas</a> for links<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-26/covid-may-have-led-to-autism-and-developmental-delays-in-babies-study-shows" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-26/covid-may-have-led-to-autism-and-developmental-delays-in-babies-study-shows</a><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/covidisairborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#covidisairborne</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/covidisnotover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#covidisnotover</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/wearamask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wearamask</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/pregnancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pregnancy</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/obgyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#obgyn</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/maternalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maternalhealth</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/sarscov2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sarscov2</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/longcovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#longcovid</a>

Peter V. Tretter ✅ 🇨🇦The Texas Ob-Gyn Exodus <a href="https://ap236.com/Q447Rd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ap236.com/Q447Rd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OBGYN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OBGYN</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abortion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/txpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#txpoli</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspoli</a>

Democracy Matters :verified:Texas will be a wasteland. Republicans did this. The Texas Ob-Gyn Exodus <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/02/the-texas-ob-gyn-exodus" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/02/the-texas-ob-gyn-exodus</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OBGYN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OBGYN</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicanWasteland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepublicanWasteland</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansDidThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepublicansDidThis</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepiblicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoRepiblicansEverAgain</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VoteBlueToLive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VoteBlueToLive</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

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