https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 15 May 2026 15:34:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-937531 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 06:20:53 +0000 AprilFool 937531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That since I don't drink much I could drink whatever I liked during pregnancy by my GP. I was gobsmacked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934875 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 08:45:16 +0000 blackbird 934875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Geez....these are bad!</p> <p>I think the "breastmilk isn't fatty/caloric enough" is an old train of thought with older pediatricians....my mom has frequently commented that she had to supplement with formula because her breastmilk wasn't "heavy enough" for my brother and I. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934742 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 08:00:11 +0000 hilsy85 934742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PointeShoesTutus: ha! That's hysterical. </p> <p>@mediagirl: I had the same experience with one of our pediatricians...she told me that my milk didn't have enough fat in it and suggested supplementing with formula. I declined, but it made me freak out about my milk for the next month or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934735 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 07:55:36 +0000 sheskrafty 934735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Doctor 1:<br /> "See those dots around that mole? That's definitely cancer."</p> <p>Then when getting it checked out, as the doctor walks in he says:<br /> "There's no way you have cancer, you have pigment in your skin." Even before he even looks at the mole. Thankfully, it wasn't cancerous. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934734 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 07:54:07 +0000 jillybean218 934734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This isn't my story, but my friend had type II diabetes and was overweight. She went on a lower carb paleo diet for about a month to try to control her blood sugar and ended up losing 15 lbs, and she felt great. The next labs she had came back great with her sugar levels much lower, her cholesterol was better, her blood pressure wasn't as high as it was. </p> <p>Her doctor told her if she didn't start eating more sugar she was going to die. Those were his exact words! She was scared, but went to another doctor who said no, she wasn't going to die and congratulated her on her weight loss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934632 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 07:04:34 +0000 mediagirl 934632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilteacherbee: goodness gracious. Your mom is a superhero!!!</p> <p>When M wasn't gaining weight, my pediatrician told me, "Your milk just isn't caloric enough, you need to feed her formula." </p> <p>I gave her the formula and of course she sucked it right down so that made him puff out his chest. I went to a LC a week or so later and told her what we had been dealing with. She helped M get a better latch and helped me realize there's not such thing as low calorie breastmilk. From there on out, I breastfed and supplemented with pumped milk. She picked up weight quickly! I wish the ped had just suggested supplementing with pumped milk instead of immediately pushing formula on me. Jerk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934563 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 06:20:55 +0000 oceanbee59 934563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Penny Lane: That's hilarious! Sounds like your friend got "physician" and "physicist" confused! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934519 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 05:07:04 +0000 Cherrybee 934519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: @zippylef: Yeah.... she's not the brightest spark. I'm actually glad I'm considered "high-risk" and get to see other midwives and doctors at the hospital, too! I'd be scared if she was the only person looking after me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934509 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 04:22:25 +0000 loveisstrange 934509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: OMG, thats the craziest thing I've ever heard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934451 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 01:34:37 +0000 Arden 934451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: Dude. That's crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934447 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 01:29:33 +0000 Cherrybee 934447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My midwife told me that the reason I had diabetes is that I keep my house too clean and therefore hadn't built up a tolerance to bacteria! Erm, its not an infection!! Duh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934445 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 01:27:09 +0000 StrawberryBee 934445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@indi: my first UTI had me sobbing in pain one Friday night. I hate doctors, so SO called on his own for me, accessed the emergency line, and handed me the phone.</p> <p>The doctor on call then proceeded to to berate me for calling (remember, I'm sobbing hysterically into the phone) and tells me "I don't know what you expect me to do". He finally relents and tells me to show up at the office tomorrow and someone will see me. I go when they open, and the office has no idea why I'm there. He didn't even bother letting them know he'd told me to show up.</p> <p>Dude, I hope you experience the sensation of your penis on fire some day, so you can know what I went through. So sorry for taking five minutes out of your Friday evening. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934436 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 00:54:08 +0000 PointeShoesTutus 934436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This wasn't advice from a doctor so much as just a stupid comment. I dye my hair auburn but it looks like it could be natural given my pale complexion. </p> <p>I went to a dermatologist to get my whole body checked for suspicious moles, since I had a funky one removed at 16. My regular doctor was unavailable so I saw a different one. I was completely naked for the exam so that's not even an excuse. </p> <p>At the end of the exam, the doctor comments on my red hair and then asks me if it is natural. Umm... You just got up close and personal with my nether regions! I didn't have a Brazilian so it's not like there was no "carpet" to see if you catch my drift. And this person went to medical school?! Scary! I made sure I never saw that doctor again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934427 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 00:31:46 +0000 indi 934427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went in with my first UTI to the ER. Apparently I missed all the symptoms and just freaked out at 5am when I was truly urinating blood. The a-hole doctor had me wait over an hour and repeatedly kept asking me if I was sure it wasn't my period before he would prescribe antibiotics and numbing meds. Dude, I chart, it's not due for 4 days, and I know how these holes all work, I've had them for 22 years. It's not my period, it's urine, damn! We exchanged some words. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934406 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 23:50:17 +0000 sunny 934406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: OMG!!! How irresponsible!!!! I would be furious... I'm so glad you didn't schedule anything and your pregnancy wasn't terminated. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934397 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 23:31:25 +0000 Penny Lane 934397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: a friend of mine went to a doctor here in NZ with wrist pain. he was told his wrist was "emitting photons," and here wear this copper bracelet, it will fix everything. whaaaat. he had a fracture. zzzzz </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934372 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:53:31 +0000 irene 934372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: No, strangely, I wasn't even mad at them back then. They felt my pain and were really understanding (if that news were true), and let me stayed to make the decision for as long as I wanted to. Just that thinking back, it is a little weird.</p> <p>And in fact, after 2 hours of sitting there, my blood test results came back and my Hcg levels went up significantly. That point the doc came to me and said, let's wait for a week and we'll see. Now I am not sure, had I not stay there for 2 hours, and already made an appointment for D&amp;C, would they have called me back and tell me to not go through with it. Probably not, I guess.</p> <p>@runsyellowlites: I wonder why! Mine told me that my body will eventually push it out but it is an unknown in terms of timeline (you don't know if it will happen tomorrow or 3 weeks later), and eventually some people may need a D&amp;C anyway because the cells inside didn't clear out completely, that's why they strongly recommended D&amp;C as an overall safety umbrella in terms of schedule and outcome. They could have at least referred us to an OB for a second opinion. Now it actually scares me that they might have terminated perfectly viable pregnancies.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934366 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:46:10 +0000 runsyellowlites 934366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: We have NP here at our women's clinic that did something similar to some friends... only it was because she couldn't find the heartbeat with a doppler. She told them they needed to decide to go on with a d&amp;c or drugs to induce miscarriage BEFORE she sent them for an u/s... they were devastated only to see on the u/s that everything was GREAT. smh </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934357 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:41:19 +0000 Maysprout 934357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: Wow did you confront your GYN on that one? I would have called/written many complaints to whoever they worked for on something like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934347 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:35:07 +0000 irene 934347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Almost forgot one more: When I was 6 weeks preg, my regular GYN (not OB yet) did an early ultrasound, and declared my pregnancy wasn't viable because they couldn't find the heart beat. They offered me options to terminate the pregnancy because this will eventually happen as my body will push it out on its own. I was sitting there for 2 hours trying to make a decision (I wanted to do it soon if I had to do it, because husband was going to travel for work for 2+ weeks, and I would have to go through it alone with no one driving me to the hospital and back), and was texting my friend. She kept saying 6 weeks is too early to find a heart beat, and I should wait. I did. </p> <p>33 weeks later, one of the best things ever happened to me: LO was born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934322 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:21:40 +0000 irene 934322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG this is too funny I have to chime in!</p> <p>Our pediatrician is quite "out-there". At our 1 month appt, he gave us sleep "advices" on infants. He said, during daytime, limit his naps to 2 hours max (wake him otherwise), and "keep him up" between 3-7pm so he sleeps through the night. What the heck, my baby was a newborn! Back then we didn't know any better and truly trust our doctor (because you'd think they are professionals, right?), and we followed the advice. It was impossible to keep a newborn up between 3-7pm, but we still tried :( ! Now I know better, and how I REGRETTED doing that! I hope I didn't damage my LO's IQ. :(</p> <p>When LO's weight was on a decline path since 2 months (he dropped from 95% at 2 months to 25% at 9 months), I went in and ask for advice at 3 months. He said, we should supplement with formula and start adding rice cereal to his bottles. He was 3 months old, and he was a breastfeeding champ!! I know better then to ignore him.</p> <p>Everytime I took LO in when he has a bad cold / fever, all he does is check his ears. If he has an ear infection, he doesn't even bother to check anything else. What if he has strap throat? Or flu? Or foot and mouth? </p> <p>The strangest thing is, we are still somehow stuck with him as our pediatrician. Grrr Argh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934292 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:05:13 +0000 Maysprout 934292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The joke (but not really since most of the time it's what really happened) in college used to be if you went to the campus health care center for anything they'd make you take a pregnancy test. </p> <p>I went in to have a mole checked that was looking a lil different and before they asked anything else they told me they wanted me to take a pregnancy test. I'm like I'm here for a mole and I've never had sex. They didn't make me take one but other friends who also said they'd never had sex were told they wouldn't be seen by the dr. without taking a preg test first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934283 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:00:59 +0000 runsyellowlites 934283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Yea, we had another doctor talk to us (professionally &amp; explained they are given as prophylactic if either of us have a temp upon delivery). Her preliminary blood work had already come back fine (this was the next day he came literally busting in yelling at us infront of visitors w/o even acknowledging they were there. eep). Her blood cultures came back negative about 6 hours later &amp; the pedi refused to discharge us &amp; then ordered a clean catch urine on her (which had to be done twice b/c the first they didn't get anything)... and then even better P had a yeast rash from the antibiotics for weeks. The pedi was absolutely horrible &amp; the experience was horrible! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934269 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:55:59 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 934269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: it is true that for babies who need a rule out sepsis that we don't wait for the tests to come back to start antibiotics. The doctor phrased it inelegantly, but was very correct :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934264 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:54:59 +0000 matador84 934264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in the ER for extremely heavy bleeding when I was 10 weeks pregnant with my first. I was covered in blood from legs down, tissue on my legs, gown covered in blood, blood all over the floor...so the ER doc comes in and asks, "so how much are you bleeding? Like your period? More or less?" </p> <p>WTF. I looked at my friend who had driven me to the ER and was waiting with me and we both were like WTF dude. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934243 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:41:03 +0000 LovelyPlum 934243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: I am HORRIFIED by the very idea of this. Oh heaven. That sounds like Pure. Torture. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934230 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:36:43 +0000 mrs. wagon 934230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: Shingles is really horrible!!!!! Oh my gosh, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Luckily my rash didn't blister so I didn't have to deal with open wounds or being contagious (I still kept it covered with a big gauze all the time though because of the 6 month old baby!!!). Do not google it... people get it in their EYE... and if you get it on your head the nerve pain is so near your brain... omg. I can't even imagine. Mine was on my trunk (where it usually presents) and the pain was UNBEARABLE. While we were getting ready for the wedding all the bridesmaids AND the bride were massaging me for hours (they are seriously beautiful people... omg) and nothing helped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934222 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:33:07 +0000 mrs. wagon 934222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LemonLong: that is INSANE!!!!! I actually read that out loud to Wagon Sr.!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934221 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:32:54 +0000 LovelyPlum 934221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@evansjamie: I've had docs do that before...makes me SO angry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-stupidest-thing-you-were-told-by-a-healthcare-professional/page/2#post-934218 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:30:40 +0000 LovelyPlum 934218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: I'm so glad he is ok!</p> <p>@pinkb: so, so scary! </p>