Catholic Doctor?

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Last week, my 18-year-old sister went to the doctor, and she was bugging her about taking birth control which my sister strongly refused. I have a doctors appoi tent tomorrow with the same doctor. I am hoping she won’t give me the birth control talk, but it got me thinking about the importance of having a catholic doctor. I have been going to this doctor since I was a baby, and I highly doubt my parents will be open to letting men change doctors without good reason. What so you guys think?

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stephie_venuto said:
Hello!

Last week, my 18-year-old sister went to the doctor, and she was bugging her about taking birth control which my sister strongly refused. I have a doctors appoi tent tomorrow with the same doctor. I am hoping she won’t give me the birth control talk, but it got me thinking about the importance of having a catholic doctor. I have been going to this doctor since I was a baby, and I highly doubt my parents will be open to letting men change doctors without good reason. What so you guys think?

Thank you for your (name removed by moderator)ut!

– Stephie
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You are so right I think it is essential especially for a woman.
 
stephie_venuto said:
Hello!

Last week, my 18-year-old sister went to the doctor, and she was bugging her about taking birth control which my sister strongly refused. I have a doctors appoi tent tomorrow with the same doctor. I am hoping she won’t give me the birth control talk, but it got me thinking about the importance of having a catholic doctor. I have been going to this doctor since I was a baby, and I highly doubt my parents will be open to letting men change doctors without good reason. What so you guys think?

Thank you for your (name removed by moderator)ut!

– Stephie
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That’s a VERY good reason to switch doctors!

If not, you, or your family, need to make it clear you are Catholic, and you aren’t interested in contraception, abortion information, etc., **to put a note into the chart to that effect, if necessary! **
 
ClearWater said:
That’s a VERY good reason to switch doctors!

If not, you, or your family, need to make it clear you are Catholic, and you aren’t interested in contraception, abortion information, etc., **to put a note into the chart to that effect, if necessary! **
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Well stated:thumbsup:
 
If you don’t like or trust your Dr. and he/she is not Pro-Life, may I suggest you look here for a Pro-Life Dr.?

onemoresoul.com/nfp-directory

Try to make an effort to have a Pro-life Dr. This will have carry over benefits in how they look at people (their patients) too (not just the contraception issue).
 
Yes, change doctors. You are paying them, not the other way around. You can’t have rapport with your doctor if she is lecturing you on birth control. You should not have to worry before an appointment about getting lectures from your doctor.

By the way, everyone…pray for me. I want to become one of these Catholic doctors (right now I am interested in OB/GYN) but first I have to pass a cardiopulmonary test on Thursday. So please send a few Hail Mary’s my way. Thanks!
 
Thank you for your advice, everyone! I am going to talk to my Mom about changing doctors. 🙂
 
Just wondering, is your doctor telling your sister to take birth control just because she is 18 years old and thinks she should in case she decides to become sexually active? or does your sister have a medical condition that would make your families doctor suggest she take it?

I was on birth control for a while because of a medical reason, not because I was thinking of or being sexually active. I even had my mom talk to our churches priest, because I wasn’t sure if it was allowed, and he told us that birth control for medical reasons, to help improves one health, is allowed by the Catholic church. However, taking birth control as a contraceptive to prevent pregnancy is not.
 
stephie_venuto. I was thinking . . .

If you do leave your Dr. it might be worth telling her WHY you are leaving her practice (by phone, in person or by letter - what ever you are most comfortable with).

This way she will be less likely to do this “birth control routine” with patients in the future.

You alone may not help, but someone else may say something in the future and some body else, and then all of a sudden it does matter.

Your call of course.

Also. My wife when she was going in post partum knew she was going to get the birth control schtick from her Dr…

She came with this document along and gave it to him/her. My wife had it in a booklet format but you could print it out for free (from EWTN) and give it to your Dr. too.

(IN OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST: A Pastoral Letter To Catholic Couples and Physicians on the Issue of Contraception Bishop Glennon P. Flavin)

I’ll pray you do whatever God is calling you to do.

God bless.

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