The OP was asking for a moral perspective. But also, don’t you ever do preliminary research on the internet before talking with a doctor? I google stuff compulsively.
Well the last time I went to a GYN with a question, he wanted to put me on birth control pills.
He thought I was a nut because I used NFP and told me he couldn’t help me unless I was willing to take the pills.
Now my condition is actually being treated.Normally I just ask my doctor regarding medical questions. I guess my medical adviser is a little more accessible than most (my wife
).Actually most obgyns are extremely ignorant to the basics of the female cycle. They don’t know when a woman ovulates, how to date pregnancy accurately, or even that there are basic observations that can alert to conditions.
For Catholics our understanding of what’s morally right with regards to contraception isn’t limited to scripture. The reason many Catholics end up being leery of their OB’s medical advice with regards to contraception is that so many OBs push it like it’s the greatest thing on earth.Normally I just ask my doctor regarding medical questions. I guess my medical adviser is a little more accessible than most (my wife
I have a large issue regarding medical/scientific questions posed to third parties, regardless or their moral standing.
If we expect a doctor to save a child with an illness/defect after birth using the best medical knowledge and technology instead of letting the natural to occur (i.e. death typically) then why shun science in the beginning stages of planning our family and chalk it up to a moral issue not clearly defined in Scripture? (probably a discussion for another thread I’m sure)
Using this reasoning, I suppose I shouldn’t ask my orthopedic surgeon about my torn ligaments either because he’s probably ignorant to the actual muscle structure of my body.
THIS. I’ve been to many OB/GYNs who had no idea how to treat things related to my cycle. Their solution was to just prescribe birth control pills. When I mentioned that I might be interested in getting pregnant, the solution was just to “tough it out” because nothing else could be done. Just because someone goes to school and earns a degree in that field of study does not mean that they are an expert. Someone has to graduate from mediocre schools, and far from the top of their class. Not all doctors are equal in terms of their medical knowledge or their willingness to dig deep into the source of a problem.
The same goes with engineers who go on to design and monitor the construction of vehicles you use on a regular basis. They probably were average students at mediocre schools also. Yet, you trust that their end product is safe enough for you and your family to travel over 60 MPH in on a daily basis. No planes, trains, and automobiles for you either I guess?
yes. my issue is, I (at the moment) live in a very small town. I’m about to move and find a new OB in the city, but atm, i have the one OB in town who takes my insurance, and he treats pregnancy as a disease that must be prevented, not a blessing to be encouraged. He constantly tries to push BC on me, to the point he even yelled at me at my last appointment, because I refused all types of birth control.
Those products are put through rigorous testing, throughout the process, and are mostly constructed by machines, so that I know my car is going to be identical to the ones that got high ratings in safety features.
Sorry for semi-hijacking your thread. I’m not the best person to answer the morality question and I didn’t offer you any profitable advice.
And the pill is put through rigorous tests and approved to be sold in this country. Those machines you speak of are programmed by someone, and are subject to failure.
My point was that it is good to do some of your own legwork on certain issues. Moral problems aside, there are serious, well-documented risks to taking the birth control pill which many doctors brush aside. Add to that, many doctors are simply unaware of the moral problems with the pill. They will ignore these because they see the pill as some wonder drug that solves every reproductive issue, rather than digging into the source of the problem.
Actually it isn’t. The pill is killing people. It is a group 1 carcinogen. Everyone is drinking the proverbial kool-aid that it is some kind of miracle drug when it causes cancer, can be abortive, and that it actually WORKS. (Which is doesn’t by the way).
Funny - the WHO research (circa 2005) you are referring to states that the pills tested were abnormally higher doses than typically prescribed and that the pill actually protects against ovarian cancer.
Do you come over to visit people and insult them in the living room often? This is a Catholic board. I am sure your mamma raised you to have some manners.
No, but I do suggest they use reason and valid information when trying to offer someone advice.