Usually the doctor isn’t the person asking this question. Every time it’s been asked of me (usually it’s on a form I fill out before my appointment), it’s by a nurse who’s prepping me to see the doctor (the person who takes vitals and health history) and obviouslt this question is part of taking a health history. Especially if the doctor you’re seeing isn’t your normal family doctor/GP (like if you went to the emergency room for a gunshot wound).
And having been to the emergency room a time or two in my life and having never been pregnant, I can say they never worried about whether I was pregnant if I had an obvious injury (like a gunshot wound) because triage is a thing.
I can understand why the question is asked. I do think it’s tiresome. That doesn’t mean there’s not a good reason for it.
Usually the doctor isn’t the person asking this question. Every time it’s been asked of me (usually it’s on a form I fill out before my appointment), it’s by a nurse who’s prepping me to see the doctor (the person who takes vitals and health history) and obviouslt this question is part of taking a health history. Especially if the doctor you’re seeing isn’t your normal family doctor/GP (like if you went to the emergency room for a gunshot wound).
And having been to the emergency room a time or two in my life and having never been pregnant, I can say they never worried about whether I was pregnant if I had an obvious injury (like a gunshot wound) because triage is a thing.
I can understand why the question is asked. I do think it’s tiresome. That doesn’t mean there’s not a good reason for it.