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'My Daughter Thinks She's Pregnant'
Anne D. Walling, MD
Arch Fam Med. 1993;2(5):464.
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AS MY practice matures, many of my original patients are becoming grand-mothers and this phrase has become more common. In listening to these women, I am repeatedly impressed by the role of common sense in family practice. Women are constantly surprised to hear that some ambivalence is usual when a daughter becomes pregnant, even when that pregnancy is a planned and welcome event. With some listening, information sharing, and a little teasing, we usually prepare successfully. None of this takes long and it is never a specific visit, just part of the routine visit for a Pap smear or incidental illness.
Sometimes the news comes as a catastrophe. These visits are usually prefaced by an urgent telephone message about "a personal matter." I hate returning such calls, but the strategy is always the same: keep calm, express concern, and set a long appointment at the end of the next session
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Author Affiliations
Wichita, Kan
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