We all have that one friend who seems to be a bit of a hypochondriac, but what happens when their anxiety over health issues starts affecting their relationships? One physician’s assistant found herself caught in the middle of a friend’s fertility struggle, questioning the validity of her friend’s claims of having experienced two miscarriages. As a medical professional, she couldn’t help but feel frustrated by the misinformation and hysteria surrounding her friend’s situation.
The Friend’s Fertility Struggles
False Positives and Miscarriages
Chemical Pregnancies?
The Emotional Toll
The Unlikely Truth
Fertility Fears
Medical Misinformation
The Confrontation
Real Struggles?
Apology and Acceptance
Friendship Over Misinformation
The Fertility Struggle That Might Not Be
A physician’s assistant found herself questioning her friend’s claims of having experienced two miscarriages. With a 95-99% chance that her friend has never been pregnant, the medical professional couldn’t help but feel frustrated by the medical misinformation and hysteria surrounding the situation. After confronting her friend and being called insensitive, she eventually apologized and decided to let it go, prioritizing their friendship over the ongoing debate. What do you think about this complicated situation? Let’s dive into the top responses from the internet…
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A physician’s assistant thinks they know more than their friend’s doctor. YTA.
OP prioritizes being right over supporting a grieving friend. YTA ♀️
Giving unsolicited medical advice? YTA. Be a friend, not doctor
Debating the probability of false positives and negatives in pregnancy tests
Don’t be an armchair doctor, YTA. Support your friend.
OP (YTA) dismisses friend’s miscarriages and medical worries, lacks empathy. ♀️
Insensitive friend belittles legitimate pregnancy losses. YTA.
Supportive friend > annoying know-it-all. False positives are rare.
Lack of empathy from OP, YTA, and commenters agree.
Supportive response to insensitive comment about infertility struggles.
Trust the doctor’s expertise, not your own medical knowledge. YTA.
User calls out OP for hurtful and ignorant statement. YTA.
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Don’t be an a**hole, let her and her doctor handle it. Infertility is challenging and emotional.
Supportive replies to YTA comment on friend’s miscarriages.
Friend called out for being a bad friend.
Sassy reply shuts down doubtful comment about OP’s statistics
Support your friend, don’t judge her.
Mind your own business, YTA.
Friend claims fertility issues but YTA for not being supportive
PA thinks they know better than the doctor. YTA confirmed.
Toxic friendship alert! OP might be the real a**hole here
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Don’t let your insecurities cloud your friend’s miscarriage pain.
Counting early miscarriages is important. YTA for invalidating them.
Commenter accuses someone of lying about miscarriages
Commenter dismisses friend’s miscarriages, called out for being unsupportive
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Commenter receives harsh YTA judgement, accused of being anti-vax.
User questions friend’s two miscarriages, deemed YTA for invalidation.
Support your friend, false positives are possible. Don’t be YTA
Commenter defends OP’s friend, shuts down speculation
Don’t judge her medical struggles. YTA, back off
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Friend’s invalidation of miscarriage feelings ends friendship.
Friend accused of faking miscarriages, commenter calls out YTA.
Accusation of being a narcissist. No replies.
Friend accused of faking miscarriages, OP called out for insensitivity
Invalidating her feelings is heartless. YTA.
Chemical pregnancy experience dismissed by judgmental comment.
Friend doubts woman’s miscarriages, called out for lack of expertise.
Trying to conceive is emotionally challenging, don’t invalidate your friend’s experience
Being a good friend means being supportive, not judgmental.
Support your friend instead of doubting her experiences.
Insensitive comment sparks outrage and backlash from community.
Commenter calls out judgemental behavior.
User calls out PA’s lack of knowledge in pregnancy.
Commenter receives harsh judgment for their behavior.
Friend accused of lying about miscarriages, labeled YTA. ♀️
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PA vs Physician’s Assistant: YTA gets corrected.
Commenter calls out OP for not being a doctor.
Don’t be an armchair fertility expert, be a supportive friend
Friend calls out OP for being judgmental about friend’s miscarriage
As a physician’s assistant, YTA for questioning her doctor’s diagnosis . Be a supportive friend during her emotional roller coaster
Friend accused of faking miscarriages, commenter calls out YTA.
