Sometimes for couples, their most memorable moment is the day their child is born. For my mother, the day my brother was born was just the start of her ongoing health issues.

I think it’s safe to say that we know our bodies more than anyone else does, so when there are medical professionals that insist on procedures to get done, a lot of the time it does more harm than good.

This was especially true for my own mother seeing as, when she was pregnant with my youngest brother, she expressed  how her doctor put her in a “now or never” situation.

Especially because she had a lot of complications within her pregnancy, getting an epidural seemed to be the thing that had her health on a decline.

A system that was supposed to prevent her from harm was the thing that caused it in the first place. How does a woman who was once very active, now have to go to the chiropractor everyday after work because of some “mistake” from performing a medical emergency procedure?

With working on patients that are in critical conditions, like pregnancy, I think it’s important for everyone within the medical industry to put forward the best possible decision for their patient.

Considering that a lot of younger adults don’t know exactly when to say yes or no to medical procedures, there are multiple manipulative tactics that they can pick up on to know if there is unwarranted advice from professionals, such as your doctor.

I more specifically want to talk about fear baiting patients to push them towards a certain intervention. Sometimes when they use alarming wording, that installs fears into someone and then it can end with a patient making rash decisions based upon their fear, which is a similar experience that happened with my own mother.

At the same time, I think this issue can come up from the feeling of a power imbalance, when in life threatening situations, people are putting their life into the hands of someone they don’t know but are supposed to trust because they are “professionals”.

This issue is another reason why patients in any condition in general should do continuous research on their concerns and solutions that they can present to doctors, along with speaking to many well educated individuals to figure out what is best for them and their health. 

Another reason why I think this issue is so common is the fact that a lot of times, I think there is this perception of “one size fits all” care and while following clinical guidelines are important, adhering to that perception is very damaging. 

Not every patient is the same, and almost everyone is treated very differently so when just expecting this idea that because a prescription works for one patient it’s automatically going to work for another just harms not only the individual but the trust in the industry as well.

An easy way to solve this is by fostering a healthy relationship where professionals are giving extensive consultations to their patients, especially ones that are very uncertain. 

By doing this, the medical industry can really prioritize efficient patient care and making not only just women but people in general feel supported.