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I have a 2 almost 3 year old son. I got pregnant with him right before my 18th birthday. I used to cry to my husband when I was pregnant because I was ruining his life (i'm over that now) I thought I had missed a pill or somthing I was confused as to how I could have gotten pregnant. I found out when He was 1 why I did, my doctor did not educate me about the affects of antibiotics, I looked at the label there is this teeny tiny blue thing that says " antibiotics may affect birth control" I was seventeen and just took them for my ear infection. I found out i was pregnant a little while later and thought I had messed up my pill but It was because I didnt read the label, Has anyone else had problems about birth control education from your doctor.

I was lucky. The first time I went on the pill, I had a brilliant doctor. This woman was just fantastic (and somehow, constantly pregnant in the entire 3.5 years of her being my doctor. It made me a bit uncomfortable, though. What with being sick around a pregnant woman sweatdrop ). She explained everything. She probably talked to be for about three hours (with diagrams!) before she put me on the pill.

This was also great for my first gyno experience. SHe explained every single tool, what I could expect it to feel like, and she was really gentle. Amazing woman!

The second time I went on the pill, it wasn't quite so good. My doctor mentioned antibiotics as if it were an afterthought (like, conversation wound down, she signed the prescription, and I was gathering my things and about to leave when she mentioned it). So while she did actually tell me, I'm thinking "oh god, what if I didn't already know and she didn't remember!"

I still go to her, but I always double check everything she explains to me either with my brother, one of my professors, or my mother. I just don't really trust her anymore because I'm worried that she may just forget to mention something that could end up with me, say, taking medication the wrong way and my brain explodes (a little irrational and definitely exaggerated, but fully warranted, I think).

There's really only two reasons I still go to her. I'm on a visa in this country, so I can only go to an office that accepts my health plan. Because this is Canada and EVERYONE is on the state plan, no one except the university accepts the university plan. Most of the other doctors there are male and, as silly as it may be since a professional is a professional, I would just rather have a female doctor when it comes to talking about possibly intimate things.

The other reason is that she also has a degree in therapy stuff. I have a history of mental disorders in my family, so I need a doctor who can test me for that kind of stuff as well (or get two doctors, which is just a lot of hassle).

I do ramble on, don't I?