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Default Mar 23, 2021 at 03:49 PM
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Woman's post about being labeled a 'geriatric mom' at 38 sparks 'Renaming Revolution' targeting 'troubling' terms

These terms came from men, no doubt--and it's time they're changed!

I was considered old when I had my first baby when I was in my thirties, 30 years ago. Now women are having babies when they're in their forties--or even older!

And why aren't men's parts just taken out when they're older, like ovaries and uteruses are? Some docs just assume women want them out, since "they're not needed anymore." And then the women have to take hormones the rest of their lives. Older men are more likely to produce babies with genetic problems, and even autism, from what I've read.
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Default Mar 31, 2021 at 04:45 PM
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Ovaries and uteruses aren’t taken out because women got older and don’t need those organs. I still have mine! They are taken out if a woman has cancer, other health issues, unbearable symptoms and surgery is needed. I’ve never met a doctor who thinks women just want their organs out because they just don’t need them. I also never heard of women requesting their organs to be removed for no reason. Simply not needing it isn’t the reason some women undergo these surgeries. Well if a man needs organs removed, they are removed. Not because he doesn’t need it, but because of health problem. I don’t think gender is relevant here

I don’t like term “geriatrics mom”. I think it’s not an appropriate term. The rest of the post about organ removal I can’t wrap my mind around.
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Default Nov 10, 2021 at 12:20 AM
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I highly doubt that the terms came from men. My late grandmother, an OB-GYN in the Soviet Union, habitually used the then-accepted term "old primigravida" to refer to women giving birth for the first time at age 25+. Most OB-GYNs in the Soviet Union were women. Just because during the same period of time a lot, if not a majority, of OB-GYNS in the USA were men does not mean that the terms came from men.
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Default Nov 11, 2021 at 09:01 PM
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Well I had a doctor offer to remove my uterus in my early 40's. I said no. I had surgery to remove polyps but not a hysterectomy.

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