I see this too often.
People suggesting diets, vitamins, supplements, medicines, so on and so forth.
Playing physician, gyno, paediatrician, nutritionist and all that …
Why do people indulge in this dangerous roleplay?
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Why are you calling it medical advice? It’s just sharing experiences. They might not be qualified but tearing one’s genitals to give birth AND dealing with the aftermath for yeas to come should be given at least this much space to share their experiences.
Let’s not downplay the pain and experience of giving birth. Have you tried having babies? I didn’t think so..
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No. Having a child definitely does not qualify one to give medical advice. I’ve observed this too and ironically, when you point this out to such people, they get offended.
There is nothing wrong in people sharing their experiences as listening to others’ experiences may be comforting and helpful to some extent. However, giving birth to a child does not give one the knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pharmacology or pathophysiology required to give medical advice about another person’s health condition. I apologise if this sounds rather blunt, but the pain and experience of giving birth does not give one the medical knowledge that medical professionals acquire through their years of schooling and extensive training.
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who the hell downplayed their pain?
torn genitals and going through pain doesnt’ give you an exemption from basic common sense and ethics…
Case in Point…post above yours 
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^ I am not a mother but the thought of giving birth or having a human being inside me sends shivers down my spine.
Sharing what helps and doesn’t help is not giving medical advice. Even if someone does, it’s up to you to go to the doc and get it prescribed. Besides, there is a difference between nutrition and medicine. What you mentioned is mostly nutrition.
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Dangerous role play? 
It’s not like they’re performing medical procedures on people 
What Theorist said. It’s simply sharing your experiences.
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Great.. so unless someone performs a procedure…its not a big deal? like really?
You think going around suggesting pills to people is so harmless?
Suggest someone supplements and vitamins and other totkay, which aren’t really suited… the person gets sick…and then the real doctors have to deal with the complications…
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Can you give specific examples of what you’re talking about?
A woman who’s been pregnant before giving advice on pre natals and general pregnancy care is totally fine.
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Half the parenting forum is filled with it…thread afer thread…post after post..
Here is a very recent post.
You advise the person to google and encourage them to use things without doctor’s prescription.
See what I am saying?
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Once you give birth, you have a universal right to tell others how it’s done.
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While I agree that sharing your own experiences is not harmful, I’ve noticed that some people go beyond that and actually dispense medical advice, which they are not qualified to do. I’ve even seen people suggest medications (and no, I don’t mean vitamins) to others simply because they took the medication themselves and it worked for them. I’ve also heard people tell others to ignore doctors’ advice and do/take xyz thing simply because doing/taking xyz thing worked for them.
That said, if someone is daft enough to ask for medical advice from someone who is not a qualified medical practitioner and is dumb enough to follow said advice without asking an actual medical professional, any harm that comes to them is their own doing and they have no one to blame but themselves.
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The responsibility lies with the person asking for such advice. If giving out medical advice was so dangerous as you put it, then you wouldn’t have the Internet full of online doctors giving out medical advice. People self-diagnose themselves everyday by reading what’s on the Internet. It’s their responsibility how they take care of their own health.
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From what little i know, even medical professionals don’t dish out advice just like that, without through investigation.
Here just having a couple of kids entitles them to go act all expert and stuff..
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What really boggles my mind is someone who has ZERO knowledge about pregnancy passing comments and opening threads about it. I had a feeling you were referring to that thread.
Pre natals are essentials for anyone who is pregnant or TTC (look it up). There are prenatals available for purchase over the counter and because taking prenatals are VERY VERY important for a woman who’s expecting you want to get to it ASAP and not wait around for a prescription- again since you don’t need a prescription if you just get a generic brand over the counter. What is the difference between prescribed prenatals and over the counter ones you may ask? The amount of folic acid (AGAIN, LOOK IT UP). And that my friend is also available over the counter.
So before judging and assuming things why don’t YOU get educated yourself about the topic you’re creating a whole new thread for? 
In this context I told her to use google for things that was worrying her i.e bloody discharged (again, look it up!) as there is a wealth of information available ONLINE about this and it should ease her mind a little. This is coming from a mother of 2, soon to be 3.
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Now pregnancies may be different but if your pregnancy is normal and you’re a healthy person the amount of pre natal vitamins to be taken daily is the SAME for EVERY pregnant woman. So what is the harm in advising another woman, who’s pregnant for the first time and is pretty clueless, about it?
If you have concerns about how we give advice to other women who’re asking for it, why don’t you pay us a visit in the parenting section and voice your concerns. Instead of opening threads elsewhere.
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Wow, people are getting rather defensive and confusing two very different things. There is a world of difference between sharing your own experiences and prescribing medical advice. Commenting that “xyz thing worked for me, you might want to consider asking your doctor about it” is quite different from telling someone “you’re have abc problem? oh, just take xyz thing.”
Also, I don’t think pwner is solely referring to the standard advice given to all pregnant woman, which is readily available everywhere, but advice on more delicate medical concerns which are a bit more complicated and require a bit more investigation that simply listening to someone else’s experiences.
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Since Pwner quoted my post I felt I needed to defend it 
Let him state whatever else he’s referring to. So far only my comment and the advice in the parenting section (which is all about advice on prenatals, tips for nausea, and how to relieve a colic baby of gas) has been raised as his concerns.
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This thread has essentially served it’s mawaN de dewalay hoon wali purpose.
Prenatals are essential for women trying to conceive/already pregnant, available OTC, for anyone to pick up and use so you don’t have to wait weeks before you get the appt with the doc and start taking them. People are sharing experiences in the parenting forum. Believe it or not, patients find comfort in knowing someone else has gone through something similar. Doctors throw a lot of jargon at you, and knowing someone else is going thru or has gone thru it before, it eases a lot of anxiety.
There’s support groups to almost any disease/condition, and what do people do? Share experiences to ease anxiety, vent frustration, learn about something new that someone has gone through, and bring it up to their doctors who may not even be aware of it.
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pwner pai, for some people, this place is the only outlet to role play. 
kar lene do shoq pura. 
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Oh right. This thread is for discussion only on the use of pre-natal vitamins in Pakistan. 
Fixation much? 