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Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain by Abby Norman
6 reviews
sellnow_hannah's review against another edition
4.0
The downsides of this book were the timeline and the meandering nature of her writing. She seemed to jump back and forth in time in her personal story often and some of the science and history elements (while insightful) didn’t tie in as well with her personal story. Overall an enlightening read and one I’d recommend for people in healthcare.
(I don’t rate memoirs below a 4 star because I think it takes a lot of courage to be this vulnerable and share your life story. So for me 4-4.25 is good, 4.5-4.75 is great, 5.0 is fantastic.)
Graphic: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt
daniellemjoyce's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, and Pregnancy
laureljeanreads's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Transphobia, and Suicide attempt
sammantha's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Miscarriage and Excrement
caseythereader's review against another edition
4.5
- Norman doesn't shy away from describing exactly what her pain - physical and emotional - feels like. This book is a tough read but I think many will find it cathartic to be seen on the page.
- Norman is careful to point out that not only women deal with uterine pain and illness, and also that not all women have uteruses, and the extra layer of fear and frustration this can add to trying to get diagnosis and treatment. She's also up front about how being straight, white, and cisgender framed her whole situation and afforded her more privilege throughout this process than others (and the flip side of that, of how being a traditionally feminine woman led to instances of dismissal).
- It's in the content warnings listed below, but I want to point it out here as well since it's not obvious from the summary - major content warnings for child neglect, eating disorders and suicide particularly in the chapters discussing Norman's childhood.
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
hollandvk's review
4.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Vomit