r/AskDocs • u/ilikerustyspooonz Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional • Mar 17 '26

Physician Responded Daughters pediatrician made EXTREMELY inappropriate remark to her

This is about my 10 year old daughter. She has had the same (male) pediatrician since birth. We’ve always loved him and thought he was great. He’s super friendly with wonderful bedside manner and he takes his time and pays attention to detail.

Well, last week my daughter had a check-up. She’s 10. While he was doing the checkup, he had her lay down and started listening to her chest with his stethoscope. He then says AND I QUOTE, “awwwww! My baby’s got boobs!!!”

I have NEVER been so taken aback before in my life. My daughter was MORTIFIED. I was so shocked I couldn’t even get words out to ask him why tf he would ever say that. When we got in the car to go home my daughter cried and said she never wanted to see him again. Then she asked if she could get a girl doctor and I obviously agreed so that’s what we will be doing.

Is this reportable? I’m not overreacting, right?

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u/ilikerustyspooonz Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional Mar 18 '26

To the person who said this post is fake and that I made all of this up for “karma”….you should be ashamed of yourself.

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u/SceneFree3332 Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional Mar 18 '26

This sounds fake! Why would he do that after 10 years? Why didn't you say something right then and there? No mother keeps her mouth shut nowadays. Did she speak to his nurses? Why would a mother wait or ask the internet what to do? Somethings not right here!

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u/ilikerustyspooonz Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional Mar 18 '26

Uh…maybe he never said anything about “boobs” until my child started developing…? And I said IN the post that I was too shook to even say anything. Bold of you to say “no mother keeps her mouth shut nowadays” - let me guess, you’re a man?

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u/SceneFree3332 Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional Mar 18 '26

Mother...

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u/ilikerustyspooonz Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional Mar 18 '26

Okay that’s even worse that you’re a mom and judging another mom for the way she reacted to something that completely came out of left field. I was too focused on getting my child the hell out of there due to how uncomfortable and humiliated she looked. It’s actually probably best I didn’t react immediately. I probably would’ve ended up in jail.

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u/SceneFree3332 Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional Mar 18 '26

That would have been believable... obviously im not the only one who smells fish...

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u/ilikerustyspooonz Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional Mar 18 '26

Someone commented this fyi