I Saw a New Gynecologist After My Husband Kept Calling His Control “Protection”—During the Appointment, the Doctor Went Silent and Said, “We Found Something That Shouldn’t Be There.”

no legitimate reason for it to be there without your knowledge or consent.”

The words hit me harder than anything else that morning.

Six weeks earlier, Aaron had performed what he called a routine cervical examination in our bedroom after I complained about pelvic pressure. He locked the door, asked Sylvia to keep everyone downstairs, inserted a metal continue reading …