Why do the bride and groom have medical visits?

i was reading about weddings and check lists, and who paid for what. it said the bride paid for the brides medical visit, and the groom paid for the groom's medical visit...understandable. But, why do they have a medical visit?

It used to be that you had to have blood tests taken before you could apply for your marriage license to prove that you weren't related. That really is the only reason they were done. Even then, every state has different requirements and most states don't require such a thing. STD blood tests are something else entirely and should be done on your own time before you become intimate with your partner. Also, the bride would go in for a regular ob/gyn checkup but that has nothing to do with getting married. The groom has no need to get a checkup in order to get married.

The reason the blood tests and random medical checkups are still on those checklists is because no one can be bothered to update them.

In some states, blood tests are required before a marriage license will be issued.

i think its something about the partner's need to know if you have any disease or stuff. It's mandatory so you know if you have any STD's or stuff you weren't aware of.

I didnt know that but i guess its to make sure none of them have any diseases like aids and stuff before they yea...

not all states require the medical visits any more but the reason they were required was to make sure they were both free of STDs (syphilis & gonorrhea used to be epidemic in the 1920s and 1930s often times the one member of the couple would be infected and not tell and pass the disease on to their partner on the honeymoon and during this time these diseases were not curable and they were deadly at this time so prevention was important. it continued after the mass production of penicillin because checking people who were about to marry helped keep the disease in check and prevented sterilization and birth defects that were caused by untreated STDs.)

more recently the states that still test are testing the bride for rubella and to make sure she isn't pregnant because rubella can cause anything from miscarriage to any number of birth defects in an unborn child.

but most of the states have done away w/ this requirement.

I'm almost 100% sure this means a girl's visit to her gynecologist and if a guys visit to a guy doctor. It's definitel more traditional. But before you get married you probably want to get an std check, and an annual of sorts to make sure everything works ok (especially if you are a virgin, my friend went to her appt and found out that her hymen was too thick to be broken during sex so she had to have it medically torn). It probably all depends on how much you care about too. Stds, maybe even fertility for the both of you, etc.

In some places it's still required that you have rH testing done to help avoid birth defects should the bride and groom have children.

A few states (DC, Mississippi, Montana) require blood tests before you receive the marriage certificate. Typically they test for STDs such as syphilis or other illnesses such as rubella. Even if medical tests aren't required by the state, some couples choose to do it anyway to check for STDs and infertility.

Not all states have them, especially these days. They were for the days when it was assumed that the couple had never engaged in sex, and they screened for STD's and blood types to let the couple know if there would be any issues when they begin to have children.

I'm in Michigan. Here, they just give you a pamphlet about STD's when you apply for your marriage license, that's all that's required. :)

I think its because in some places they require for you to get blood work and stuff like that done to make sure you're not related or something like that. I'm really not 100% on it, but I do remember hearing something along the same lines a long time ago.

Well, this was a very good idea for both parties to know they and their intended were healthy and also didn't carry any STD's. As if people now ever waited to have sex, but it really was a good idea. It was also a good check up to know the condition of her reproductive organs. All of this is pretty outdated now since no one waits much for any thing. Before one could get a marriage license it use to be that we had to get our blood tests to check for syphilis and gonorrhea, but now the more present diseases, such as Aids make those pale in comparrison.

Nora

IM SURE IN SOME CULTURES THEY STILL CHECK TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE VIRGINS OR TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE NO STD'S?? HOPE THIS IS HELPFUL.