Gynecologists?
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HiddenLacey
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It's not sexy.
Depending on the office you get led to a cold room and given either a paper sheet or sometimes a tshirt and a sheet to cover with after stripping. Dr comes in, chats, you lay back for a breast exam. Then it's feet in the stir-ups, and the GYN asks about three times for you to move down, move down, move down. Then it's "ok a little pressure, cold metal speculum, swab, removes the speculum, lots of gel from the nurse, inserts one or two fingers while pushing down on our ovaries asking, "does that hurt?" Sometimes they go for the back door probe briefly as well. Finished, chats, Dr leaves. Thankfully it's over.
Depending on the office you get led to a cold room and given either a paper sheet or sometimes a tshirt and a sheet to cover with after stripping. Dr comes in, chats, you lay back for a breast exam. Then it's feet in the stir-ups, and the GYN asks about three times for you to move down, move down, move down. Then it's "ok a little pressure, cold metal speculum, swab, removes the speculum, lots of gel from the nurse, inserts one or two fingers while pushing down on our ovaries asking, "does that hurt?" Sometimes they go for the back door probe briefly as well. Finished, chats, Dr leaves. Thankfully it's over.
D_Fiona_Farvel
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The vagina is elastic with folds and tube-like. The speculum merely creates a pathway for the doctor/nurse to view the bits, swab, etc.
I've never felt any pain.
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Back door probe. Yeah, I'm always thinking, "is this really necessary??" :biggrin1:
Before seeing her - I visit her lab, pee in cup and blood tests.
At this point, we're friendly, so small talk about life and general health queries. Then we move to relevant stuff - sex life, partner info, activities.
Then terry cloth robe-thing, which she prefers open in front. :irked:
- Breast and lymph node checks
- External abdominal and pelvis area exam
- Examines inner and outer labia, mons, perineum, a-hole
- Internal exam
- Pap smear
Close robe.
BC and kids discussion.
Free samples. *Woo hoo*
Couple of days later, clean poon results.
Years ago I had an uncomfortable ovarian cyst that I could feel during ovulation. Not always painful, but it was there and pissing me off each month. Anyway, I had to return for a transvaginal ultrasound, which was… an interesting experience. Definitely not a procedure I'm keen to undergo again - ever.
Ok ok, how much do they open it by? I was thinking like them opening it to the max.
Oh and I meant to ask if most gynecologists are women?
Seems like it would be weird with a guy.
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HiddenLacey
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I had the same male GYN for years and everytime I left I rushed home to scrub inches of skin off. I felt sort of violated.
Last year I let my GP do my pap, and WOW, I felt pretty calm. It was nice having her do it compared to seeing the male DR. I will never, ever see another male physician again for anything of that nature.
I had a TV ultrasound for a cyst as well. I actually had several. It was ok. The room was dark so I automatically felt more comfortable. Female tech, probably had a lot to do with the feeling of comfort.
I've never understood the purpose of peeing in the cup. My GP never asks me to do that. I could understand if I had a hx of uti or something but I don't. Then I always had to pee the whole time I was in the exam room because I'd drink a bunch of water before seeing my male gyn.
Oh and the speculums can and do hurt. The male GYN either didn't close mine right or he pinched me because I almost cried the last time I went to him. Just one more reason to never go back to him. Also with the male I always felt discomfort when he opened the speculum, didn't at my GP's office. Then again she used a small plastic disposable speculum. So maybe the size difference helped.
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HiddenLacey
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Nervous about having to show my goods to another Dr. I don't care if that's his job, it's my naked body and I feel uncomfortable letting a strange man touch and look at me. If I didn't absolutely love my GP I would have never had her do it. She talked to me about it and I told her I was going to keep seeing the other guy even though I was uncomfortable. Then after I skipped almost 2 years she brought it up again and I decided to try having her do it. I was almost completely calm. Made a big difference.
You skipped 2 years? How many exams is that? Are they fairly regular and spaced out or is it like one a month?
Oh and does your GP do all your exams now?
HiddenLacey
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Lol, most women go once a year. So I was over due by about 8 months. I'm not having sex so it really didn't matter that I skipped.
A common reason women have pap smears is to check for cervical cancer. One cause of cervical cancer is HPV, which is gotten through sexual contact. Since I've never had unprotected sex and I don't have HPV I wasn't worried about going.
Yes, I will have my GP do my next exam.
A common reason women have pap smears is to check for cervical cancer. One cause of cervical cancer is HPV, which is gotten through sexual contact. Since I've never had unprotected sex and I don't have HPV I wasn't worried about going.
Yes, I will have my GP do my next exam.
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After reading some of these posts, I feel really weird for preferring a male OB/GYN. It feels more natural to me, as odd as that sounds. Papsmears are completely unsexy but I still feel better with a dudes fingers in me than a womans. My last OB/GYN was a gay guy and I felt terrible for him, must have been hell. :tongue: He was my favorite though!
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My Gynecologist is super tall and super hot, one of those Richard Gere type of guys (he's probably in his 50's and has greyish hair), so I actually like going there.
I used to go to a female, but she was incompetent and kept treating me for yeast infections all the time and one time she started treating me for HPV, even though I only had a yeast infection and she gave me this creme to put on that caused open wounds in my genital area. I ended up in the ER because of her. They did a test and told me I didn't have HPV, that I only had a normal yeast infection.
So yep, beside my gynecologist being hot, he is very very experienced and everybody from my family or friends who goes there as well are happy with him.
He also has a way of explaining things really well, which is important to me.
I used to go to a female, but she was incompetent and kept treating me for yeast infections all the time and one time she started treating me for HPV, even though I only had a yeast infection and she gave me this creme to put on that caused open wounds in my genital area. I ended up in the ER because of her. They did a test and told me I didn't have HPV, that I only had a normal yeast infection.
So yep, beside my gynecologist being hot, he is very very experienced and everybody from my family or friends who goes there as well are happy with him.
He also has a way of explaining things really well, which is important to me.
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