worst part of gyno appt?

[fryjack2]

Knowing that the doctor is 6 inches from my butthole and worrying it smells. I always shower before I go, and then dont pee or poop until after Im done, but I still get all nervous.

I always tense up which sucks!

[spedrunner]

Apr 3, 2013 10:57:50 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

When I have to scoot my ass down the table towards his face. "One more little bump down.. come on.."


Oh yeah, there was lots of this today :/....ugh, uncomfortable

[winnied]

Getting asked if/when I want kids (appropriately, not in a weird way) and what my biological history is. I don't want to birth children and I don't know my biological parents and I have zero info. I know it needs to be asked but I hate getting pity for being adopted.

[spedrunner]

Apr 3, 2013 11:03:53 GMT -5 elle said:

I always think I have cancer too. So the breast exam and any other part that can result in me being diagnosed with a disease.


i am so glad i am not the only one that feels this way, im convinced that i have it.....today i actually did not bust out in tears, i usually do

[eb777888]

I swear, my boobs are never saggier or floppier than when I'm on that fucking table.

I hate, hate, hate the OB.

[rex]

I hate none of it.

My dr is a woman, which I prefer. She talks to me the whole time so there's no awkwardness at all. I get this huge sheet to clean up with after. It's almost excessive.

[kcandbrae]

Apr 3, 2013 11:10:04 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

kcandbrae, your hair is getting so long!

it grows like a weed! but i'm loving it. i think i'll keep the length for a while. top buns and sexy beach waves are on the horizon! 

[falada45]

The internal exam.

While I was in college and for a couple of years after I went to a really awesome nurse practitioner. She was super gentle and kind about everything.

I switched doctor's offices when I moved. I like the new nurse practitioner I go to for my annual exams. But dang.......she makes me feel like I'm a damn ventriloquist dummy when she's down there poking around.

[spedrunner]

Apr 3, 2013 11:21:30 GMT -5 @godawgs said:

I never really mind it, except for last time when the swab tip broke off inside of me during my pap.  The doctor was like, well, that's never happened before.  And then said she is sorry, but she's going to have to go in there with her fingers and it will be uncomfortable. And then she fished around in there for probably a good 2 - 3 minutes with her fingers before she found it.  OMG.  That sucked.


PHEW! Thank god it was just the "tip"  lol

[Deleted]

I don't think I can say I've ever had a "bad" gyno appointment.

I loved the NP who did my last one. She had purple hair and a wrist tattoo and said it was "refreshing to talk to someone with such a healthy view of sex". She also said my ladyparts looked perfect. *preen*

Maybe I'm just all hotdog-down-a-hallway, but none of it hurts for me and... uh.. if anything I may have gotten vaguely...aroused...

/speculum slut

[Deleted]

The whole being naked thing. The paper "shirt" and drape are so frail and I hate it. The other stuff doesn't really both me.

[hisno1girl]

Every single second of it.

HATE.

[peachdragon]

I don't even know. The moment when the speculum goes in and pushes against my back and makes me have to fart? The cervix scraping? The finger banging? The boob smashing? Even the part after when she makes me sit up so fast it makes me feel like I'm going to puke. It's all so great I can't even decide.

[cc]

Sitting in the exam room with just a sheet over me, while waiting for the doctor.

And like a PP said, the big reveal. lol

[emjacobs]

My Dr uses a stand light behind her to light the way, it's round and makes me feel like I'm in a photoshoot. That's the last thing I would want to have a photoshoot of. The obscene amount of lube and the feeling like I'm leaking lube for the rest of the day even though I've used a full roll of TP double checking that I got it all.

She also has super cold hands, so while the actual breast exam isn't bad at first touch I'm like: 

[cheeseandcrackers]

Honestly.. it bothers me when they DO try to attempt small talk with me.. I'm like "I can't talk about what I ate for lunch today when you got your finger in my vag and your instruments!" lol

[LeggsBenedict]

The scraping, and the lube and bleeding for the rest of the day. They always make me cramp up and bleed.

[Deleted]

My Dr. pulls me by my hips to the end of the table. Lol. I really don't think he's supposed to do that.

Other than that, I don't mind showing off the old vagine.

[kcr1972]

[Deleted]

Not hot. This is the Dr. who looks like Bill Cosby...and my dad. Unless that's your thing.

[emjacobs]

I like the small talk as long as it's not forced, I have to see my Dr every 6mo at least for a breast exam and I actually knew her outside of my lady bits inspection previously so she seems interested in what I have to say. That or she's a good faker.

[Deleted]

Don't tell me how to feel, Scotty!!!!!!!!

[open24hours]

I hate the cervix scraping. It feels so weird and uncomfortable and I always have cramps after.

I went to a new gyn last month for an exam. I was nervous about a finger up the butt (surprise or not). Luckily, it didn't happen. Whew!

[simplyinpenguin]

Flameful: I've never been to a gyno. Yet all these stories scare me lol.

[eb777888]

Apr 3, 2013 13:19:06 GMT -5 simplyinpenguin said:

Flameful: I've never been to a gyno. Yet all these stories scare me lol.

What!! This is crazy.

[Deleted]

All of it. Mostly insertion of the speculum. I've never been anally probed.

[cabbage10]

I have the fear of being diagnosed with cancer every time I go to any doctor appointment. "Oh you have a sore throat..totally throat cancer" so you can imagine my fear at the gyn.

The worst part is the clean up for sure.

my Dr. is amazing though! She asked before she went to get the equipment if I was ready for this and I said "well its not quite a party" and she came back and threw confetti before hand. It made me laugh, thus relaxed me and it hasn't been so awful since.

[bananapancakes]

The whole damn thing.

[Deleted]

usually, they don't bug me once. when i went to student health in law school i had a student doctor once (who was a dude) so they had to have a nurse in there with me too. and his supervising doctor. and he was having trouble with the speculum, which wasn't comfortable for me, and then said "your cervix is hiding from me!" all nervous and cheerful.

i'd reached my limit of patience. i was like "i assure you, i'm not hiding it on purpose" in my most supercilious voice. and he shut up.

THAT was bad. otherwise, whatevs.

[birdistheword]

I hate all of it. Count me in as another person who is always convinced I'm going to have cancer. The worst part for me is actually the few days after, waiting to see if I'm going to get a call about abnormal results. I'm usually nervous until a suitable amount of time has passed and I'm satisfied that I won't be getting a call. I am so neurotic.