Your First Pelvic Exam

[chibacochoke]

ahh im confused now. my mom said my doctor will give me a prescription to fill, but that i wont be getting a pelvic exam...

[sera300]

Originally Posted by chibacochoke

ahh im confused now. my mom said my doctor will give me a prescription to fill, but that i wont be getting a pelvic exam...

No GP will just hand out a prescription for BCP's. YOU do not have to disclose any info to a parent since at 18 you can consent to your own treatment. And the MD cannot disclose any discussions w/her either by law.

[Brandye]

Well, regrettably some will just hand you the prescription. But, if you are old enough to be going on the pill it is time to have a gyn exam.

[dermottsean]

sorry if i upset any one ,but it was a doctor wrote the articale in news week.will stop .

[Beckeh]

I can't get an exam, it seems. I'm 17, sexually active, *and* I've been having abdominal pains, and I can't get an exam. 'Cause I'm not 25. When an attempt at an appointment booking was made.. they said no. I went and saw a nurse, she pressed my stomach for abnormalities and listened to it, found nothing and sent me on my way. I have to go back 'cause she said she'd put me on the pill. But no exam for just over 7 years? Uhm.. is this normal?

[Brandye]

Beckeh,

That is neither normal nor appropriate. All women should have pelvic exams before becoming sexually active. When symptoms are presenting, the exam should be done. In the UK, a seventeen year old woman can have an abortion on demand. You should certainly receive treatment as needed.

Call again and get treatment.

[Beckeh]

Originally Posted by Brandye

Beckeh,

That is neither normal nor appropriate. All women should have pelvic exams before becoming sexually active. When symptoms are presenting, the exam should be done. In the UK, a seventeen year old woman can have an abortion on demand. You should certainly receive treatment as needed.

Call again and get treatment.

Yea, I was sure it wasn't, but it seems my doctors know better

I guess I'll be calling them back and saying my pain disagrees with their diagnosis. I mean geesh, I'm 18 in just under a month and it's bad enough that I couldn't get one before being sexually active, nevermind now =/

Thanks Brandye.

[orgasmless]

im 44 yrs old been having sex since i was 15 and had 3 babies by c section and not once had a single examination other than on sight, they have tried but i end up screaming due to the pain of the speclum being inserted no more than a 1/4 inch so now they donteven ask me anymore, however they dont investigate in any way why i have that pain from them trying. in some ways i am concerned however i cant get past this pain issue either

[sarah_rsl]

Originally Posted by orgasmless

im 44 yrs old been having sex since i was 15 and had 3 babies by c section and not once had a single examination other than on sight, they have tried but i end up screaming due to the pain of the speclum being inserted no more than a 1/4 inch so now they donteven ask me anymore, however they dont investigate in any way why i have that pain from them trying. in some ways i am concerned however i cant get past this pain issue either

That seems wrong in so many ways. Generally speaking an obgyn will not try and persuade you to undergo an examination if you show any reluctance he'll just end the exam right there. I've had somewhat similar problems with discomfort during a pelvic and to be honest you just have to deal with it and let the doctor get on with it.

It's up to you to seek medical treatment, doctors aren't going to come to your door to drag you to hospital.

Are you even registered with an obgyn? Your doctor during your pregnancy would have had different objectives and probably wouldn't have seen it as being his place to deal with your issue if it wasn't going to impact on the pregnancy.

[orgasmless]

i would let the doctor get on with it if it simply didnt hurt so much, i would rather repeatedly use a hammer to my toes than go thr that, as for ending the exam nope they continue but the pain makes me get hold of them and pull the thing out, as for being registered with a gyn, you know very well what its like here in the uk, you dont see a gyn til youve got past the receptionist then the gp and then waited what could be the next 12 months