Sure, Why Not? Everyone Else Has Seen It.
*Disclaimer- if you cannot help but cringe or giggle at pads, tampons, or the image below, click elsewhere.
Before settling down in Boston, I was a nomad. In the past 5 years, I’ve accumulated approximately 12 different addresses. I think. The majority of the moving was for my job as a traveling nurse. And with many of the relocation’s, I had to switch doctors. Yes, that kind of doctor, the one that only women have the privilege of baring it all for visiting each year.
If you add up all of the Ob/Gyn’s who have *ahem* examined me, there is a rather large handful of people who have seen it all. Seriously ALL.
This does not even include the rally at Babisodes’ delivery. When I endured 24-hours of labor and pushed for a millennium, to then have my doctor threaten to use a Vacuum if Babisodes didn’t progress with more pushing. As a Neonatal ICU nurse, I understood the new implications this high-risk procedure brought to the table. Only this time, the tables were turned, and now I was the patient. Within seconds, my delivery room turned into a hospital staff meeting, with 10-12 people all honing in on my hoo-haa. Within 3 more pushes, she was out.
Anyhow, fast forward to last Friday when I had a follow up pelvic procedure. After the usual blood pressure check and weigh in, I was escorted to an exam room. Behind a curtain, my hands trembled as I undressed from the waist down, and then sat atop the crispy, paper-lined exam table, frozen in fear.
*knock-knock-knock*
*Two sets of footsteps enter and stand just outside the privacy curtain*
“Hi Sandy, it’s Dr. Hoo-Haa checker. Is it alright if a medical student observes with me today?”
*Completely caught off guard*
“Uh…O…o…okay.”
Before you think I’m completely nuts, please remember I was a nursing student years ago, and can appreciate how imperative it is for training medical professionals to observe clinical procedures. However, this was not a bandage removal, or a blood draw. They were going south of the equator. My equator. I was just.not.thinking.
“Hi Sandy, how are you today? This is Mr. OhMyGawd-AreYouEvenOldEnoughToDriveYet-MedicalStudent.”
“Okay Sandy, I need you to lie back and scoot your pelvis all the way down to the edge of the table and let your knees fall the to side.”
*dies*
“Oh, Mr. Medical Student, come here and look through here (0.002 nanometers away from her vajayjay). If you look along her cervix…blah…blah…blah”
*HolyJeebusPleaseJustKillMeNow. NOW! Can someone please just knock me out…STAT!*
“Sandy, I see an area I’d like to biopsy. It may be uncomfortable for a second, okay? OneTwoThree…”
Never in my life had I wished for man parts like I did in those 20 minutes (or at least for a full bottle of vodka).
All kidding aside, I am on pins and needles awaiting my test results.
But I’m also rocking myself in a corner, suppressing all memory of dating medical students his age eons ago.
Was that as uncomfortable for me to read as it was for you to know that I read it? Let’s just shake hands and part ways till the next time you post a cute kid pic or something…
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October 20th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Is it wrong that I was laughing? until I got to the biopsy part.
Hugs and prayers for you Sandy. I’ll be waiting on those pins and needles with you.
But really, everyone and their dog (seriously) saw the breasts while I was b/feeding and during both deliveries, dude the number of people who saw my goods. Well, i totally understand
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October 20th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Well, you definitely laid it all out there, didn’t ya? At least you can write about this and laugh about it all later. Whoa, for a second I almost mis-interpreted your comment about wishing you had man parts down there. *wink*
October 20th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
LOL! After 3 kids, I feel like people should be paying me to see it. *Start the line over here, and just make it quick please.*
Hope the biopsy comes back ok!
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October 20th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Oh man Sandy.. that is rough.. I am praying the biopsy comes back okay..
but man.. talk about uncomfortable..
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October 20th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
BusyDad- LOL. Deal
Rachel- Not wrong. It was an incredibly uncomfortable situation. I HAVE to laugh about it now. Dude, I definitely know what you mean about the B-feeding. Thank you for your well wishes.
Bri- Oh? What ever do you mean?
Suburban Oblivion- Oy. If I end up having 3 deliveries, I shutter at what the count will be by then.
October 20th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
After 3 kids I don’t even care who is in the room looking at all those parts of mine, as long as they are qualified and have a good bedside manner
My OBGYN is pretty cool though…
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October 20th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Having man parts doesn’t excuse from being examined by doctors and their med students. This happened to me during a so called regular check-up before I knew it, a female doctor and her female med students were examining my dingdongs and low and behold they decided to take some samples inside. I still feet the pain!
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October 20th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Oh, Sandy, that sounds pretty horrific. I hope you get the results SOON and that they’re totally and completely insignificant.
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October 20th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Oh. my. crap, Sandy. AS IF going to the OB/GYN is not bad enough. I think you just convinced me to put mine off even longer.
And btw, keeping my fingers crossed that area of concern is nothing of concern after all.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
“Dr. Hoo-haa checker”, you have a great way of making light of the situation. From being there myself (and thankfully you didn’t talk about the biopsy tool, or the claw as I like to call it), I’m totally with you. And I’ve had mortifying sessions with blood running down the table, etc.
Hope the results are OK and even if they are not, you can count on me for support. I had to have a procedure and still managed to pop out 2 kids afterwards with no issues. Just give me a holler if you want to talk.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Uhg. I feel your pain. There is never any “getting used to it” for those fun little examinations, is there?.
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October 20th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Oh that is rough! I have to admit, I worked for a nursing school in administration for several years and I too understand the need for clinical hours. But some days I just can’t hack having the 4 students leaning over me too. And I really don’t think you ever get used the yearly examines ever.
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October 20th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Only you could make me laugh through that whole scene. I know its not nice, but I just couldn’t help it. I’ve had to change OB/GYNs several time myself. Never pleasant, but if you think the med students are young, think about having one not much older than your grandson! Not that gets just pretty tough. I how that nasty biopsy comes back fine. I’ll say a little prayer about that.
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October 20th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Missy- I LOVED my last ob/gyn. *sigh* If only she could have moved across the country with us.
Chris- OMG!!!!!!!!! Okay, I retract my wishing. Definitely retracting.
Jen of a2eatwrite- Thank you.
Natalie- Oh no! I mean…Just kidding. It wasn’t bad.at.all! Go see your hoo-haa checker. Ignore my post.
Angela- Oh yes…the CLAW. I don’t even think there were even words to describe the “uncomfortable-ness” she alluded to, but uncomfortable wouldn’t have been the word I would have chosen. Thank you so much for reaching out. I’ll definitely shoot you an email.
Lana- Nope. I don’t think I’ll ever get used to it.
Killashandra- I hear you. I’ve only had to work with Nursing students from time to time (never on a regular basis) in the clinical setting, and after a while, it’s tedious having to repeat and explain everything in detail.
Patsy- Oy. Grandson? I’m sure that is NO FUN. Thank you so much for your well wishes
October 20th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Yup … this is why I switched to female doctors decades ago! I’m holding positive thoughts for your biopsy results. Having had numerous ‘false’ alarms myself I encourage you to breathe & relax.
Hugs and blessings,
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October 20th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Why are there so many more men hoo hah doctors than women? Why? Why? Why?
October 20th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
waiting here with you, hon.
and — ahem — giggling at dr. hoo-haa checker…
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October 20th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Storyteller and AJ- I also prefer female Ob/gyn’s. Just my preference. But yes, there does seem to be an abundance of men.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
I’m always fine, until the ‘just let your knees fall apart for me…’ bit.
I will be holding my breath for your results too.
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October 20th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Oh how I wish there was a different way to go through that procedure. I can think of nothing that is even remotely humiliating. Good luck with the test results. Fingers crossed that it is nothing to be concerned about.
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October 20th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
I am guilty at giggling at your story, but I really feel for you.. I gave birth to Crown Prince 1 in a teaching hospital. Talk about no fun for me.
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October 20th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
ROFL! Seriously, I spit diet root beer across he desk as I read this! I feel your pain, my first gynecologist was a “mentor” and often had interns with him while giving exams….it was heinous!
I’m sure everything will turn out fine, but I am keeping all fingers crossed for you!
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October 20th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
I am on pins and needles right there with you. I am praying just as hard as I know how.
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October 20th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Is it bad that I completely giggled through this whole thing? Ahh! That is something we all can relate to my friend. CRAP! And I just remembered my annual is coming up. So not giggling anymore. :0
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October 20th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Oh. No. That is just too horrible. As if the exam itself isn’t bad enough already. Sheesh!!!!!!
I hope you get the results you want.
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October 20th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
OK, this post totally made me squirm!
October 20th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Sandy, my prayers and best wishes for great test results.
Those doctors had some strange names!
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October 20th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Veronica- Yea, ditto. Thank you.
Tara R.- I know, right. Perhaps streaking? Thanks so much Tara.
Undercover Princess and Perpstu- Yep. Me too. Half the crowd in my delivery room were students. But I think the crushing pain of labor distracted me though.
lceel- Thank you, Lou. You are so kind.
Wornoutwoman- Oy. Hope your annual goes better than mine.
Kat- I know. Thank so much.
Holly at Tropic of Mom- Yea, every time I think about it, it makes me squirm.
daddy dan- Thank you so much DD. Yep, I read them right off their name badges
October 20th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
HOLY CARP! At least you are going. And, I will pray for the best with your results. I’m actually so lousy at going, I’ve had three pelvic exams in 14 years. I know. I know.
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October 20th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Hi, I found your site through…um…I don’t remember now. But I did, and I’ve been reading it for a few weeks now and have to say, I love it!
I’ve personally gone through 4 deliveries (the most recent being the likely reason I don’t remember how I found our blog, she’s 5 weeks today) and a little over 3 years of breastfeeding…and yup, everyone and their nurse has seen my hoo ha. And I went through a stint of infertility (YES, that makes me lol, too) so even more on top of that. It’s a miracle that I bother getting dressed anymore. Seriously. But I was still giggling all through this post, because I still remember when I wasn’t used to it and it was all uncomfortable. You poor woman! I hope the med student was at least gentle!
I hope your biopsy comes back just fine, and that your doc was just playing it on the safe side.
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October 20th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
My doctor has done that as well because they belong to a teaching hospital so I COMPLETELY understand how you felt. I can’t remember the last time I had a pap and that’s not good. I despise them!
October 20th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
hope ur biopsy comes out with good result. i am NOT so ok with a medical student looking down there. i just cannot accept it..haha
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October 20th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Okay, you cracked me up with the “Dr. Hoo-Haa Checker.”
I had a doctor, two nurses, a tech, and a med student in the room during a very uncomfortable infertility test. HATED IT!
Speaking of uncomfortable, sorry about the biopsy. I’ll say a prayer!
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October 20th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
ROFL! You are so funny! Love this! Oh, but I have you beat…my first took 29 1/2 hours
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October 20th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
But on the serious tip, I do hope everything is fine!
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October 20th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Is it wrong to say this was funny??
Hoping for good results for you.
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October 20th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Honestly, I giggled through much of this post. You put it all out there in such a way, that many of us could relate to (women anyway). I never had to push out a baby. Even though I had three, they were all c-sections. I had to be induced for the first child and after being in labor for 11 hours and still not progressing (I was also in distress-a terrible reaction to the pitocin), the doctor told my husband he wanted to operate. Whether it’s natural child birth or c-section, giving birth is not for sissies.
I hope Doctor Hoo-Haa Checker is just being cautious and there’s nothing to worry about.
October 20th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
At least you have the “this will make a great blog post” silver lining to comfort yourself in.
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October 20th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
I have a hard time thinking about college guys deciding to major as an obgyn… i just have a hard time believing they want to save the world one vagina at a time
I will be sending you good vibes for the biopsy!
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October 20th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
You know I had the same thing happen but it was at planned parenthood and I just turned 18 so I had no insurance and needed the annual hooha check… They asked if I would consent to have several students observe my pap. Fun times!
Your nursing expertise will be helpful for my next bolg post. I have a whole slew of delivery questions I am posting since I have never given birth… Would love your 2 cents tomorrow evening!
*fingers crossed* for your results. Keep us posted!
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October 20th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Hugs and prayers for your test results to come back with great results soon!!
And I worked in a medical school for a few years. I vowed (and have stood by this vow)…. NO med students. Ever.
Oh, and never get sick in July. That’s when all the fresh out of med school interns start.
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October 20th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
I once had a very similar experience. Only I worked in a lab at the medical school. The day after I let a med student observe my annual vay-jay-jay check-up I saw him in the hallway at work. We both turned beet red. After that if a doctor asked if it was OK if a medical student observed I said “Only if they don’t go to SLU”!
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October 21st, 2008 at 12:02 am
I’m so sorry you had to go through that. Hope the biopsy results come out OK.
October 21st, 2008 at 12:35 am
My heart is with you lass, it really is. I have to say though, when you said: “But I’m also rocking myself in a corner, suppressing all memory of dating medical students his age eons ago.” I couldn’t help but giggle.
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October 21st, 2008 at 1:45 am
I think it’s a bit mean of the doctor not to warn you it was a male medical student.
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October 21st, 2008 at 3:31 am
I haven’t been to a gynecologist my whole life–it’s just that in this country women only see Hoo-Ha checkers when they’re expecting a baby. One day all the moms in the office started talking about lying down with legs spread apart and all the things they experienced, and me literally being in the middle of the conversation couldn’t help but make a disgusted/scared/embarrassed facial expression. The boss looks at me and goes “Don’t worry, you’ll know.”
Hope your test results are fine. As for me, I think I have to brave seeing the gyne really, really soon.
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October 21st, 2008 at 3:35 am
Good luck with the results.
We have a new doctor here who I swear looks 16. He has a sk8r boi hair cut!
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October 21st, 2008 at 5:14 am
Hilarious post. You let it all hang out there didn’t you? (no pun intended) LOL
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October 21st, 2008 at 6:03 am
I cringed just to read at your story.
I will probably die on that table if there are that many looked at my VJJ. I hope your result will not be anything serious. You are such a good writer and I really enjoy reading your story even the most uncomfortable moment in the story you still manage to make me laugh. 
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October 21st, 2008 at 9:33 am
Oh, Sandy. Can I relate. I remember hopping off the table when my TooHotToBeADoctorWhoLooksDownThere came into the room.
I never went back. Ever. My subsequent ObGyn looked like Santa. Still weird, but nevertheless better that the hottie.
Seriously, thinking of you and hoping/praying/wishing for GOOD results.
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October 21st, 2008 at 10:11 am
Delivering a baby was somehow different from going for a vaginal exam. I am always embarrassed during an exam. I have been putting it off. The doctor that I have now doesn’t even bring it up. My old doctor would have never let me get away with it. He would have stood there while I made the appointment. I am hoping that he will take me back. I feel that it may be uncomfortable for the new doctor so that makes it a thousand times worse for me so I just don’t go there.
I will be waiting on pins and needles for those results and praying the whole time.
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October 21st, 2008 at 12:24 pm
HAHA! Oh my gosh. I so know understand how uncomfortable that is!
As a future nursing student (and in the past a future doctor) I have always said “okay” to allowing students to watch. But for *that* stuff? It’s so awkward already!
Good luck. I hope the results come back negative and that everything is a-okay!
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October 21st, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Gosh, I was LOL and lushing reading this…
I do hope it’s just nothing though and that the result will turn out fine.
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October 21st, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Yes, I was laughing until the biopsy part, too. I’m thinking of you. And crossing my legs.
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October 21st, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Also, what’s so wrong with the vacuum? Enlighten me, please? They used one on Isobel without even asking or warning or anything.
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October 21st, 2008 at 4:27 pm
girl my last exam included a tour i mean medical student, too. nice. idk why i didn’t care. i guess b/c they were both women and why not learn on all sorts. hope your tests are fine.
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October 21st, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Oh dear…biopsy? Any other clue about the result?
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October 21st, 2008 at 9:43 pm
That was so funny I am crying. Everyone in my house is wondering what is so funny but since I live among three boys and one male they don’t quite get it. Thank you so much for sharing such a (ahem) private? moment.
Hope that biopsy turned out ok. I bet it was just for the medical student.
Vanessa
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October 21st, 2008 at 11:10 pm
I bet afterwards the medical student said ‘That is the pretties hoo-haa I have ever seen!’
Anyway, good luck with the results, my brain is whirring about the possibilities, I hope everything is OK babe.
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October 21st, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Ok…so when your feet are in the stirrups…and your knees instinctively stick together like glue…and Dr. HooHa says “just relax”…get a reflex and kick.
It will only hurt him a lil’ bit, and make you giggle for days.
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October 22nd, 2008 at 12:45 am
This was a very funny story, you’ve written this so well I could not help giggling all the way through reading it.
But….
I keep my fingers crossed that the test results are okay!
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October 22nd, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Wow Sandy!! You give the song “Brickhouse” by The Commodores a new meaning! *Smile*
I think we all have the embarrassing memories and stories of our pap smear adventures!! Especially being a mother, we have the memories of the entire hospital staff seeing the “va jay jay”!! …… But my prayers are with you! I hope your results come back neg. as mine did. Keep your head up, you’ll be fine.
October 22nd, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Hehehe, yah, that just plain sucks. I, too, had someone observe probably the very last thing I’d ever want anyone to observe once, but I guess they need to see stuff, right? I’m hoping for good results. Hope the biopsy wasn’t too painful. Mine have pretty much undone me.
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October 23rd, 2008 at 1:25 am
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October 23rd, 2008 at 9:13 am
hi sandy,
i think they are 12 now. hehe. when i had to go to an urgent care clinic recently for duh an emergency (tee hee), i was shocked when i saw the doctor. she was awesome and sweet but she looked like she was still in high school. what a trip. but she did great by my sit u ation.
peace sista, kathleen
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October 24th, 2008 at 5:54 am
Awww…I hope the results are good! Don’t think about it too much for the time being. The more you do the more stressed you become. Take care!
October 24th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
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November 10th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
I missed this the first time… yeah, I let a med student see my hoo-haa too, during my first HSG. Fun, wow! Sorry you had to go through that.
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November 20th, 2008 at 11:47 am
I swear I replied to this when it first posted!!!
Al I can say is you’ve got bigger balls than me…I have a hard enough time showing anything to my actual OB-GYN. Students would never happen. *G*
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March 8th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
When I was in medical school, we had a program called, “the pelvic teaching program.”
It went like this:
Women volunteered to be the recipients of a pelvic exam, so the poor embarrassed medical students wouldn’t have to start on a real patient.
I volunteered, for three years. I probably had 200 pelvics.
The funniest things happen when nervous men meet female volunteers over their vaginas.
One medical student spread out the drape, laughing, and said, “I feel like I’m at a picnic!”
Not kidding. It’s tattooed on my brain.
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March 8th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
When I was in medical school, we had a program called, “the pelvic teaching program.”
It went like this:
Women volunteered to be the recipients of a pelvic exam, so the poor embarrassed medical students wouldn’t have to start on a real patient.
I volunteered, for three years. I probably had 200 pelvics.
The funniest things happen when nervous men meet female volunteers over their vaginas.
One medical student spread out the drape, laughing, and said, “I feel like I’m at a picnic!”
Not kidding. It’s tattooed on my brain.
March 8th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
First off, I start nursing school in September… so I appreciate the “hands on” experience if you will… but seriously! I have a hard time with my regular doctor…
At my first (and only) cervix check during my pregnancy there was a student doing the check *eek* It was her first time and I about died. (Maybe that’s what caused my blood pressure to shoot way up and get me checked into L&D!)
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March 8th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
HAHAHAHA!! I can’t believe they sprung a student on you!
I know how the biopsy turned out now.
I hadn’t actually read this one before. Glad you linked it.
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March 8th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
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March 8th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Here’s for good results. (And guys get it later when the fun of prostate and colon exams arrive.)
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March 8th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Yay for Pap smears and biopsies! They save lives and give me a job to do. I look at those slides on the microscope for a living
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March 8th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
so…. um… i’m leaving a comment on this post because there is so much relationship between hoo-has and winning coffee. heh heh heh!
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March 9th, 2009 at 12:18 am
Oh my!! And you made me feel as though I just lived through those moments with you. I feel your shame… er uh pain.
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March 9th, 2009 at 1:25 am
sorry I was laughing with you – truthful at you, because let’s face it – you had a photographer there taking pictures.
hope the news is good.
I still hate them and get nervous, too and I am 50. I keep asking when does this end?
March 9th, 2009 at 4:55 am
I remember reading this (and cringing on your behalf) when you first posted it. I’m still cringing!
March 9th, 2009 at 7:56 am
As uncomfortable as the visit was for you, you made it a very entertaining post. I am so comfortable already with my gyn, I don’t think about it, but if a student was ever brought in with him, I’d rather not even think about it. Good luck with your results.
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March 9th, 2009 at 9:34 am
I hope your biopsy is negative. Take care!
March 9th, 2009 at 10:13 am
When I was pregnant with my first daughter it seemed like my OB had a med-student with him every time I was in there. The best was when I went in to the delivery room one of my nurses was a girl I worked with in college. I was so uncomfortable!!
March 9th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Oh the horrors – I have yet to find an ob-gyn…my midwife did my last yearly check (ummm that was almost two years ago now LOL) and she told me if I timed my babies right she could do them all for me – I was all for it and then the husband left and now I’m on my own. Darn.
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March 9th, 2009 at 10:32 am
wow, I mean WOW! first I’d like to post about THE MOTHER giving her goods for a very good cause, THAT TOOK MORE THAN TIME and I’m impressed with her post and of course I read thru this cringing after having delivered 3 pregnancies and one was for a set of twins…I blocked many memories and after each child swore..NEVER AGAIN, until now ~20 yrs later I can look back and feel blessed beyond expectation about how rewarding having a child is, and keeping ourselves healthy to be honored to attend their graduations as their parent. It’s all GOOD in hindsight…TRUST US OLDER AND WISER….without actual video taping of these events, it is all a blurrrrr
March 9th, 2009 at 11:12 am
I don;t think anyone ever gets used to random people looking at your hoohah, I remember years ago going with a friend (who later became my sis-in-law) to a gyno appt. They already had her on the table laying back with the sheet covering and her lrgs up, when the Dr walked in before he could see her, he said haven’t I seen you somewhere before (his try at making the siyuation less uncomfortable) actually made us both just want to curl up in the corner and shame on me but I was so glad it was her on the table!
March 9th, 2009 at 11:26 am
I can’t decide what I would prefer… Dr. HooHaw checker talking to his student, or talking to me through it! There was the time that while my doc was getting an insider’s view and we were “chatting” that we discovered I work with his wife. (that was the last time I saw him, and boy oh boy did I avoid her at the staff Christmas party) Or when I delivered and the Doc and her med student were discussing whether or not I needed an epidural. She says “Decide on this next push if you are going to cut or not.” I asked (from WAY OVER in upper bodyville) “Do I get a vote?” They both looked at me and said “Nope!”
March 9th, 2009 at 11:26 am
I thought I was the only one on display when I gave birth (both times). The other fave was the pulling the rabbit out. Every nurse and visitor had a hand up there checking me. I’m not a medical professional so I figured this is how they said “Hello!”
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March 9th, 2009 at 11:32 am
It’s really too bad that the utter lack-of-modesty one develops during pregnancy wears off! I got to the point where it didn’t matter – what’s one more pair of eyes, really? And in a few weeks, if you’re breastfeeding, everyone will see those too! Sure…come on in! Bring a friend!
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March 9th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
I went to a GYN/OB and one of the Dr.s there said whatever was on his mind. Dr. Carter was a very funny man . I remember when my Mom went with me,we were waiting in the examining room when Dr. Carter walked in and said to me ,”your looking pretty plump today” then turned to my Mom and said “what the heck are you doing here you dried up old prune”We couldn’t believe what he said,looked at each other and started laughing. We did know he was joking with us.
One woman was delivering a baby,he is looking at her hoo-haw and he asking her on a date ,what a Hoo-Haw Dr. !!
March 9th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Found you on Momlogic and I’m glad I did. I could sympathize with you. I’ve been in your table situation and I was laughing and sweating with you. No matter how many times I go I still hate it. Good luck with your teats results (mine came back normal and I’m praying yours do too).
March 9th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
loved the names of the doctors. You made a uncomfortable situation very funny.
March 9th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Ugh, have been there, man. Not fun.
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March 9th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
HILARIOUS. Dr. Hoo Haa checker. Brilliant! Although she wasn’t young (or a doctor), I did have a pretty embarrassing experience with a bikini waxer… http://www.perfectlydisheveled.com/2008/10/bare-necessity.html
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March 9th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
I completely understand what you’re talking about. After having 4 children, I feel like everyone has seen my hoo-ha. Thank heavens I’m done with that and I can just wait for grandkids
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March 9th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
I cringe thinking about those exams, and after a child and an ovarian cyst a few years ago, you’d think one would get used to it. It’s awful all around.
I voted for you too!
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March 9th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
I remember doing this in nursing school and I didn’t think a thing about it…but when someone is teaching a class about your poochie-poochie…that’s a whole ‘nother world. LOL!
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March 9th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
What a story! After I delivered my daughter, a student did a urinary catheterization on me, I was so thankful my epidural hadn’t worn off yet!
Hope your test results come back ok.
Sometimes humor is the best medicine.
March 9th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
LOL thanks for sharing… with the Jr. Baby Dr. and with us!
I think the most surreal part of the hoo-haa exam is the small talk that my Dr. and i make while doing the exam… let’s talk about Mexican restaurants while you’re taking a lookie-loo!
I hope your tests come back ok!
March 9th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
OH MY! I have had the same experience minus the biopsy. It definitely wasn’t a walk in the park for me.
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March 9th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
I laughed.
and laughed again.
*Shakes hands and walks away*
lol
You crack me up.
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March 10th, 2009 at 3:03 am
I had a medical student with me during my 2nd pregnancy’s labor. I was ready to literally choke her by the end. Great post!
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March 10th, 2009 at 7:09 am
LOL! Oh my goodness! I don’t think there is a woman out there who hasn’t felt a little “uncomfortable” during those hoo ha checks. However, yours was more than a little uncomfortable!
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March 10th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Hi From Momlogic Coffee Club!
We all feel your pain. I had to go through that too. Had Stage 3 Cervical Cancer. Luckily it’s gone now. How did yours turn out?
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March 10th, 2009 at 9:32 am
I really enjoyed your blog. You have made the most uncomfortable examination hilarious……Thanks
March 10th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Loved the “elsewhere” link… but i couldn’t help but come back and read. The fact that you can laugh AND WRITE about it is proof you’ve survived. I wonder if the guy i had to catheterize many years ago, ever wrote about that ordeal… yeah, me don’t miss the medical field one bit.
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March 10th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
I read this beofre and now I still feel like someone is watching me and I was not even the one with the DR and student looking all into me.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Too funny. I also went in for a check-up and ended up getting a biopsy. I’ve had soooooooooo many of these done so I just don’t care whos in the room. If they want to look….go for it. LOL
March 11th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Sandy
I love your humor! You are in my thoughts – hugs from a far
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March 12th, 2009 at 7:07 am
hehe …….. Dr. Hooha Checker *snort*
March 12th, 2009 at 3:56 pm