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Re: Pelvic examsFrom: Jamie (ajfields@pine-net.com)Fri Jun 16 11:04:39 2006
I haven't read Gail's response yet, but mine is that sex is supposed to be an intimate act, in which both parties are vulnerable. Vaginal birth can be very embarrassing, depending on how it is conducted. In my one hospital birth, although I was comfortable with my FP and knew everyone in the room well, I felt extremely exposed and as embarrassed as one can be in laborland at having my backside hanging off the broken bed while everyone watched it. I didn't feel that with my other births, b/c the position was less exposed (semisitting on an intact bed, or squatting). In a pelvic exam and in a birth setting, only the patient is vulnerable and exposed, and she is exposed without the intimacy that is hopefully present in a sexual relationship. With a caring and professional hcp, it is tolerable, b/c that provider is aware of and sympathetic to the embarrassment. With a really rough, rude, or uncaring hcp, either situation can feel like an assault.
At Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote:
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-- JFields, RN, BSN
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