Re: Pelvic exams
From: Gail Graham (GA12L@aol.com)
Fri Jun 16 11:14:09 2006
Beautifully put, my sentiments exactly. This is why I don't do many
v/e's. Thanks for that.
Gail
ajfields@pine-net.com wrote:
> 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:
>> I am wondering, what about vaginal deliveries? Do you hate them too?
>>
>> And I am not even going to venture into sexual intercourse...
>>
>> el
>>
>> on 6/16/06 9:38 AM Gail Graham said the following:
>>> For the record. I hate pelvic exams. It doesn't matter how they are
>>> done. I grin and bear them. My GP knows why I hate them and is very
>>> sensitive and understanding which makes them bearable.
>>>
>>> Gail
>>>
>>> stephen.raymond@dhhs.tas.gov.au wrote:
>>>> Then go to someone who does them in the left lateral position with a
>>>> Sims speculum.
>>>>
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>
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> JFields, RN, BSN
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