WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2002: Re: Husbands behind curtains

Re: Husbands behind curtains

From: Donna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 9 Jul 2002 16:34:11 -0500 (CDT)

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My husband came with me to my last check up, as I was about to get a hysterectomy. I asked him how the visit made him feel...thinking and knowing it might make him upset. He said that he was very glad he had gone, and he liked the idea that he got to meet my OBGYN Dr..and that it was a great experience. SOOOOOO...ladies, if your worried, ask your husband how he feels, if he wants to go. do not ASSUME he does not want to go. Mine told me he wished I had asked him to go before..., not that he wants to go again... >
>>I understand that it is patient's rights to have the husband present and
>>in full view of the genital area during childbirth. But, what about
>>during office visits when examinations of the various sexual parts of
>>the body are performed. I would like to have my husband have direct
>>view of doctor's manual manipulations during the exam. Is this a
>>right/rule? The reason I ask is because of an incident at a male
>>doctor's office. With a look of confidence and a slight grin as if to
>>feign innocence of the whole matter, he escorted my husband behind the
>>curtain saying jokingly, "this is my domain, yours is behind the
>>curtain." My husband was moody for the whole day. He later told me that
>>he endured a pain and anguish never experienced ever in his life. He
>>felt violated. He heard me gasp through the curtain as he inserted his
>>creamed gloved finger inside of me. The gasp of astonishment and a
>>certain pain sounded to him a bit like the sexual gasp during
>>intercourse. My husband didn't confront the doctor with his desire to
>>remain in the room or his rights to view the examination because he felt
>>it prudent not to tick-off (he .
>>So... I am wondering what forces there are to prevent my husband from
>>viewing my genital examinations?
>>

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