Female preemployment physical exam

For the ladies only, has anyone ever had a pelvic exam as part of a preemployment physical? This can include anything from a quick visual exam to a full pelvic or anything in between. Was a rectal exam performed? Did you have to wear a gown or just remove clothing as needed? I am curious, because as a guy I have had several preemployment physicals over the years and almost all of them included the ol turn your head and cough routine. I always wondered what the female employees went through. I'm fairly new to this site and I'd appreciate any and all responses. Thank you.

I never had a pelvic exam during a preemployment physical. I did have a 12 lead ekg, where I was topless with the female nurse in the room.

Oh they tried to do it when I was working at a hospital, but I refused the exam. The house doctor did all the physicals and he was a gynecologist which was probably the reason he wanted to do it.. At the time, I had never had gyn exam, and I also felt that type of exam was way too intrusive to have done at work. That doctor kept bothering me about it at dinner, so I just told him to examine someone else's ta ta and that I was enjoying my gynecological virginity. I remember being very angry at him as well for embarrassing me at the dinner table. I did not want to discuss my "parts" at the table in front of people I worked with...lol.

Thanks to the two posters for your answers. I was hoping for more answers, but that's probably because most female preemployment physicals don't include any type of pelvic exam. To shylady, do you know if any of your female coworkers submitted to the pelvic exam from that doctor for their preemployment physical?

I assume you won't mind some input from a guy, rapidbiker.

Just to say, I never heard of a pelvic exam being done at a pre-employment medical here in the UK, but that's not to say it hasn't happened to someone, somewhere. I'd be surprised if it had though.

Most of those I've heard of involved stripping to underwear or stripping to the waist, sometimes with the bra off - though even then it was it was only for the stethoscope, rather than a breast examination. The most recent one I know of was when my neice joined the civil service a few years ago: she had to strip to her underwear.

Of course, medical checks for such things as the police and the armed forces will be more stringent and wide-ranging than other occupations, but I doubt if even those would involve pelvic examinations - in the UK, that is.

By the way, shylady, well done for standing up for your rights, and your brilliant put-down of the dinner-table clown. Karma and 'thumbs-up' to you!

When I looked at some preemployment physical forms that I found online, two caught my eye. One was a form for offshore oil rig workers, it had a section for female employees, and it contained a block for a pelvic exam. The other form was for a federal agency called US AID, which is a peace corps type organization. The form for the physical states that all females 21 or older are to have a pelvic exam and pap smear if they are going to be overseas for six months or more. Women 40 or older need a mammogram, and everyone 50 or older needs a colonoscopy. Boy are they thorough! And I have a friend whose daughter went to Job Corps several years ago. I saw an orientation form for the new students. It had a paragraph about the entrance physical. One sentence stood out. It said "During the first 24 hours at the center, all new students will receive a complete physical, which includes for females a pelvic exam." When she came back a few months later for a visit, I heard her tell her mother about her physical, how they ran out of gowns and she had to sit there practically naked while they went to get some more, and how the doctor was not gentle with the pelvic exam. She said her lower abdomen was still sore several hours later and she'd never let that quack examine her again!

I will write a response to this tomorrow. I just had a pre-employment physical today actually. Just making sure I don't lose the thread, sorry in advance for the delay.

Hi Mashie, how did the exam go? The suspense is killing me! Hope everything went good though, and I hope you got the job too.

First off, yes, I got the job, thanks for asking.

Now, to talk about my pre-employment physical. My day didn't start off exactly how I had planned it. It seemed that everything went wrong. As most of you know, I have white coat syndrome pretty bad as it is, and now that I have to have someone other than my boyfriend doing my medical care, it has seemed to catapult my fear of doctors through the roof. So, I didn't sleep well, and I woke up nervous and in a bit of a panic.

I got ready to go and left. I realized half way there that I forgot the directions to the place I needed to be, I called information who couldn't help me, then I called my new job and they were able to give me the correct location. Lucky for me, the woman that I talked to also just started in her position and she blamed herself for not explaining it to me or giving me the address. I assured her that it wasn't her fault. It made her feel better and didn't make me look bad, so that ended well.

I got there right on time which took me about 45 minutes. I went to the window and the lady confirmed my appointment and asked to see my drivers license. Well, when I went to get it it wasn't there. She said I would have to reschedule. I was so mad at myself, on top of nervous. So I made the appointment for later that day.

I went back home, and later returned to the place again. I sat in the waiting room for probably 30 minutes. I also had to give a witnessed urine sample. Not my favorite thing, but I do what I have to. The nurse that came out to get the two previous victims was a male. Crazy as this is, the thought of peeing in front of Bob made me all the more nervous.

I was the only one left, sitting there alone with my thoughts and my fears when the door to the back office opened. My name was called. I was pleased to hear the voice of a woman calling me back instead of Bob. I followed her back.

She introduced herself as Georgette. She is a middle aged black woman. I could tell at first glance that she had been a nurse for a while and was confidant in her abilities, which in turn, somewhat put me at ease as well. We chatted for a moment or two. She was funny and talkative, I liked her.

Then she got on with business. She explained to me that I had to pee in front of her, and then we would come back out and sign all the papers, seal up the bottles and move on to the rest of my physical.

So in the bathroom we went. As I dropped my pants and sat down she handed me the cup. She backed up a foot, but remained only about 2 or 3 feet away from me. She watched me as I peed in the cup to make sure it was my pee in the cup and wasn't someone elses. Gotta love that. NOT!!!

After we sealed and signed all that needed to be done, she led me back to the exam room. She had me get up on the table and remove my arm from my hoodie so she could take my blood pressure. It was 120/70 which is fantastic for most people, but I normally run around 100/50 or slightly lower. But like I said, I was stressed. She took my wrist and counted my pulse which was 66, and then stuck the thermometer in my mouth. When it beeped it read 98.1. So far so good, everything was normal.

Now, here is where everything changed. With most other work physicals I have had with the exception of one, she would leave after she tells me that the doc will be in in a few minutes to ask me a few questions and then I would be done. No, not this time. She reached into the bottom of the table and pulled out a blue paper gown and a white paper sheet. She told me I could leave my socks and my panties on but everything else had to come off. Then she said the doctor would be in shortly. That's when the panic really started for me.

I immediately texted the boyfriend who actually was in between seeing patients at the moment and told him what was going on. He also wasn't happy that I was half naked for a pre-employment physical. He talked me through my little panic and I managed to get undressed and into the gown and back up on the table. Then I sat and waited, and waited, and waited.

Eventually the doctor came in with Georgette. The physical started. He did a basic head to toe exam minus the pelvic of course. He did do a mini breast exam though, but he didn't expose any skin. Basically he was just feeling for any large masses or tenderness I think. Actually, the only part of me that he exposed was from my base of my ribs to the top of my pubic bone. He did quite a lot of feeling around and listening to that part of me. I am guessing due to my recent appendectomy and kidney surgeries.

He looked at my legs for vein issues. But here's the kicker. The boyfriend loves to shave my legs as he finds it's very intimate. I happen to agree. Well since we are delving into our sub/dom and visa versa roles, one of the things he doesn't allow me to do is shave my legs while we are apart.

Lucky for me, I have hypothyroidism and I am over 40 which means that I do not have a lot of hair growth anyway, but still, it's been almost 3 months since I shaved my legs. I had asked the boyfriend the night before if I could shave my legs incase I might have to get naked and he assured me that for a pre-employment physical I wouldn't have to get naked, and no, I wasn't allowed because it is his job. Needless to say, when he pulled the sheet up to look at my legs I was so embarrassed I thought I would die. I apologized to the doc and he said that he has seen it all, which I knew that, and if this was all the hair I had after 3 months of not shaving then I was a very lucky lady. lol. He also said, "I don't shave my legs either, so don't worry about it, lol."

Then out he and Georgette walked, allowing me to catch my breath and redress. Once out in the parking lot I again texted my boyfriend and told him I survived. I wasn't happy, but I wasn't traumatized by the whole thing either. I guess it could have been much worse.

Mashie, thanks for sharing the details about your pre-employment physical. The exam wasn't too bad I think.

Real exams are no fun for me either. Some Doctor having the power to say you can never pilot an airplane again just sends me into shock. I usually bring my BP readings from home just to prove the "white coat" problem.

Now put me on a table with a lady play doc and the BP will still increase drastically while the blood transferes from one head to the other.

Glad everything turned out OK.

Skybear

Thanks for sharing Mashie, I'm glad you got the job. The exam didn't sound too bad.

Hi Rapidbiker.

None of the other female employees I spoke to submitted to the pelvic exam. I didn't know everyone who worked in the hospital, but I seriously doubt anyone would have had that done on the job. I was probably one of the few who had never been seen by a gynecolologist, but I wanted to go to the doctor of my choice, and I wanted to choose the time and place. I was also scared to death, to tell you the truth...lol. He was going to have the ER nurse (a male nurse) assist as well, and I would have died...lol.

Hi shylady, that would have been embarrassing to be seen by a male doctor AND a male nurse, especially since you would have probably seen them around work. Thank you for the reply.

Many companies insurance carriers require full exams especially on "key employees" i know of one company that gives female employees the option of seeing their own gyn if that would be preferable

I cant imagine a requirement by a company for a gyn exam - except in the case of insurance, if the company is paying for the health insurance. Surely this would be done at your choice of gyn doctor, would it not?

I do like the thought of a mandatory gyn exam scenario though. Would this ever happen?

I have read that certain high risk occupations such as offshore oil rig workers, USAID workers that go overseas for six months or longer, etc., have a pelvic as part of the preemployment physical exam. I have seen some of the exam forms for these occupations online and they do have a block on the form for a pelvic exam. I've also read that women that go to China to work for six months or longer have to apply for a work visa. The work visa includes going to a Chinese medical facility for a complete physical which includes a pelvic exam. I read some blogs online about some women who had that experience. The physical sounds like it's done almost assembly line style. You go to different "stations" for certain tests or exams. The gyn portion of the physical is done in a large open room with several exam tables in it. The tables are lined up along opposite walls so the stirrups face the wall, that way when the woman is in the stirrups, at least anyone walking by will see her head, and not her vagina. There is a curtain in between each table, so you at least have some privacy from the sides. When you walk down the middle of the room to find an empty "cubicle", each one you walk past you can look left and right and see other women either undressing from the waist down, or sitting or laying back on the exam table getting a pelvic. One woman on the blog wrote about how she and another female coworker were sent into the room for their pelvic exams. As they walked past each cubicle looking for empty ones for themselves, there were other people, presumably family members, of the Chinese women that were there for an exam. The woman wrote on her blog that she and her female coworker got a lot of looks from everyone there, presumably because both of them are tall, blonde haired and blue eyed American women, something they rarely see in their medical center. There was only one cubicle left, so the women decided to take turns. Each would turn away while the other undressed from the waist down and got examined. They described their Chinese doctor as rough and abrupt, and hard to understand as he spoke only broken English. I wish that I would have saved that link to that blog. I guess I'll have to peruse Google once again to find it!

Good stuff

Remember my physical when I was in college and working summers at large aircraft manufacturer. My employment physical included a rectal exam and the young females received pelvic exams. Saw a few of them in the medical center wandering in their gowns. Obvious they had nothing on but the gown and the stirrups were there for all to see. A few of those hired with me spoke openly of the embarrassement.

Thaks for sharing Mashie. Congrats on the job!

My wife was hire at a large company a few years back. The gave everybody a pre-employement physical; even office staff. My wife thought it was the standard blood pressure and vision, and hearing check. It did not involve a pelvic, but she was asked to strip to he panties and put on a gown.

A nurse practitioner friend does pre-employment exams for a local banking corperation.the bank offers free yearly breast and pelvic exams to female employees. of course the yearly exams are voluntary but the pre-employment exam including a pelvic is mandatory

I would love it if you could get at least one story about one of the female employees preemployment physical from your friend. But I understand that would be a difficult question to ask your friend.

Hi amateurgyn, would really appreciate it if there is any way that you could get your nurse practioner friend to share some of those stories with you (and us). I am sure there are some great stories there. Thanks, James 😃

The most unnerving thing odf a pre-employment s that you don't know the doctor and don't know what to expect

My wife is a 28 year old female who recently had a pre-employment physical and this is the story she told me. She didn't know what to expect and was shocked at the extent of the exam! The nurse gave her a gown and told me to remove everything except her panties and put the gown on so that it opens in the front. The doctor was probably in his mid 40s. He first looked in her eyes, ears, nose, and throat. He then listened to her heart by putting his hand underneath her gown. Her breasts were partially exposed as he did this. He then pulled the gown down and began feeling her breasts and pinched her nipples. He then asked her to lie back on the table and did another breast exam with the gown removed. He then began feeling her stomach and abdomen working his way down to her panties. Without warning he grabbed the waistline and asked her to lift up removing her panties! He told her to put her feet flat together so that she was spread eagle. He then performed an external exam which she said was extremely humiliating lying completely nude being exposed to a middle aged man. He felt her knees, ankles and feet. He then asked her to stand up and face the table and he took a quick look at her anus. After that, he had her walk around to check her posture and looked at her spine. He then told her everything was fine and she could get dressed. She is now horrified of going to the doctor and wishes she would have waited for her regular practitioner.

I've never had a pelvic exam for a pre-employment physical, but after abdominal exam was asked if I had any genital problems. I told the doctor no, but now that I have discovered my fetish, I obviously wish I'd said yes.

I have never experienced such an exam but could you fail it, and if what would happen if something was discovered in a gyn exam- do you not get the job?

I have had the same job too long. The only thing i had to do was pass a drug screening. Seems to me passing a physical for a job would classify as discrimination of some sort if the job was not specifically stated as needing some type of general health criteria.

Now, to qualify for health insurance there may be something but I have Never had to do a physical for that either. I would do have to sign off yearly on the non-smoking/smoking information. But never a physical exam.

My company did extensive pre employment physicals and one woman was told she had a heart murmur so i can only assume they were at least thorough with auscultation.