Ladies: position for female rectal exams

To any of you Ladies - I have read in other areas that it is becoming more common for the Doctor to do a rectal exam after the Vag/rectal with you bending over the table. Is this true and have any of you experienced it at your GYN or PCP?

I realize that by saying this, I'm probably subjecting myself to a rectal with the next new doctor that I acquire :-\...but I've never had one. Laying down or bending over the table.

Not to detract from the main question but...how many women actually receive rectal exams at their annuals? I've heard rumors that they primarily do it in women over 40.

I haven't had a rectal exam at the gyno yet, but I'm only 20. I wonder how my mom would feel if I asked her about it...?

My GYN DR does a rectal exam with a anoscope each annual checkup. She has me in the sims position. It is rather uncomfortable but not truly painful. I'm glad she does it because any problems should be caught very early. I've never been bent over a table.

I experienced only one rectal exam so far after the doctor questioned me about pain in that area. I had to take place on all 4s on the exam-table. Exam was quick though but I felt embarrassed.

My wife told me she recieved and anal exam and the doctor positioned her on all fours on the examination table. She told me she had nothing on. The doctor inserted and anal speculum I guess. She told me he stuck something in her anus and then opened her up. She said the older doctor had two yourger male doctors with him. She said they all took a look and that she was pretty embarrassed by the whole thing.

My doctor has always given me a rectal exam as part of my yearly check up. Its usually done while I am still in the stirrups.

No, it is´n true. I am not gynecologist, but during my practise on gynecology I have never seen it. When the girl is young and the doctor doesn´t see any problem by the bimanual exam, normaly he/she doesn´t perform to the recto-vginal exam and he/she doesn´t do the rectal exam. The rectal exam (rectal bimanual) is normal by virgins and has the same objective like the normal bimanual exam and the woman is lying in the gynecological position.

But I can belive some doctor (not necessary gynecologist), prefes the position when you are bending over the table - e.g. by fisture and hemorrhoids searching.

I had a rectal exam in the sims position when i was in my early twenties. it was sooo embarassing but years later i still think of it. 😉

Rectal exams can be done in many ways but are typically done with the girl on her side or still in the stirrups. DREs are done the same way

As a playdoc, I always do rectal exams. I sometimes do them (if digital only) with my patient in the lithotomy position, but more often in sims or knee-chest.

My wife had one while in the lithotomy position. She had gone in for some unusual menstrual bleeding. She said it happened at the end of the exam with no warning what so ever. She commented to the Doctor while he was doing it; "That's not where the problem is." He responded with something about her being over 40 and it was needed. She has not been back to the gynecologist since.

I received a rectal exam at my 8 month prenatal visit with my first two pregnancies. Dr. put 2 fingers in and spread them apart as far as he could and then pressed down hard on my pelvic bones. He put my hip out of joint both times. I had a hard time getting down and my leg kept giving out for days afterwards and it really hurt to walk.

I get a vaginal and rectal examination every time.

The rectal is usually performed in the lithotomy position, except that the doctor removes sheet and then does a digital exam, before using an anal speculum.

However, twice now, he's preferred to call in assistants to help me bend my knees and pull my legs back (so that they're holding my legs and my feet are parallel to the ceiling). *That* felt exposed! The doctor said that he needed a clear, uninterrupted view.

I don't care what the real docs do. I have to say that I have never gotten aroused in the real setting.

I say with a play doc the sky's the limit. A play doc can have his patient get on elbows and knees with her butt in the air where she'll feel good and vulnerable. That's the ticket.

Hmmm...never had to do that......my doctor just brings my bum to the very edge of his table......opens the stirrups a bit more...lubricates his gloved fingers and ....I close my eyes and hold my breath!.....Seriously though....It's quite snug...but not painful at all.......Now when my boyfriend examines me that way.....it's a different story..... 😉

I was not aware of the fact that rectal exams are not typically done to women unless they have a specific problem or are over 40 years old. When i was 18 or 19, i was dating a girl that was a few months younger than me. She had been getting regular annual exams since about 16. I remember her telling me that after the stirrups and the gyno exam, the doctor inserted 2 lubricated fingers into her butt. She said it wasnt painful but it was uncomfortable. Her doctor was a male and I find it interesting that most women posting on this page have never had this done. Is her story not normal?

I've never had a rectal exam; I've always understood that they are not routine before age 40.

I have role played an annual exam that included a rectal exam. The doctor suggested it after learning that I practiced anal sex. I remained in the stirrups after the bi-manual exam. I received an enema, which I was required to hold for several minutes (with the help of a tampon that was inserted in my rectum). I expelled the enema into a bedpan, and then the doctor examined me with the help of an anuscope.

It was one of the more daring things I've done in a play exam and well worth it!

Like most of the women here I also get a rectal exam each time I have a pelvic. Always wile I'm in the stirrups. I have had two proctoscopic exams, but those were in the knee chest position on a special procto table and after a complete enema clean out.

I've only had one, by a female gyn. It was on the table while I was still in the stirrups. She did the pelvic and then explained that she'd be inserting a lubricated finger to do the rectal, and to relax...Easier said than done!

Sometimes my wife gets a rectal and sometimes not. But it has always been done while she is in the stirrups. My ex wife once had a rectal exam while she was laying on her side. I had a nice view of that one.

My wife recently has her first gyno with rectal exam. Been to almost all her previous ob/gyn visits, she lets me come in to watch. Her female dr gave her vaginal and anal at the same, my wife was OK with it, excited her.

I get a rectal exam along with the pelvic exam. One finger while I'm in the stirrups. It is usually the last thing she does and it's a good thing that it's brief because otherwise I'm sure I would cum by that point.

Jackie

During my wife’s last pelvic exam, after the doctor finished the bimanual exam and she turned away, my wife started to get down from the stirrups thinking that she was all done when the doctor turned back with a fresh set of gloves and told my wife not to move because she wasn’t done yet. My wife wasn’t pleased with the prospect of a rectal exam but she did as the doctor ordered and I enjoyed watching the entire procedure.

My hubby and I were talking about this subject, and he surprised with his analogy. My hubby says the human body is like a fine tuned car. You pop the hood and check the oil frequently, and while your at it, you check the transmission fluid, and water as well. He says you don't wait for the engine lights to come on to check your fluid levels, it called preventative maintenance. First time I have ever been compaired with a car, but it does make sense. If people have regular checkups, problems are caught earlier. Breast cancer, cervical cancer, and colon cancer are killers. If they are detected earlier enough, they are curable. Problem is, when people wait until they have symptoms to be checked, it is usually too late.

I have never had a recto-vaginal exam in a real exam setting. I just recently got a quick rectal exam when I turned 40 last year in my real exam. When I was 39 years old and I told the doctor that I had a problem down there, he just said it was probably hemorrhoids and did not even look down there.

A full pelvic exam should include a rectal as that is the only way that the doctor can feel the back side of the uterus. This is important and most doctors, today, do not include it as it embarrasses the patient and, probably, the doctor too.

Speed

My doctor does a rectal every time I get a pelvic. It is pretty quick. After he removes the speculum, he will tell me that he is going to do a rectal and bi manual. He does it while I am still in the stirrups.

Once a doctor did a pelvic and bi manual then had me get on the table doggie stiyle for a rectal.

Rectal exams can be performed in several positions. All have been mentioned here. For those of you who want their Dr.'s to use a scope next time, just say that you noticed a little blood on your stool, or when you wipe. Then your Dr. should use an anoscope, or if you go to a Gastroenterologist, they will perform a Flexible Sigmoidoscopy (ask for the Flex-Sig NOT the Rigid Sig!)or a Colonoscopy depending on what you tell your Dr.

I have a Felxible Sigmoidoscopy at my office which only requires two Fleets enemas before the procedure. It is quite fun to be on either end of the scope.

Dr. J

When I was a teenager, my pediatrician always did a one-finger rectal during a checkup. It was usually with me bent over the table, with the back of my gown wide open, and VERY embarrassing. To his credit, though, he was always very gentle and it never hurt, probably because I'd already discovered that I'm anally erotic. But I NEVER mentioned it to him!