Girls at the Pediatrician

It sure would be nice if more women gave accounts of their pediatrician visits. It seems like the majority of the threads here are just recycled material about going to the gyno or guys getting checked for hernias.

That's because guys are in the majority here and they are horny bastards.

How many different stories do you think there are about the pediatrician?

I was with my daughter at the pediatrician until she was 5 or 6. It was the same pediatrician that she had at birth. As he knew she had normal genitals from early exams, the visit consisted of measuring (length/height, weight) and the normal examinations. He'd peek in diaper or under panties to make sure there were no rashes, etc. She then got her vaccinations.

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Should be lots of stories about pediatritian visits, esp for women in there 30s and older because those were the days when gowns were not often given to children or teens during exams. less likely for 20somethings and younger cuz of lawsuits and allegations of abuse or the fact that society is more sensitive to children and everyone. for those born before the 90s the attitude was he's the doctor, your just a child, he sees many unclothed kids every day so who cares about nudity? also, rectal temps were common too before the 90s. bound to of been plenty of women who got turned on by such exams just as guys have.

Sing it Susie. lol.

There really isn't much to say other than what has already been said.

I think it is asking a lot of most folks to try and remember things that happened 20 to 60 years ago. Men or women. Most folks don't remember the mundane every day life events of their childhood. What we remember are the unusual or surprising and traumatic things. If you broke an arm or leg while out playing, you remember that. But you don't clearly remember the thousands of times you were out playing uneventfully.

I guess what I'm getting at is there seems to be very little detail when it comes to the genital portion. It's always quick and along the lines of "he/she took a quick peak." What exactly happens? How far did the panties come down? Did they spread your butt cheeks?

I guess they just weren't very detailed.

Panties for me anyway were removed and had to be in the common frog leg position. First just looked then separated labia then that was it. Felt like big deal at the time but was often over in seconds never more then like a minute i would say. Unless someone had am issue imagine same.

Must say that I have some great responses to this thread through PM. It seems women, in general, are much more shy than men.

Quincy, Indeed I don't remember most of the visits to the doctor I took when I was a kid, or at least only isolated elements. The episode I remember the most was when the doctor came on a home visit for suspected appendicitis and I got a digital rectal exam - it was surprising and a bit traumatic (for my dignity). I don't get how people can remember detailed sequences of events from 35 years ago - as some write in autobiographies.

I don't get how people can remember detailed sequences of events from 35 years ago - as some write in autobiographies.

Pecan nutjob

Some of us DO have photographic memories that extend very early into our childhood up to present. I can still recall whole conversations of various things and all sorts of things with pinpoint accuracy. While this is wonderful it also has drawbacks!

I had a FP, family practioner as a young child up to into my 20's when he retired due to his eyesight failing. His exams were never out of sync, never at all inappropriate.

Some of us DO have photographic memories that extend very early into our childhood up to present. I can still recall whole conversations of various things and all sorts of things with pinpoint accuracy. While this is wonderful it also has drawbacks!

Wives often seem to have this wonderful ability, or at least claim to. Whenever it appears to be a useful dodge during arguments or disagreements, many seem to be able to rattle out conversations verbatim from years ago, which are expected to be taken with as absolute a conviction as a court transcript. I think it's a mystifying claim.

Andie, just that sometimes people on Zity ask me for details about stuff that I mentioned happened during my childhood... and I simply don't know! For some of it I could ask my mom but it would seem so gross and weird 35 years later to ask about such intimate stuff.

Mollie: What do you call frog leg position? Squatting like on a potty? Or on the back holding the knees up and apart?

On the back holding the knees apart is the usual one

I call this the dead frog position. Soles of feet are together, knees out.

Personal trainer had me doing this one just yesterday, gym clothes of course.

This is good for hip flexibility.

I recently been reading that Pediatrician and Adolescent Gynecologists are becoming more and more popular. The reason being is that girls are maturing faster. Some doctors think this is due to diabetes and other food/chemical/environment effects. Its a growing topic in the medical journals. Just a fascinating quick thought.

But recalling the experiences for girls at the pediatrician, the majority of time most girls do not get thoroughly examined unless the doctor feels the need to or the patient has some problem. I personally went to the doctor with my sister and we never got our genitals examined.

Not every child goes to the pediatrician. I started going to a Family Practitioner when I was 9, and I still go to him today (I'm 23). This has been a nice thing for me, since we now know each other, I trust him, and I'm very comfortable with his professional care.

My pediatrician visits were limited, and when I did get a checkup it was a typical exam, nothing too exciting, but did include a quick peek under my panties with the doctor lifting them and taking a look and nothing more. I think the last checkup I had at the pediatrician I was 9. I started seeing a Family Practice doctor that my mom switched me to at 12. It was then I first experienced a brief look at my genitalia in the "frog leg" position.

As a younger child my paediatrician would have my panties around my ankles and me in a frog position. As, I had not reached puberty yet there wasn't much to see he did a quick check (about a minute) he just spread my labia apart but that was it. Once I had reached puberty, the exam was completely different. He'd have me in the stirrups, I didn't have a speculum inserted into me until I was 17 but here he did a bimanual exam and also checked my vulva like he did when I was younger. Whilst on the stirrups I was completely naked with a gown on.

As a child the only drs I seen were my Gp and after my bout of whooping cough a chest consultant . His exams as a child were lengthy . Height and weight was always carried out . Sometimes a chest X-ray and then I would get called back to his room . Id have to take off my top clothes and vest . He would auscultate me thoroughly back and front , listen to the heart and I could then get dressed again .

As I got older and my lungs got stronger I was discharged from him around aged 14 . I was 16 when I Next seen a respiratory consultant after a pneumonia . That was when I stopped seeing the paediatrician and moved to adult care .

I have seen many girls pediatric exam, including my daughter.. and most of the time (almost 95%) the doctor do a genital exam (just external) with the girl at Frog position.. Doctors normally think that girls have more modesty than boys.. thats why they only remove the panties at the part the needed

I have done the frogs legs thing. So so weird and so embarrassing.

Not a long time ago I was to my cousin's House when she called the pediatrician for a home visit for her 6 years old daughter with cough and fever. A young (and pretty!!) doctor came and she asked to undressed completely the little girl that received all the exam fully nude from the beginning, including at the end a visual vagina check in frog-leg position with labia palpation and visual ispection of the anus. Very thorough and complete exam!!

When you were told to get into the frog leg position, did you already have your panties off?

Yes asked to slip them off then was required to be in position with hips flexed out to side would be hard to take panties down

I had two pediatricians before moving on when I left for college. The first took care of us til I was around 12 and as I recall his exam always started out with me in my panties. He would lift them to look and that was about it. Then we saw a doctor for only one visit. His approach was the same though now I had a bra and panties to deal with. He had his nurse lower panties remove them, and had me spread for a quick peak. When I was 13 or 14ish, I got a female doctor who had me remove everything and wear a paper gown and she looked everywhere with greater precision.

World,

As a young lady grows in age and her body goes into puberty, just as young men do, physical exams do take longer and do require more attention specifically to some areas. As to how the physican, PA, nurse does this, it is up to them and is influenced by the physical, emotional and mental maturity and such of the patient, their parents, their questions and concerns, the personal medical history and the family medical history of the patient. There are ,many other things that also influence how the exam is conducted, including tests, procedures, possible Rx(s) written or modified, lifestyle, a possible referral etc etc etc.

The only thing I might add is that sometimes where the medical professional went to school, or how they were trained will also cause variances in what, how, and when exams are done.

Mashie