Vaginal instruments feeling cold when being inserted.

When you women go to the OBGYN Doctor, does the doctor give you a heads up of letting you know before a vaginal instrument is inserted into the vagina that it is going to feel cold?

Rarely. I once had a female doc insert a cold steel speculum and I yelped reflexively. She was not happy and acted like I was being a wimp. My first gynecologist warmed it up first. Nowadays, most use the plastic ones which don't get as cold.

The one ob/gyn that I have seen that still uses the metal speculums, used to have a heating pad on low in the drawer where the speculums were kept. Hospital policy changed and no longer could keep them warm with a heating pad and had to use warm tap water except the water didn't get warm. So have had warm and cold and really body adjusts eventually.

In the U.K., they usually run them under the warm tap in their open autoclave bag. Removes the coldness and also means less lubricant is needed so it doesn’t interfere with any cell collections

As loobyloo said , traditionally metal vaginal speculums were placed under the hot water tap to take the chill of the metal speculum. Recently with the introduction and widespread adoption of plastic speculums this is not necessary, but in order to aid insertion and lubrication it is still placed under the hot water tap .

Some of the private healthcare centres like BUPA, use a warming draw to keep their metal speculum warm and so prevent the cold shock on insertion .

Most ladies that ive played with like the cold speculum , but i would discuss likes / dislike before the exam