Speculum too large

Has anybody had a doctor use a large speculum that was too big.

My first wife was one of those women who could take a large or extra large speculum if the gyno deemed it necessary. Usually, though she only needed a medium Graves for the doctor to see what he had to see.

Dear wife, current, account age, tissue condition, etc. is usually examined with either a small or virgin size.

Speed

I can comfortably take (and enjoy) the largest of specula but if I complained to a doctor that what he was doing was uncomfortable and he made a comment like that, I'd find a new doctor.

I remember one time a gynecologist inserted a normal size speculum and it hurt me a lot. Then she removed it and told me she will use the smallest size. It didn't made any difference, the pain and pressure were exactly the same for me.

My girlfriend, who has not had kids, has always had a medium Pedersen speculum used on her for pelvic exams, except for her first couple pelvic exams as a teenager. A so called "virginal speculum" was used for those first two exams, the first exam she had just turned 16. When she had an IUD inserted a couple years ago, the nurse practitioner used a large Graves speculum on her, which supposedly allowed the NP to better visualize my girlfriend's cervix, and to help make the insertion easier to perform. Needless to say, my girlfriend was caught off guard, and she felt very stretched out and also felt a lot of pressure when it was opened. That is the only time a large speculum has been used on her.

Well I have and use 2 basic models of speculuns: the pederson and the graves:

they both come in 3 sizes: small medium and large and the lenghtes are similar comparing the sizes of both models beeing the difference in the widht of the blades: Graves are almost the double of Pederson.

So a large pederson may be nice to a "deep" nuliparous patient and she will feel less strteched than with a medium graves .

Like DR.J58 says "a Medium is capable of opening far enough to dilate almost any vagina sufficiently to visualize the cervix".

Still in some patients a Pederson will expose the cervical os and around but not totally the entire cervix so a graves will be the right choice.

in some cases the examiner may even find an excess of vaginal tissue (in more obese or multyparous patients) that will difficult the acees to a good vizualiation of the cervix. A larger and with greater width speculum like the large graves maybe the solution and the insertion of a codom or latex glove around the blades a good straetegy.

Disposable are mostly (at least in the portuguese market )graves type.

My doctor uses a medium speculum on me. It actually says in my file that I take a medium. Guess bigger girls need bigger speculums

I don't know what my doctor uses but in the past I have had one that was clearly too big. But some doctors seem not to care and simply take what they have at hand.

My wife told me that when that she went to the gynocologist prior to our wedding for birth control pills, she was in absolute agony from a speculum that she thougth was much too large. She felt the doctor was not listening when she said she was a virgin and the visit was for a pre-marital check up, etc. Two children later, she as no complaints. Sex after the visits is always great. We don't like the KY the doctor used to go to wasted, either in her vagina or rectum.

When I announced I'd just taken delivery of a large Collin pattern speculum (Collin ones have wider blades than most), I had women begging to be first. Lots of women enjoy the feeling of being stretched wide open.

My ex-wife always used to complain about the size of the speculum that we had ordered off Love Honey.

When compared to the ones used at the doctors, it was a lot larger. I assume the ones at the doctors are for the most part medium ones except for certain patients.

My girlfriend gets extremely tense during speculum exams...I've not seen her have one as she's too embarrassed but she tells me that just the sight of the speculum makes her tense up.

She finds all speculums uncomfortable but once when a doctor tried to use a larger one she said it was agony...

It's a difficult situation and I don't really understand why doctors wouldn't ask the patient first if she has had problems before!

During my wife's first exam, the male doctor did not believe that she was a virgin and used a speculum that was too large. Needless to say she never went back to him.

I used a large speculum on my wife when I first started giving her exams. I was promptly informed that "THAT fucking hurt" and that I was never to use that again. I switched to the medium size and she's been happy to let me look ever since.

The proper size is very important.

When my wife was pregnant with our first child she had spotting and went to the ER. They were concerned she might be leaking amniotic fluid and so had to use a sterile speculum to get a sample for the nitrazine test. The resident used the largest speculum she could find and to make matters worse it could not be lubricated or even wet. This resident was very clumsy and the exam took a great deal of time. My wife said this was the most painful gyn experience outside of childbirth she has ever had.

I've never had one used in a clinical setting that was too large. However my husband and I have a small collection of them an d there is a "large" one that is quite uncomfortable.

Using a speculum that is too large...hurts!

Using a speculum that is too short...pinches!

So for me...I need a longer narrow model...it feels just right 😃

For my experience as examiner "pinching" only depend on the examiner skill and no much of the size ( larger size may do hurt by over stretching vaginal walls).Anyway every woman depending on her anatomy, and obstetrical and gynecological history have a "right" model and size ideal speculum.

In your case probably a medium or large Pederson very similar to Graves but in which the width of the blades is smaller and the length similar.

I can't say I've experienced anything worse than a feeling of fulness or stretching, so I assume I've not encountered a doctor using a speculum too large for me.

YES. I have had a few doctors (all women!) who, after I told them explicitly and repeatedly that I was in pain, continued shoving the damn thing in and saying things like 'relax' and 'almost done,' the latter being especially annoying because if they only had the speculum about a quarter of the way in they were clearly not 'almost done' with the smear. Anyway, I fortunately now have a much more sensitive physician. If I'm tense he tries for about three seconds before switching to a smaller size.

I agree, I hate docs when they lie about how long something will take.

Ususally, when doing an exam, I start with a medium, and then go from there. Most women that have had kids or intercourse can tolerate a medium. If one can;t visulaize the cervix, then a large. I would consider a small if the woman was a virgin or not sexually active.

My gynaecologist has always used a speculum medium, however I have seen large speculums in her cabinet and even if the penetration would be me certainly painful, I would like to live this experience of penetration and openness.

My doctor tried to fit in a large one and it she couldn't get it in so she switched to a smaller one and then wrote in my chart that I'm unable to tolerate the speculum exam.

My doctor tried to fit in a large one and it she couldn't get it in so she switched to a smaller one and then wrote in my chart that I'm unable to tolerate the speculum exam.

That was pretty stupid on her part.

That makes as much sense as trying to stuff an NFL football player into the drivers seat of a Ferrari without adjusting the seat after being driven by my 105 pound 5'2" mother and telling him he is unable to drive a car.

I went with my wife to her appointment and the dr used a medium on her and it looked like it was really uncomfortable based on her looks she gave me

Dr Bob

Your wife probably just doesn't like the speculum, period.

I'm sure your penis is as large as a medium speculum.

The patient saying it is uncomfortable, and it not fitting are too different things.

The small or "virgin" sized speculum really is pretty small. Anyone who has sex or has had children are candidates for a medium.

Up until a year in to our relationship, my GF still needed the "little girl speculum" has she and her Dr called it. It wasn't until her second exam with me that the Dr used a regular sized one.

Even though she'd had sex before, her opening was very small and tight. My index finger was difficult to insert and she actually bled the first 4 times we had sex due to tearing on her urethra (I actually looked for the blood, knowing she wasn't a virgin)..

I was only her 2nd willing partner.. Her first sexual encounter was a violation, so she was very fearful and tensed up about sex.. Now, however, she can fully accept a large speculum, large monster cock toys, 4 of my fingers, etc... after initial stretching and will go back to her tight/small size each time... It's just not as painful for her any longer and there's no bleeding.

My wife and I are examined conjointly. To facilitate my observation of my wife's internal exam, our Doc uses an XL Graves speculum. My wife is full figured, and has no difficulty accomodating that size spec.

One girlfriend was a little chunky so her new gun thought that meant she could handle a large ... But in fact she had a short bag and needed a small ... Size of woman does not equate to size of speculum