Ladies, how are you told you will be receiving a rectal exam?

What does the doctor tell you? Do they warn you? What did they say the first time? How do you react?

I only had two, the first time the doctor said he was going to change his glowes before he did a rectovaginal and rectal. The second he said he expected me to know what was next. And that I did.

I wasn't expecting a rectal exam, I went for a gastroenterological exam. At one point he said to me "now lower your pants and underwear to your knees so we can see your anus" I was surprised, but I obeyed. It's not nice to expect a stomach exam and find yourself on your side with the anoscope inserted

I have experienced both with and without warning, at the gynecologist and at other examinations. My current gynecologist announces the examination with the words "I am now palpating the rectum" or "I am now examining rectally" or something similar. But I have also experienced a finger being simply pushed into the rectum. As a girl/young woman I was shocked. But after the first time you actually know what is coming. Today I don't care. There are doctors where you know what is coming anyway, certainly with a proctologist. I once spoke to a doctor's assistant I know about it. She said that some doctors do not announce the rectal examination because the patients then consciously or subconsciously tense up the anal sphincter even more. Then insertion usually hurts. I have only had one bad experience with unannounced rectal examinations. During an initial examination, which we usually only do superficially, I was suddenly told on the couch that I should pull my panties down a bit and turn to the side. Then, without further warning, the assistant's gloved hand pulled one buttock upwards and what felt like just two seconds later, the doctor's well-lubricated finger was all the way up my butt. I hadn't expected that during this examination; it was very uncomfortable.

I only had one rectal examination. I expected it because i was told before to clean my colon with a suspensorium.