Gyn exam twice? By a gynecologist and at your primary care physical?

Hey ladies.

Do any of you have an exam at your gynecologist AND a pelvic exam at your primary care physical?

I've had them done by both, but I don't think I've ever had them done within the same period of time by different physicians. I imagine this is mostly due to the health insurance industry. My doctors in recent years have disappointingly lacked a thoroughness in how they examine me. Feels like everyone is in a rush to see as many patients as possible in a day so if there's not a critical need for a certain exam or test, it's just not done.

To this point, I did visit a primary care doctor last year. Presumably with a gynecological concern. I wasn't even asked to remove my clothes, much less given a pelvic exam..

My family doctor has almost always taken a look down there at my annual physical. Usually external. And usually very brief. Like she feels for femoral pulses. And does a visual inspection with my undies down a little bit.

She did a full pelvic one time. My Gyn did not do a Pap smear one year.

My family doctor asked me the date of my last pap smear. “I don’t see it in your chart”

“That’s because they didn’t do one last year.”

“I don’t like these new regulations. Would you like me to do one? Insurance still covers one per year…”

“Uhm I guess….”

The nurse turned around and went fishing for supplies. The doctor pulled the curtain around the table and asked me to remove my underwear.

She wasn’t as good at it as my Gyn was. The speculum took longer to put in. It was awkward. And it warmed me in all the right ways.