First rectal exams - females

Ladies, what was your first recital exam like? Did you try to avoid it? Were you anxious? How did it feel?

I had my first rectal examination when I was 15. The reason was my first visit to the gynecologist because of irregular and unusually heavy periods. But I was prepared for what was to come. A cousin four years older than me had trained as a doctor's assistant and informed me objectively what the doctor would do. And so it happened: because I was still a virgin, the doctor carried out the bimanual examination with her index finger through the rectum. The finger was inserted carefully, the feeling was unpleasant but not painful. The subsequent palpation examination stung quite a bit, but it would have done the same if it had been done through the vagina. At 17, I then had signs of appendicitis. I was no longer a virgin but was still examined rectally (as well). The examination was much more unpleasant and the doctor was much more careless than the gymnast. At the beginning of the 1980s, vaginal and rectal ultrasound examinations were also used across the board. In hospitals at least. This was also done at the time because of suspected appendicitis. Inserting the ultrasound probe into my rectum was much more unpleasant and painful than using a finger. But at least it ruled out the possibility of appendicitis. I still have my appendix today.

I am in my early 40s and I've never had a rectovaginal or rectal exam of any kind.

30's here. Has not happened yet, not IRL anyway.