Gyn exam without stirups

Interestingly it seems that the feet together legs apart position is used in US military MEPS. I have watched a few videos where they have described having to assume that position though seems that the Dr just looks and no physical exam is performed. Did find it interesting in that it seems most who had a male Dr they had to lie in that position and open legs so he could take a look then stand up and bend over and spread their bum cheeks again so he could take a look. Those who had a female Dr once they assumed the position the Dr spread their labia to look and then spread their bum cheeks to take a look so they did not have to turn around and bend over. Seems female doctors were not bothered by actually touching and manipulating the genital regions to get a good look. There are I am sure American women members who went through MEPS so maybe they can gives us a description.

Lisa

My most recent exam was the first one I had experienced without stirrups. My doctor decided I didn't need yearly paps anymore (I get them every other year now). This year was an off year, so she just did a quick pelvic. I had my feet up on the table and my legs bent. She just reached under my gown and did her quick bimanual and rectal. I don't know how she can actually feel anything in half a second...

I often perform gyno exams without stirrups, examining the patient first in frog-leg position, then in Sim's position, finally sometimes on all fours, expecially If she needs more thorough rectal examination, such as anoscopy

My midwife does all exams without stirrups, as do many that I work with. When I lesrned to perform cervical exams for childbirth, we also do them without stirrups as it makes the patient more at ease and less likely to tense up.

Having spent some time observing on an OB floor of a hospital, it was commonplace for the Dr. or Nurse to ask the patient to put their ankles together and let their knees fall apart to do vaginal exams. I've heard(from nurses) that some doctors just prefer stirrups because it gives them slightly easier access even though its more uncomfortable and embarrassing for the patient

In the UK they do not use stirrups at GP surgeries, they are only used in hospitals. As services are free on NHS my wife's smears with the nurse are very brief affairs with minimal disrobing and examination. Just enough to get the job done.

I had been examined without stirups at the pediatrician and at my GP, gyn exams are always with them.

@annecobain Which do you prefer Stirrup or not?

I think it is a matter of what equipment is available at the clinic and also a preference to what position the patient is comfortable in should it be that stirrups are available at the clinic. Please do correct me but stirrups are vastly available at most hospitals in the UK however most GP's and clinics whom you would go to your family doctor, it is not available.

Some gynecologists in germany do not use the examination chair for "easier" exams to spare their patients the humiliation. I think that's false to do.

Placing a patient in the gynaecological position with her feet in the stirrups or her thighs on the Goebels leg rests depends on the examination to be performed.

The recommendations of the High Authority of Health have tended for some time to no longer perform systematic annual smears but to only perform a sample for HPV testing every 3 years.

Consequently, some doctors consider it unnecessary to insert a speculum if they do not have to insert a swab.

In this case, it is also easy to perform a vaginal examination associated with abdominal palpation if the patient is simply lying on the table in the frog position.

Personally, I still think that it is not useless to take a look to check the condition of the cervix every year but it is a choice.

When it is not necessary (monthly consultation of a pregnant woman for example) I find it more comfortable to be placed on the side of the examination table to palpate. I do not consider it essential for the doctor to stand facing the patient's spread legs, which requires the patient to lower her pelvis as close as possible to the edge of the couch.

Tagus you mix wish thinking with reality

I hear that in the UK the swabs are taking without stirrups and are down using the frog leg position

Maybe it just depends on the country? All my pap smears are my feet in stirrups, but for swabs to check for infections my legs are open with my feet pressed together resting on the bed. I also find it kinda strange how they just don't pull the stirrups out for getting swabs as well, but perhaps all places are different.

When my wife was pregnant with our second child, i went with her to all her exams. When it came time for the pelvic exam, she put her feet in the stirrups, but he took them out and placed her feet on the table instead and examined her like that.

With the GP and midwife they do exams/procedures without stirrups.

Only the gyn has/use them.