Examination and periods

Ladies when you were younger going to either your pediatrician or family doctor, did you ever have a checkup or a physical while you had your period when the doctor would pull your panties down to take a look down there to make sure everything was ok? Were you embarrassed if the doctor took a look down there and saw either a maxi pad on your underwear or you wearing a tampon?? Would the doctor ask you how long you had had your period or no?

Never happened to me. One time I was scheduled for a physical when my period started. I was able to ask my mom to change the physical to another day.

Never happened to me either at the pediatrician. I had a similar experience when I was getting an exam before school and changed my appointment.

OG-GYN's have told me that there are times when a pelvic HAD to be done, period or not, but these are very rare.

I had my physical scheduled and went anyway as I had begun my period the day before. The doctor was hardly phased but deferred doing an internal exam. She did all of the rest of it including a rectal exam. I scheduled a followup for later that month.

I never went while I was on my period.

No I've never had a physical at the pediatrician or family doctor when I was having my period.

That's a great question, would love to be the Dr asking about periods.... Even better seeing a girl with a "pad on".

This has happened to me only once when having a checkup with pediatrician; only an external look.

I wasn't regular at the time and had come on night before.

Now as an adult I know when due and wouldn't book at those dates or reschedule.

I had a smear test once right before my period started, I went home and literally started bleeding within the hour. I rang the surgery and asked to speak to the nurse because I thought it would affect the test. She commented that there was some blood when she took the smear but that it should be ok and if not, we would just be asked to repeat it. I believe the smear probably sped things up by clearing the exit. I was young at the time and worried so much about those things 😂