First time you experienced a speculum

Rose, Great post. Thanks for sharing. Do you recall if a nurse was present for the exam? If so was she watching the pelvic ? Thx.

There was a male doing the exam and a male observing him. I don't know if it was two doctors, or a doctor and a nurse. I also don't know if he was watching because my eyes were closed or on the ceiling lol. I assume he was watching the whole thing.

Now, when I go yearly, there is always a nurse present. She is always watching every move my gyn makes. Sometimes though, I catch her watching my face, especially for the rectal exam.

Rose

During pregnancy examination. Love playing with mine now.

@molliewhite I have a friend who is a teacher in a primary school (5-11 yrs olds). She has noticed that they are getting more girls starting their periods while at primary school than they used to. This usually happens in the last year of school, when they're 10/11. Sometimes they've been finding it happen in the year before, age 9/10.

Biggest problem for them is when the first period happens at school; and the poor girls have no idea what's happening to them the first time they start to bleed. Trying to reassure them they're OK and "sort them out" can be very hard; then having to ensure that the parent's are aware of what's happening.

I started my periods at primary school, I was just 10

The current nurse I'm playing with had hers at 19 from a male Dr. She went in for a regular check up and he stated she needed to have a full exam this time. Sitting up, gown open per side breast exam, then laying back and the same. Then in to the stirrups for him for a speculum and bi-manual exam. She hadn't yet started shaving down there and the gyno part was unexpected as he had never examined her down there before.

I was 16 and I was very nervous but it turned out ok. Just a little uncomfortable

Very interesting topic, thanks for all women who talk here!!

I was 16 and didn't know what was going to happen at my first gyn exam. The doctor had already checked me with his fingers and then showed me this object, the speculum. He told me what he was going to do with it. I guess it wouldn't be any worst then him fondling my breasts and fingering me already.

I was fifteen and being checked out for a yeast infection. Because of the inflammation and the reason that I had never had anything up there (aside from the tampon I tried a few years before and it hurt so bad, I stopped using them altogether), yes, it was quite uncomfortable. I cried out a bit. It wasn't until I became sexually active that speculum exams became alright.

I too was 16 my first time. I have written a story about my first time and it's someplace on this site but I wouldn't know where to find it, lol. But I lived in a somewhat small town so there were not a whole lot of choices of Docs to go to. I ended up going to my boyfriends Mother. Yes, true story. I am sure she was glad to find out that I was a good girl and so was her son, lol.

Mashie

I was 15 the first time I had a speculum inserted. I'd never seen one until the doctor held it up and said he was going to insert it to look in my vagina.

I wasn't a virgin and didn't find it uncomfortable. The uncomfortable part was having my aunt standing there watching.

My first time was when my girlfriend inserted real speculum during our play exam. (Yes she had few instruments of her own)

I was 21

No it wasn't uncomfortable because my hymen already broke long back from cycling.

I have not had speculum exam in the real exam I had

Mmm…. Meeting Mr Speculum. Fond memories! I’ve written about it in other posts. I prefer him cold, large and long and opened to max capacity. One requirement, he MUST be metal! If he is plastic, access denied, absolutely no entry.

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Mmm…. Meeting Mr Speculum. Fond memories! I’ve written about it in other posts. I prefer him cold, large and long and opened to max capacity. One requirement, he MUST be metal! If he is plastic, access denied, absolutely no entry.

@Fawkes

Contender for the annual “iron woman” awards . . 😁

I was 16. I didn't think the speculum was so bad, the doctor was gentle.

It was when I was 19 at my first gyn exam. I was expecting it and it wasn't that bad.

25 and a virgin. I was expecting it sort of the first time I went but that time aged 20 my vagina hadn't been penetrated at all so she just looked at my vulva.

By 25 I had been fingered so I knew she might go ahead with it but hoped she might not as often they don't bother with lesbians. She did do my test this time though and I got a virgin sized duck beak up my vagina for the first time.

She struggled to insert it and stretched my minora wider and pushed harder. It hurt when she inserted it and opened it.

When I climbed down my vulva was open (I usually have a slit) but I knew the speculum hadn't damaged me as the same happened when my gf fingered me. It was closed again but still sore the next day.

I was 23 but it was extremely brief and she used a small plastic speculum.

I bought larger medical ones for home usage a few months later. I think it's much more comfortable in a play exam

I love laying on my side and feeling the cold metal opening my ass up (:

With 15 when I had my first full gyn exam. It was for getting the pill.

I was 17 at my first ob/gyn the first time I had a speculum used in me. I was still a virgin at the time of that appointment.

I knew to expect it and that gyno’s used them. But I didn’t know if that meant they always used them so I held out hope. No luck though.

It was pretty uncomfortable, almost painful but bearable. I’ve actually felt like that quite a few times since then…I feel like I’m just shaped a little bit wrong inside for an easy speculum exam. But, hey, all bodies are different right?

I think 16. The doctor was a family friend and it was very humiliating and uncomfortable.

@keks97 mentions the pill. I got my flu shot last night and right next to me was "the pill" now available OTC without prescription. The gynos were such the gatekeeper on this.

@Miss_Sarah Ouch about the family friend. Like, he sees you intimately, and then a couple weeks later shows up for dinner at your parents'? 😢

Did your parents push you into this? It is generally considered a bad idea to see a friend or relative for medical issues, or have a child see a friend or relative (except for very mild stuff) - because you don't want personal relationships to cloud judgment in case there are bad news… and this seems even a worse idea for possibly discussing intimate issues (would that doctor repeat that to your parents? etc). 😢

My late wife had her first gyn exam at age 17 however it didn’t involve a speculum. She was in stirrups. It was a male Dr. as it was 1992 and there wasn’t a lot of females practicing back then.

Her second exam she was 18 1/2 and did have a speculum. The Dr. was insisting on it. She related she was nervous but she said it didn’t hurt, just felt weird.

She did see a female a few times in college however she felt they were curt and not sensitive to her concerns and nervousness over the exam.

I remember the first time I learned about a speculum. I was on a school bus going to some sort of sporting event and everyone was talking about the awkwardness of the doctors for one reason or another.

One of the older girls told us when you get older the doctor uses a spreader to look inside you. I thought she was lying. But I was still horrified and intrigued.

At some point later that year I read a magazine article explaining what happens at a gyn exam. It introduced my to the word “speculum”. I read that article probably 50 times. I was obsessed with it. That lead to google searches. And a bunch of independent research.

At age 17 I found out in real life what was one like. My mother surprised me and told me I would be going to the lady doctor. I was going to find out first hand what the magazine told me all about.

Even though I knew what it was, seeing it scared the shit out of me. It’s bigger than I thought. It was cold. I felt a feeling I had never felt before. It hurt. I was open. Some lady was just staring at a part of my body I’d never seen before. And was just talking like it was all normal.

After I cried. I couldn’t shake the feeling of being open. The stretching. The thing looked like a torture device.

And yet here I am now 20 something years later excited to tell you all about it.