In real examinations when examining the rectum, do some doctors examine the woman while she bends ov

I've never had a anal exam before, but I've heard some stories of women being examined while bending over. Is this true and if so, what is the reason for it?

The only reason I could think of would be a "contraband" exam where the examiner would have you cough while probing your rectum. Otherwise I see no real need other than to satisfy the doctors enjoyment

Never in my real exams. Rectal exams have always been done while in the stirrups. Now in my play exams, i am bent over.

NO.

We're already in stirrups

I'd say it's unlikely in a general well woman / annual examination, but I do think it could be possible if you were having a procedure. A sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy might be one procedure. You could possibly be kneeling on a special examination table for that. But in a play exam it could very well be a part of the examination.

Strawberrygirl in the UK the most widely used positioning for a rectal exam is for you to lie down on your left side, with your knees lifted up towards your chest. This is the easiest position to examine your rectum. In most GP practices they dont have a proper gynaecological chair so it would be the same position they use.

In hospital they have gynaecological chairs so you would have the rectal exam while in the stirrups as most have said.

With regards to having a colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy , you will be lying on your left side with your knees lifted up towards your chest, initially and may be asked to lie flat on your back with knees up like you are sunbathing ( more for a colonoscopy than flexible sigmoidoscopy). As this position changes allows easier navigation of the sigmoid, descending and transverse colon ( flexible sigmoidoscopy reaches the splenic flexure so the top of the descending colon).

Years ago with the use of rigid sigmoidoscope you would more likely be placed in the knee-chest position although I have assisted in the left sided positioning as well.

Rectal exams in an NHS setting are not very common at all in the UK compared to the vaginal exam / smear test. I would imagine that very few women have had a rectal exam unless they had suspected appendicitis or something like that. Same with men, the NHS doesn't do routine prostate checks. On the other hand, in the private sector say a BUPA medical for example, then a rectal exam will be carried out for women and men over a certain age. I know the BUPA age used to be 38 for the woman's first rectal, possibly 40 for the men but that might have changed by now. And yes the examination would be done with the patient laying on their left side with knees brought up to chest, or right side if the doctor was left-handed

I've been with the same gynecologist for a long time. She considers rectal exams to be unnecessary and invasive, if not needed. I've never received one from her. Last year she suggested I have a colonoscopy. That was my first one. I had a rectal exam prior to the scoping. I was sound asleep laying on my side.

I thought of Vince Lombardi when he was told he needed a colonscopy. His reply was, " I won't let them stick anything up my ass" That decision cost him his life! I'm happy I made the right decision and I'm A-OK.

Now when at home during fun time exams you bet I want a rectal exam. One that is passionate and slow enough to trigger an orgasm. When I have a finger in my fanny something good usually happens! Rarrrrrrr!

I have never been told to bend over for a rectal exam. Mine have always been while I was in the stirrups.

I have only been given a rectal exam in the stirrups or on exam table on all fours.

I've never had a rectal/vaginal exam but have been on left side as doctor examined.

Do women have an anal exam as routine after a certain age from their GP in the UK? I'm 53 and never been offered one.

Beth, I believe that a rectal examination is regarded as advisable after the age of 50 but I've not heard of it being carried out commonly. Given that most women see a practice nurse when called for a cervical smear very few women even get an internal examination routinely.

I had one while pregnant to see the position of my uterus. It was done while I was in the stirrups

I've never heard of a woman in my country getting one. I grant that is not a normal topic of conversation, but I think it would have come up at some point if that had happened.

I've only either been in the stirrups getting a pelvic exam or on my side with my knees up. I hate to say it but I think females bending over for a rectal is a bit of fantasy... Not that I am opposed to any bit of fun fantasy 😉

Most of the rectal exams I have had were when I was in the stirrups. However, I have gone to have some issues checked out and I was in the knee-chest position or lying on one of the tables that adjust and raise your bottom up in the air.

A neighbor of mine, (not one of my play patients) developed an anal fissure. Her family practice doctor sent her to a colorectal specialist for exam and treatment. The doctor had her undress and kneel on a platform attached to a procedure table. The table was then tilted forward till her bottom was in the air, then he spread her cheeks for the examination. She was not expecting that and yelped! Treatment consisted of putting her on stool softeners, and a topical steroid cream. She is going back for a follow up and to discuss a possible Botox treatment.

I would dearly love to be part of that exam and discussion!

Unless it’s a play exam, females are not bending over for a rectal due to the fact the rectum is staring the doctor in the face during the pelvic...

Now for us guys...yep, bending over.

There are times when a woman needs a rectal examine that is not coincidental with a gyno exam. Hemorrhoids, fissures ..

probably not bent over a table but not necessarily in stirrups.

For most exams, women are already in the stirrups and I just proceed with the rectal vaginal exam like that. But, one may do a rectal exam in the Sims position to lubricate the anus prior to thermometer insertion. For a sigmoidoscopic exam, the woman would be in a knee-chest position.

All of mine were in the regular gyn position.

During a recent bout of constipation, Wife started having blood in stool. Went to ER. While she laid on her side on the exam table, two doctors and a nurse only looked at her anus. After a CT scan, she was prescribed antibiotics and steroid suppositories and sent home with instructions to see her primary care doctor. The PC doctor had her lay on her side with her legs drawn up and digitally probed her rectum. He said her problem didn't seem serious but scheduled her for an appointment with a gastro doctor. Was excited because I expected the gastro to do more probing but he only scheduled a colonoscopy. After the colonoscopy, went back for results. Gastro said everything was good - ten year schedule. Glad Wife is ok but was looking forward to watching her get probed.

Hey yeah in regard to the last post, having a female patient on her side is about as crazy as it gets outside of being in the stirrups. Examinations while bending over can always happen in the play exam sector however 😉

If getting a female to bend over for a rectal exam could fall under the “plausible deniability” of wrong doing, my wife’s doctor (our neighbor) would have done it. He is something else, and has her “disrobe from the waist up” for the most mundane issues, so he can steth her beautiful, bare chest...so I thought the “bending over with her panties pulled down” for an hemorrhoid issue would be a natural....

Nope....even though I thought hemorrhoids would give him “cover,” he proved me wrong and had her on her side with her legs pulled up.

If I had graduated from med school, bending over-panties down would be my SOP for all patients (so females were not discriminated against).

Perhaps a grateful medical ethics board thanks me for not acing bio-chem in college.

Perhaps interesting to note that Medicare and most other insurers only cover a digital rectal exam for men, and only for men over age 50. I am wondering then if that implies that it is not considered important for women over 50? And if so, why is it so important for women under 50?

Confused.

Medicare doesn't have very many beneficiaries under 50. I'm not sure about other insurers but I didn't get a bill for mine when my doctor suggested it @40 due to prior history. Did get a bill for the PSA test, but my insurance doesn't cover any of the lab work anyway.

I've only been examined anally lying down while in stirrups.

I have no idea, but my guess would be that the only reason to examine a woman bending over would be because of an anal or rectal or bowel problem, totally unrelated to any gynecological issue or problem. But that's just a guess on my part.

I've typically received a rectal exam while in the stirrups, as part of my annual gyn exam. I had one laying on my left side with knees pulled up and that was for belly issues I was having. I've never had one bending over, nor heard of it being done that way during a real exam. I suppose it is possible. In a play exam or fantasy, yes for sure!