Female vs. Male Pediatrician

Male

No matter how much I begged my mom I always saw the same male doctor until I was 18.

I had male doctors from the first time I remember (age 5?) until my early 50’s. Then female docs for last 20 or so years.

Had a female pediatrician until I was 15. Apparently my little brother said he was too embarrassed to be ,like me,to be clad only in briefs. So my parents switched us to a male doctor. The problem was that for our first exam together he had us both strip absolutely naked,I was 15 and my brother was 7. The next two physicals I had with him I was examined privately with my underpants on. According to my mother my brother had to be naked for his exams. I really felt sorry for him because I could tell he hated to be nude.

All of my doctors including my pediatrician have been male. As a result of that, and my coming out as gay before trying anything with a girlfriend (Gold Star!), the only woman who has seen me naked since I started puberty has been my mom.

Always have had a male pediatrician and now adult doctor.

I really felt sorry for him because I could tell he hated to be nude.

The moral of this story: Always beware of the law of unintended consequences!

I've had both.

In the public hospital, 80% were men, it was not optional to choose one, and it was never the same on the next visit, they were always different men and 20% women.

This is the name of the hospital. General Hospital of Acute Bernardino Rivadavia (Hospital General de Agudos Bernardino Rivadavia)

Female when I was young. I have an older sister and we were often taken together so I suppose mum wanted her to see a female.

When I was around 11 or 12 and started going through puberty I switched to a male doc who I was much more comfortable around.

I had both, but during my adolescent (14/18yrs) I had only a female pediatrician. Very embarrassing moments 😊

Always male

A male pediatrician when I was quite young, I don't remember him well except that he was an older guy. Like, near retirement age, which is why my parents switched doctors anyway. Then two female pediatricians in a row, the switch having to do with insurance coverage. No particular preference, as my interest in medfet is from the doctor's perspective rather than the patient.

I always had male pediatricians.

I had a male and he was great

In my childhood I had two female pediatricians: the first was about 60 Y.O. and my mother used to bring me to her cabinet at least every 6-12 months for routine check up or for some intercurrent problems. She was very kind, always smiling and very calm, indipendently for the reason I was there she always performed a long, thorough and complete physical exam in most part of the cases asking me to undress completely from the beginning and starting with height and weight measurements.

The second one used to come for home visits when I was sick. She was young (more ore less 35 y.o.) and very pretty, I remember also quite gorgeous and always very smart dressed. She was very kind and gentle too and I remember that usually, after a talk with my mother about the reason she was called, started the exam asking me to remove at first pijama trousers and briefs and performing a very thorough abdominal and genital examination

I had both as a kid, but I remember once I hit the age around puberty they asked me which I would prefer for all future appointments and that is when I chose male doctors.

My pediatrician was a man. I saw him until I was 18.

I always had the same male pediatrician for most of my exams…one time when I was 16 he was on vacation and another male doctor in the practice did my physical exam…it was a lot more thorough especially the genital exam which I was very embarrassed about

I had a male pediatrician until I went to college. He was very thoughtful and gentle, which I appreciated, although the exams were always very embarrassing and also exciting, lots of conflicting thoughts back then. On campus I saw both men and women doctors at the student health center.

I had a male pediatrician until I was 14. Then we moved states and I saw different doctors from 15-18 some male, some female…

Currently, my gynecologist is male and gp is female.

Growing up in Mexico, had a male pediatrician, first 10 years of my life. When I moved to the US, had male for a little bit(5yrs) then I had female for about 3 weeks…before she said I was too old at age 15yo to be at the pediatrician and refered me over to a regular doc..who's been my doc since then and now with his PA…since he moved away.

I never had the same doctor but after 10 or so I always saw a male for physicals until college where I had a couple of female doctors or PAs

I went to a male pediatrician up to the age of 15.

I had a male pediatrician, his gender didn't really bother me he was always nice and caring in his demeanor. I don't think I would have felt any less modest if it were female.

As a child, almost all of my doctors were women. A male pediatrician in those days was extremely rare in our country. Quite often they were young girls of about 30 years old. My mother's friend was about 40 years old, I was the least afraid of her. Apparently, she was rather careless about her duties.

From young age until quite recently, my pedetricians and general practitionners were all male. It's since I moved in with my girl friend that I change to go and see her pedetrician who happens to be female. Not much to tell as I have the chance to have quite a good health and managed to skip most of this darn virus away from me. I think I've seen her only three or four times in the last 4 years.

As of now, my doctors are :

• GP : female
• Gastroenterologist : female
• Dermatologist : female
• Eye doctor : male
• Dentist : male

I didn't really chose any of them, so the universe had its way to say to me : “yes, you will have a woman to check on you every time you may end up naked for health purpose” 😁

I’ve only had male doctors growing up.

Between ages 4-11 I was in state custody/foster care. Living in less than ideal situations caused me to develop asthma along with some challenging emotional and psychological problems . As far as health care goes I got to see who ever was available and as such the level of care I obtained was subpar and inconsistent.

When I was 11 I went to a foster home (adopted at age 14) and saw a female pediatrician until I finished college at age 22.

I had a female pediatrician from about age 13 through 22 (I saw her through my college years too). She gave me a few sports and school physicals. I remember she was very thorough with the hernia and genital exams.