Ladies: Spreading Your Cheeks For the Dr

Ladies: At your GP, Gynecologist, or Internist, have you ever been asked to bend over and spread your cheeks for a rectal exam? If so, can you please provide details?

Nope I never have had to do that

Never

Maybe not for a real doctor, but how about for a play exam?

My wife's also never had to bend over, but our male GP gave her a rectal exam a few years ago. She'd been getting abdominal pains, so he needed to check. He got her to lie on her side on the couch with her jeans and panties pulled down and her knees pulled up to her chest. He put a gloved and lubed finger up her bottom, while feeling her abdomen with the other hand. She said she quite enjoyed it, but not as much as a gyno check with her vagina getting examined.

Never had to.

I was asked to spread my cheeks while bending over, but it was not for rectal examination. Nurse was taking rectal swab to check for worms. So I guess that does not count. I had to lift my dress and lower panties and second time to lower my jeans and panties down to my ankles.

I have never had to do this

From what my girlfriend told me, no. Her anus is examined while in stirrups.

But she said once she had a painful, oozing pilonidal cyst between her butt cheeks and went to a hospital to get checked out. She said the first doctor just had her lie on her stomach and spread her cheeks for a visual exam. The second doctor had her lie on her side with legs pulled up, looked between her cheeks, then did a digital rectal exam.

Nope, I was never asked to do that.

This may be more of a guy thing. Women in the US are usually examined while in stirrups or knee crutches which exposes the anus sufficiently for examination. In Britain or elsewhere, in other positions as well - Sim's Position, etc.??? For the prostate check in the US we guys have to provide a little help for the doc while bent over. While in England my prostate check was done in Sim's Position.

I'd be quite surprised if that is ever asked in a US exam.… given that they are already in the stirrups or knee crutches.

Doctor Geoff