Pediatric genital exams and underwear position

@JakeNewYork Ok, Danny is getting a complete physical and because of his age he needs to be fully undressed. My dad asked if Danny could leave his underpants on and the PA said “ok, but just for now, when the doctor comes in he needs to take them off.”

Did Danny complain or just accept his fate?

He complained pretty openly.

I wish that would’ve happened to me

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I didn't have access to decent health care until I was 11. I don't remember having any kind of testicular exam until that point so I was quite mortified when the doctor lowered my underwear while I was in the supine position. My Foster Parents (they adopted me at age 14) did advise her I had anxiety issues with doctors, nurses, etc due to aggressive mistreatment by health care providers while I was in state custody.

Right before she lowered my briefs she put her hand on my arm and informed me what was going to happen. She said not to worry, she does this all the time and how important this next step was. Then came the snap of the gloves and the lowering of my underwear. Although it seemed like an eternity it was over quickly. She then gave me some reassurance by telling me everything down there was in good working order and I was developing normally.

It was the opposite for me. Until 7 I was always completely naked. After that until 10-11 I was wearing undies only and a doctor would pull them down to the knees. At 12 and over doctor would ask me to pull my undies down. At 12 and 13 I pulled them down the knees but at 14 I was feeling embarrassed and pulled the undies just a little bit so that to just expose genitals bug not buttocks. In the room there were nurse and my mum. The doctor was not satisfied with that and asked me to pull undies further down which I did a bit further and then the doctor decided to help me and my undies were at the level of knees. at 15-16 I myself pulled the undies down to the middle of thigh. we also had checkups at school where we were examined by several doctors and one of them checked genitalis.

I’m female and I had a male doctor. I remember being undressed down to my panties whenever I went to the doctor, until about age 10 or 11 he would have me just lay down and open my panties to take a look, but around 11-12 he had me take them off and spread my legs for a more through check where he would spread my lips and check inside the vulva.

I had a lot exams laying down during the genital exam. The ped would normally use a purple glove and reach in my underwear and pull down to my knees sometimes and other times they stayed in place and just examined with gloves in my underwear.

I was always standing and I remember the doctor either not pulling them down at all and just sticking their hands in from the front of my waistband, or pulling them down as little as possible.

My brother and I always had to take our underwear all the way off. Looking back on it, I don't know why we always had to get dressed up to go to the doctor because all the layers just had to come off as soon as we went back to the exam room.

Most of my exams have been the same, with my underwear pulled down to reveal everything, but in more recent exams after 18 my underwear is kept on and lifted slightly for a visual inspection. Palpation occured either through the leg in the boxers or over the underwear.

Only had one at 5 years old, stripped to underpants and doctor but his hands inside the underpants to check testis. We have very few medical exams in the UK compared to other countries.

Each of the examinations that i had as a boy that involved a genital exam I was told to strip completely, except for the last which was just before i was 21, so still a boy not yet of adult age, where the doc instructed me to strip down to underwear, though it was not long before he pulled my boxer shorts off

It was the opposite for me. Until 7 I was always completely naked. After that until 10-11 I was wearing undies only and a doctor would pull them down to the knees. At 12 and over doctor would ask me to pull my undies down. At 12 and 13 I pulled them down the knees but at 14 I was feeling embarrassed and pulled the undies just a little bit so that to just expose genitals bug not buttocks. In the room there were nurse and my mum. The doctor was not satisfied with that and asked me to pull undies further down which I did a bit further and then the doctor decided to help me and my undies were at the level of knees. at 15-16 I myself pulled the undies down to the middle of thigh. we also had checkups at school where we were examined by several doctors and one of them checked genitalis.

Your experience sounded very familiar to my own….reading it took me back in time to my own dr visits, how the exam was done and all.

Your experience sounded very familiar to my own….reading it took me back in time to my own dr visits, how the exam was done and all.

it usually was a thorough exam. Skin, throat, lungs and heart, abdomen, spine and in the end penis, testicles and hernia rings. At 15 it was the first time when my anal area was examined, just visually. It was most embarrassing .

it usually was a thorough exam. Skin, throat, lungs and heart, abdomen, spine and in the end penis, testicles and hernia rings. At 15 it was the first time when my anal area was examined, just visually. It was most embarrassing .

I was 12, when I was allowed to keep my undies on for the very first time and only had to pull them down for a quick peek.

I was 12, when I was allowed to jeep my undies on for the very first time and only had to pull them down for a quick peek.

That sounds more or less ok. Up to 11 a boy is just a pre-puberty boy, there is no harm probably in examining them fully naked. Doctor wouldn’t miss anything and a boy usually is not very shy at this age.

up to 11 years old a boy is just a prepubescent boy, it's probably okay to examine them completely naked. The doctor will not miss anything, and a boy at this age is usually not very shy.

Everything is individual, let's say, not like at 11, even at 6 I was embarrassed to be naked in front of women. But doctors and just adults, even my sisters thought so.I could not be shy, I was reproached that children should not behave like this.

Everything is individual, let's say, not like at 11, even at 6 I was embarrassed to be naked in front of women. But doctors and just adults, even my sisters thought so. I could not be shy, I was reproached that children should not behave like this.

@pear17 I am very sorry you had bad experience at that age. Of course it depends. Some boys are not shy even at 15 while some feel deeply embarrassed at 6, like you.

I'm sorry you had a bad experience at that age.

You're not right. Now these are very pleasant and exciting memories.

I was always checked laying down on the table. My first pediatrician examined me completely naked. Since 5yo I have another, he made me lift the shirt up to uncover my nipples then starting stethoscope auscultation, he then pulled down my underwear down to the knees and started the genital examination. This provides a sort of restrainement for my legs during the procedure. And the exposure was very embarassing. Other pediatricians I have started the examination only when all my clothes were removed.

That sounds more or less ok. Up to 11 a boy is just a pre-puberty boy, there is no harm probably in examining them fully naked. Doctor wouldn’t miss anything and a boy usually is not very shy at this age.

“No harm” at all just too embarrassing. I was a very modest child who didn't like to be nude around strangers. My doc included.

When I was a kid I always went to the same pediatrician doctor. I remember for annual wellness exams once I was in the exam room I was told to remove all of my clothes but leave my underwear on. My mom was always the one who took me to these doctor appointments and she would be in the room. The doctor would perform the entire exam while I was just in my white briefs. For the genital part of the exam he would have me stand and he would pull my underwear down to about my knees while he examined my penis and testicles. Once I was a teenager it changed to the doctor asking me to pull down my underwear and I usually pulled them down to either my knees or ankles.

Once I was a teenager it changed to the doctor asking me to pull down my underwear and I usually pulled them down to either my knees or ankles.

Was there a particular reason why you pulled your undies so far down? Was it the doctor encouraged you to do so, or you thought it would be better if the undies are well away from the genitals and don’t obscure the area at all, or it was a bit of exhibitionism?

From as early as I can remember my Mom would be in the exam room with me as I sat on the exam table waiting for my pediatrician to come in.

When it came time for her to examine my genitals. She would have me lay on the table and she would pull my pants and underwear down to above the knee. It felt like she was down there forever especially when she was examining my foreskin. It wasn’t until I was around 14 that my mom didn’t have to be in the room with me. But every physical I had from a pediatrician was always done in the same fashion until I turned 18 and went to a regular doctor.

Kulemh. I was very shy at that age having to be naked for medicals. Great feeling now when I look back, should have enjoyed it.

From as early as I can remember my Mom would be in the exam room with me as I sat on the exam table waiting for my pediatrician to come in.

@Uncutboy018, The years your mom had to be in the room with you, could you tell if your exam was in her line of sight or if it was blocked from her view in any way?

It usually was laying on table naked with my underwear all the way off, set aside. Once with mom in room. Another, my sister took me and came in the room. She was 20 at the time I was 15. It was not fun.

I would guess that she did a more thorough exam after puberty. She probably noticed the signs and made sure your testicles had dropped properly. That's my guess anyway as a lay person.

I was undressed except for my underwear briefs and sitting on the exam table while the doctor listened to my heart and lungs with a stethoscope as he told me to take deep breaths and then tapped my knees with a rubber mallet to test my reflexes. Then I laid on my back while he poked and probed my neck, chest and armpits. Then he pulled off my underwear briefs and poked and probed my abdomen and genitals and did the hernia test while telling me to cough. Finally he lifted my legs in the air to expose my anus and have a look at it although I don't recall him doing a rectal exam. Then I was allowed to get dressed while he discussed my health with my Mom who was sitting there watching as he examined me.

@Uncutboy018, The years your mom had to be in the room with you, could you tell if your exam was in her line of sight or if it was blocked from her view in any way?

@dahardy9 from what I remember her view was always blocked by the pediatrician.

I remember going for my yearly check-ups to the pediatrician and I would be stripped down to my underwear from the start of the exam. For the genital exam, I remember the doctor just lifting up the elastic of my underwear and sticking his hand down to feel my penis and testicles. It wasn't until my adult physicals that my underwear went down to my knees of ankles