Speculum size

The real question is not so much the size of the speculum but how wide your doctor opens it. There is both a bills setting and a yolk setting.

NOT on all types of specula. The Collins for instance only has one adjustment.

I like large Peterson or medium graves

The largest size will fit into my fiancee, but not easily - needs a lot of lubricant and she needs to be really really warmed up. We prefer the medium size but it was her idea to get the large one. I guess at the 'toy store' it looked like the right size to her in the display case. I suspected she was wrong but we are able to use it. I just need to be super gentle, versus with the medium one. With the medium I need to be very gentle but it doesn't seem to be an uphill fight getting it in there.

We don't use the large one anymore.

Large Graves i like

I prefer medium, and that is what has typically been used during my exams. I've noticed at both my gynecologist and Family Practice doctor they have a good supply of medium Pederson in the drawer at the end of the table (yes, I'm a peeker) and is what they commonly use on most women. The family doctor had one small/virginal and one large Pederson in the drawer while the gyn had several small/virginal Pederson and several large Graves in the drawer, obviously requiring more variety as this is the gynecologist' s exam focus.

In addition to a medium Pederson like the doctor uses on me, I also have a medium and large Graves that I enjoy playing with. And oh yes, they are metal and that is also what I prefer.

My physician uses a large long speculum as my uterus is very deep against my sacrum and also tipped in a anterior postition.

^^^^ Did your physician have to use the latex pressure absorbing sheaths on the bills to prevent injury with the deep insertion near the sacrum?

@ Switchablesusie

I honestly do not know. My GP always has a hard time locating my cervix and lining it up. My GYN has mentioned he wishes my cervix was easier to access. When I questioned him, he said he goes very slow with patients who have this placement. I have not witnessed him puting a non latex glove on the speculum, though I don't watch what him perform my pelvic exam. He has never mentioned sheathing the speculum. He uses metal speculums and they always feel very cold. I now have a question to ask him the next time I have an appointment with him.

As for latex, I have a deadly allergy to latex. Yes, yes I do carry an epi pen, benadryl and my inhaler with me.

I generally prefer a medium size (of all models) for play exams. For real exams, a medium or small is usually fine. But if I'm particularly tense or nervous with a real exam then I'd definitely prefer a smaller size.

For my wife a medium Pedersen is used for her exams, except when she had her IUD inserted. For that a large Graves was used. She told me she never felt as stretched out or felt as much pressure as when that thing was used on her! She has a small vagina and is tight since she hasn't had children, so that large Graves was an ordeal for her.

Small to medium.

Usually a small one. She has never mentioned the size during exam..

We have a small plastic and metal at home. I got the plastic from my gyn 4 years ago...she throws them away, so I asked to keep it. She rinsed it off, put it in a bag and took it home. I love it as it has a built in light. The batteries have gone dead twice over the years, but easily replaced.

I think I have only had medium sized speculums for my real exams and I am comfortable with them. My own steel graves and collins speculums are medium size as well. I do not think I have ever had a small or large sized speculum.

I prefer to use a large since it allows me to view all the more area of the wife's beautiful lady part. I like to open the blades as far apart as is comfortable for her.

My doctor uses a pediatric speculum on me. The first time he tried a medium and just couldn’t proceed as it was way too uncomfortable for myself so we have used the small one since