What do you wear during your gyn exam?

Completely naked with cloth gown open in back to start exam; then gown comes off completely for breast and pelvic.

Is it common in USA that the gown comes off completely ? In France we have no gown and sometimes my wife can keep her panty on during breast exam and put on a teeshirt during the gyno exam. But if the doc is hurried, she end up naked like JFOX.

Is it common in USA that the gown comes off completely ? In France we have no gown and sometimes my wife can keep her panty on during breast exam and put on a teeshirt during the gyno exam. But if the doc is hurried, she end up naked like JFOX.

It is not common. When the exam is done that way, I always wonder why, and how the patient feels about it.

Is it common in USA that the gown comes off completely ? In France we have no gown and sometimes my wife can keep her panty on during breast exam and put on a teeshirt during the gyno exam. But if the doc is hurried, she end up naked like JFOX.

In the US it is NOT common for the gown to be off completely during any part of the exam. Usually for the breas exam one breast is uncovered, examined, then covered back up. Then the other breast is uncovered, examined, then covered back up. During the pelvic exam, the patient is fully gowned with nothing exposed above her waist. In fact, I think the doctor attempts to even keep the pelvic area and legs covered as much as possible during the pelvic exam.

Walker's description lines up with what I have seen, though in some cases both breasts might be exposed for part of the breast exam.

My lovely partner gets her complete exam once a year. She usually has a paper vest which is open in the back and comes down in front just above her navel. A paper drape is placed across her lap until her feet are up in the stirrups. She then slides to the end of the table and the drape is lifted to reveal her pelvic area and lower abdomen.

My girlfriend let me come to her first gyn exam when she was 17 and the nurse had her strip down to just a paper gown opening in the back and a paper sheet covering her legs she felt so awkward sitting on the exam table with basically nothing on but her socks i tried to comfort her as best as i could

For my wife's physicals it is everything off, put on a paper vest with the opening in front, it comes down to just above her navel. Then a paper drape for her legs, which covers her legs only to mid thigh. If she is wearing socks, knee hi's or thigh tops she can keep those on.

My patients used to be fully nude during gyno exam

I am English and it is not usual for English girls to have check ups with a gynecologist but I decided I was going to, my husband helped me to pick a private gynecologist, and I have been to see him twice for check ups. I am given a gown to wear but some times really I wish it was like it is done in France and there was no gown. I would be happy to have my exams nude. I have been topless on Spanish beaches lots of times and I have been fully nude once so I am not afraid of my gynecologist seeing everything.

Always a gown.

At my gynecologist the nurse instructs me to get completely undressed and I am given a paper vest and a paper drape sheet to wear during the exam. The vest is worn opening to the front, as directed, and the drape covers my lap and legs.

I am in a cloth gown and fabric sheet across my lap.

Gown, socks, sheet over lap

As I am living in France; nothing

I live in Italy, so no gowns, just undressing from the waist down.

As I am living in France; nothing

Same for me. When I was younger, I used to keep a tshirt that I would only remove for the breast exam but those days, I don't bother anymore.

I do get a breast exam at my GP but I never have to take off my underwear (only my bra). At the gyn I always take this big white button down shirt I have to wear as a gown because the stupid gowns are always too small. I'm not big but they always seem to give me a tiny one. I never ask for a bigger one, I don't know why not. It's more comfy anyway. And I use the paper sheet. I get cold easy.

My current GP uses this stupid thing that is paper and you pull it over your head. It only covered part of my breasts. Also, a paper sheet to cover the lower part of the body. I've only had a physical by her once in the 15 years or so I've been seeing her. She was not exactly gentle (why is it that male docs are more gentle than females?) so I haven't wanted to repeat the experience. Plus, due to my mobility issues, i can not get up on her table and lay down anymore.

My current gyn, I suspect uses a sheet, I haven't had the pleasure yet but have seen one folded up on the table each of the two times I've been to see him. Looked like fancy material, kind of a wineish colour. Looks can be deceiving, maybe it's paper made to look fancy!

A gyn I had decades ago just used a sheet made of cloth. I was super shy at that time and after I undressed, I wrapped it around me like a mummy and sat on the table, waiting for him to come back in. I think he was surprised to see me like that, and he made a joke about it as he tried to unwrap it. (At one appt with him, after minor surgery, he had to do an internal and made a comment of "this won't hurt, it might even feel good". I'm sure I blushed a thousand shades of red. A few years later, I read in the paper that he was in hot water for making advances toward patients).

During my gyno exam I'm asked to remove everything. I'm then examined in a cloth gown with nothing on underneath.

The wrapping it around like a mummy thing is very cute!