Warming and Lubricating the Speculum

Do any of your doctors take steps to warm the speculum so that it is not so cold? If so, how do they do it?

When I've warmed the speculum, I've held it under a faucet of warm water.

I've also chilled one in the freezer too. 😁

If you have a faucet in the exam room, the best way to either warm or cool a speculum is to hold it under running water for a few seconds. The other option for warming is a specially designed speculum drawer with a warming element. 😉

Before we got the instrument warmer, we used a towel to wrap the speculums and placed it on a heating pad set on low. We checked the temperature with an infrared thermometer. We adjusted the temperature by placing a small hand towels between the heating pad and wrapped towel with the speculums.

Similar we have used an electric blanket with instruments in towels

The wife's Gyn specula drawer has a heating pad in it. nice and toasty warm she says.

My doc has the warmer in the drawer ...

Too bad because I prefer a nice, chilly inspection!

My wife says she thinks all of the exams where she has had a metal speculum inserted in her, the drawer where the speculum came from was heated. We have an exam table of our own and have put a heating pad in the drawer, as none was there when we got it. She has also been examined with plastic ones and they were just on a little table with other suplies. Most of my girl friend were examined with plastic they told me.

I still prefer them warm. By water or heated pad in drawer. Whatever way. Have had a few that were cool, cooler, and damn cold and they are fun when submittin to play exams. That said non of my real gyne's better ever put a cold one up in me.

I would warm them in a heating pad for a real medical exam. If this was a play exam I would put this in a bucket of ice. I would also put the KY Jelly in that Bucket of Ice.

Hah...I wish... I have seen a few docs / hospitals and all warmed up their equipment inside me ;-)

My doctor warms them by running them under warm water. I dont think i could handle it if it was cold.

In a real exam, my Doctor keeps her speculum under a lamp, so it is already warm. In a play exam, I enjoy it at room temperature, assuming that the room is already a little chilly.

Heather, Portland, OR

My wife is my patient, she prefers her speculums warmed at the real doc exam and with mine. Her doc uses warm water, I usually warm the the same way, but once in a while I give her a cold one just to jolt her and see her squirm. 😉

What ways are used to warm the speculum before using and are there times when lube is not or can`t be used?

Lubes are generally not used in conjunction with a Pap smear. Wetting the speculum with warm water is typical.

There are warming drawers too : )

Warm water.

My nurse runs them under warm water and adds a blob of lube

A lube, even a water based one, should not be used if any form of sample is to be taken. The lube can interfere with pathology results.

Normally, my regular play Doctor does not need to warm the speculum before insertion. I was extra sensitive this past weekend and when he tried to insert the speculum, which was at room temperature of 68, did I ever jump!

So, he ran it under some hot water and had me test it with my hand before insertion. My real life Gyn keeps her speculum on a heating pad before use. I might try that before this winter is over when I am with my play Doc!

Lady Nurse Teddy, who loves to be both patient and the Naughty Nurse!

Warm water usually in real life procedures and no lube because of the pap. In play I sometimes lube the spec with KY to ease the insertion as I'm not really do a pap ( or at least I'm not sending the smears to a laboratory); it will depend also on the natural lubrication or wetness of the patient.

(This concerns metallic speculuns of course cause d the disposable plastic ones don't need to be warmed but may need to be also a bit lubed)

Exactly, warm water to heat metal speculum is often used in real examinations.

I wonder if anyone tried to use ky warming in a play exam.

I agree with the do not use anything but warm water in a real pap smear situation.

Sorry, no pre-warming. It's just too much fun to be able to say "This might be a little cold..."

I prefer the metal speculum. I prefer it cold. I like the sensatiaion. My doc GP and GYN have this annoying habit of apologising for the pelvic portion of the exam and the breast exam. Then they apologise even more if they have trouble positioning the speculum correctly, as my cervix is tipped. If I tense up at all, they apologise. Geez, guys, you know how to do the exam, I have obviously consented to allow you to do it, I know what is involved, no need to keep saying sorry over and over. They also always have the speculums warm and use extra lube when they do the bimanual and rectal.

Does using warm water to lubricate the speculum actually do anything? It seems like it woudl be next to useless.

U can use Ky for real smears/swabs.Well atleast they can do in the UK don't know about the states. No reason not to.

don't remember if lube was used when i went. but the speculums used are plastic so arent really cold anyway

I usually either hold it until it's body temp warm or I have her hold it for a while. She's no fan of a cold speculum.

I like to enjoy being examined so warmed speculums for me.