Genital Exam Lying Down

I've had a combonation done where I laid down for everything but the hernia exam. Usually it has all been done while standing.

I've only been examined once while laying down - the doctor did remove my underwear...

I've had it done both ways. A nurse practitioner with me laying on my back, never actually taking off underwear just kind of fiddling around in there and doing the hernia check. And my doctor did it with me standing. Lately, however, I've been reclined or seated on the exam table/chair during the genital exam.

My pediatrician always did it right after the abdominal exam while i was lying down. Now, the several adult exams I have had have all been standing up.

For me more comfortable when lying down. But depending on the doctor who examined. Doctor decision is more better.

Always standing from pediatrician. After I turned 18 they have all been laying down.

Generally, my pediatrician checked my gentials lying down on the table. He would finish examining the abdomen, he'd either lift the waistband of my briefs & reach in, or lower just above me knees. It was not until I was 14, I'd stand up he would pull my down as he sat on a low stool. Now, my current always has me stand with my underware to my ankles.

My pediatric visits always started once Dr. D was in the exam room I had to be naked. He made sure that when he started the exam I was laying down legs spread wide. During the Genital exam Dr. D placed his one hand on my belly and looking down at my penis he would place his other hand on my balls. Examining them intensely. Always doing two hernia checks on both sides. Then quickly feeling me up. and palpating my naked belly. He always was smiling.

I remember having exams done this way when I was younger. The Dr would check me over and go through the exam and then have me lay back and tell me to lift my hips and slide my underwear down and off for the rest of the exam and would perform the genital exam with me on my back. It wasn't until i was older that I would have to stand for that part of the exam.

I've had it done both ways. Normally, he’d checked my genitals while lying on the exam table. I remember just staring as the ceiling during the exam. After the abdominal portion, he’d either slide my briefs down or just lift the waistband and feel my genitals and hernia exam. For me, this position was not as comfortable as standing up. Probably starting around 12 yrs. old, all my doctors now have me stand up and lower my underwear to my knees.

My longtime female doctor always did the genital exam while I was lying down. After finishing the abdominal exam, she would say "just pull your undershorts down" and examine my penis and testicles. She never did do a hernia exam, but always followed the genital exam by having me roll to one side and pull my knees up for the DRE. Like others have said, my male pediatrician had me stand for the hernia check/genital exam, pulling my underpants down himself until I was 15, at which point he asked me to do it.

Laying down is normal for me

After my urologist does the digital rectal exam he has me hop on the table and lie on my back.

He then examines my genitals.

My female PCP did the genital exam with me lying on my back, during my physical exam last month. My last urologist appointment was done with me standing.

I've had it done both ways, but standing is the norm.

Prefer the more submissive position of being on my back on the table.

I've had a genital exam in the standing and supine positions. I've watched videos on YouTube where the hernia exam is done in a supine position, I guess having it done twice is a bonus for any patient.

During play exams it's always done in both positions.

When i was younger it was always lying down until one day the doctor said we can do this standing up. I was like 13-14 at the time.

This happened to me once at an immigration medical exam. It was a female doctor from South Africa in her early 50s. She had done the entire exam with me in only my boxers from the start. Then towards the end, as I lay on the exam table having just finished the abdominal exam, she walked over to the side of the room and started putting on a pair of gloves. She told me that while I was too young to need a prostate exam I did require a genital exam. She walked back over and told me to lift up my butt, before she pulled my boxers down herself to mid thigh.

Because of an administrative issue I had to undergo the same exam a year later and I went th the same board physician. Sure enough she again took it upon herself to pull my underwear down when it was time for the genital exam.

These were the only times I have come accross this.

Then towards the end, as I lay on the exam table having just finished the abdominal exam, she walked over to the side of the room and started putting on a pair of gloves. She told me that while I was too young to need a prostate exam I did require a genital exam. She walked back over and told me to lift up my butt, before she pulled my boxers down herself to mid thigh.

How old were you when this exam occurred? How thorough was the genital exam? I have had similar experiences, though the doctor never wore gloves.

Hi Sens

How old were you when this exam occurred? How thorough was the genital exam? I have had similar experiences, though the doctor never wore gloves.

How old were you when this exam occurred? How thorough was the genital exam? I have had similar experiences, though the doctor never wore gloves.

Hi Sensei, this was only a few years ago, I was in my early thirties. I guess it took maybe ten or twenty seconds at most. I had to cough twice and she felt both testicles. I don’t remember any time spent on the penis.

The thing that struck me was his at ease I felt. She wasn’t unattractive and yet I didn’t feel in danger of getting an erection on either occasion (Which is unusual for me). And it wasn’t that she wasn’t friendly, she was, but she was also very confident and quite matter of fact.

I remember at the start of the exam she was very concerned that I wasn’t too cold; she had this portable heater quite close to me and asked a number of times if I need to be warmer.

Do you know if females were required to undergo a breast exam or genital exam? Did she state the criteria for determining that you needed a genital exam? Was it common practice or up to the discretion of the physician?

Im almost positive that females are required to have a breast exam for immigration exams and I thought I read somewhere that they require at least some form of genital exam too.

I dint think there is much discretion left to the physician, it is a government form that they have to fill out. There are also only a few immigration certified doctors I could go to get it done; I think around ten in a city of a million people.

She didn’t tell me the criteria, only that because I was in my 30s she did not need to do the prostate exam. She said it in a kind of good news/bad news way!

She said it in a kind of good news/bad news way!

The good news was that she was going to examine your genitals. The bad news was that she wasn't going to perform a prostate exam.

She told me that while I was too young to need a prostate exam I did require a genital exam..

Ironic, because apparently I was never "required" to have a genital exam, as I had never had one, except for the one time I was "offered" one (optional).

Ironic, because apparently I was never "required" to have a genital exam, as I had never had one, except for the one time I was "offered" one (optional).

I find it interesting that a doctor would ask the patient if he wanted to have his genitals examined. I can only imagine two possible responses if a doctor poses this question; an elated refusal or an enthusiastic acceptance.

I’d say it’s normal. Just uncommom is all. While I’ve only had one genital exam myself it was lying down.

If I had to guess why I’d say some are done lying down to save a few seconds. No need to wait for the patient to stand.

Absolutely normal and not out of the ordinary. I was a standardized patient and all of the Medical Students examined my lower abdomen, palpating the entire length of my penis ( in the center checking urethra for Peyronie's Disease, examined my testicles and checked for inguinal hernia all on my back. This is how the MD professor at The Illinois College of Medicine Taught the students. Trying not to get erect was a difficult task lol

I have also experienced a genital exam lying down. Not really seeing what's going on adds to the feeling sensation of the drs hands

Welcome to Zity, Smedt.

You just touched on the center of my medfet

I have also experienced a genital exam lying down. Not really seeing what's going on adds to the feeling sensation of the drs hands

I totally get what you are saying here. During my pre-adolescent exams, my pediatrician always examined my genitals with me lying down. He’d unfasten my pants and lower then himself and felt each testis briefly with his bare hands. Not being able to see the exam heightened the physical sensation and I can still remember these exams till this day.