Bi-manual exam

Some questions about this.

How long does it usually last? What does it feel like? Any stories you want to share about it?

It doesnt last long. After my doctor removes the speculum, he just says that he is going to do a bi manual exam. He inserts his right hand fingers into both my anus and vagina and has his left hand on my pubic area, pressing down. It feels good, if it were a play doc, I would love for it to go on. It would be really good if teh doctor would use his left hand to stimulate my clitoris.

Being anal erotic the bimanual exam is way to short. She puts the 2 fingers in, one in ur vagina and one in ur anus and is done in seconds

In real life exams these are relatively short. In play exams they are somewhat lengthened 😃

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Being anal erotic the bimanual exam is way to short. She puts the 2 fingers in, one in ur vagina and one in ur anus and is done in seconds

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The bimanual exam is two fingers in the vagina. The recto-vaginal is one finger in the vagina and one finger in the rectum.

User264 is quite correct that fingers in the vagina and anus at the same time is a recto-vaginal examination. the usual purpose is to check the integrity of the recto-vaginal septum (the tissue separating the vagina and the rectum)

A Bi-manual examination is fingers in the vagina with external palpation of the abdomen to locate and check the uterus, ovaries/fallopian tubes and bladder.

A DRE (Digital Rectal Examination) is performed on either sex to check the lower extremities of the rectum, the prostate gland, the anal canal and the anus for lesions etc.

This is at least the 5th time that the definition of these examinations and their names have been corrected in various threads. Maybe we need a glossary of terms.

A bimanual exam lasts no longer than 2 minutes in an actual clinical setting. This is also with the examiner being rather methodical.

I agree with Big K about the definitions. Maybe he would agree to start a glossary thread on this board and we could contribute to it.

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I agree with Big K about the definitions. Maybe he would agree to start a glossary thread on this board and we could contribute to it.

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I certainly will attempt to put together a Glossary of definitions.

I'm away from early tomorrow until late on Wednesday but I'll start on it when I return.

Maybe srg_rik will work with me on checking responses from other members for inclusion.

That's not to say we know best - we don't - but it might regularise the list.

Copy to Webmaster - is there a way of setting this up on a dedicated thread so that we can insert items in alphabetical order as the list is populated? Maybe someone could also translate into languages our none English speaking friends can understand.

I'd be happy to, BigK. And I'll try and enlist some additional expert assistance.

I think a glossary would be an excellent addition to the site and would be happy to contribute / help as needed.

What I usually do is insert my index and middle finger into the vaginal cavity, the third (ring finger) into the rectum and use my thumb to stimulate the clitoral hood. That always seems to get things moving...

Hope that helps.

Dr. J

30 seconds at the most for my wife.

A couple of minutes tops.

No more than a minute.

Sadly, the whole exam is done pretty quick.

It doesn't last too long in a real doctor situation. I agree with the glossary idea also.

It doesnt last long. After my doctor removes the speculum, he just says that he is going to do a bi manual exam. He inserts his right hand fingers into both my anus and vagina and has his left hand on my pubic area, pressing down. It feels good, if it were a play doc, I would love for it to go on. It would be really good if teh doctor would use his left hand to stimulate my clitoris

~ jpg2354

Never had it, its very uncommon here in aus

@ jpj2354 What you describe is a recto-vaginal exam. A bi-manual exam

is usually performed by inserting two fingers into the vagina and palapating

the abdomen with the other hand.

Quite correct Rockdoc - but what's odd is that jpg2354's post is a full, word for word, copy/paste of lovedoc's post in this very thread at #2. And the explanation of the difference between bi-manual and recto-vaginal is explained lower down this thread too!

I'll be asking if these are one and the same person! If so then dual accounts are not permitted.

If they are different folks then copy/pasting someone else's work is plagiarism, which is not allowed either - and if it's the work of another member of Zity.Biz then it's quite the worst form of it.

We are in Italy. What I could see at real gyno on my wife...just few secons, no more than 30 seconds usually.

Whole exam is too long instead: about an hour...timing are aproximately:

Brest exam 10/15 minuties before standing and then lying down

Speculum exam/pap tast. 15 minutirs or so on..intrduce the spec, find. and observe crevix and cervical canal, collect the smear ect....quite long..

A quikly bi-manual See above..No rect-vaginal or rectal. My wife have never had one

Intravaginal ultrasounds always not less than 20/30 minuties She feels it ( and it so long) hard disconforting and sometimes painful, but she need one twice a year from 45 yo (mow she is 50 yo) so sayed her gyno.

I don't think that many females confuse a recto/vag exam with a bi-manual exam after receiving a few of them! Moreover, it's pretty standard practice to receive both as part of a thorough exam, especially as one matures.

Accompanied a sub to an exam....not a check up but for a rectocele exam...she was positioned on her knees and bent over a table that once she was down, the table was raised and tilted forward such that her ass was the highest point in the room....the doctor performed an exceptionally long rectal exam and then used both hands to check the posterior vaginal wall simultaneously....then he used an anuscope....this exam was neither brief or hurried....he laid his hand on her rump as he stood there and explained her condition to the nurse taking notes....kept her naked and upturned while he spoke...very interesting exam.....she was very wet later....said she thought I would be invited over to closely observe since I was in the room

Both doctors that I have had it didn't take very long at all. Maybe a minute.

Now that my ovaries are shrinking, so harder to feel, it takes a little longer than it used to. Even with that it still lasts no more than a minute or two. I tend to find that the rectal takes longer.

At my wife's exam last week, it took approx. three min. to do the bi-manual and the rectal exam combined. With the speculum and scrap it added about two min.

Not nearly long enough. I really enjoy watching him press on my wife's lower belly with his fingers inside of her. Maybe 10 seconds.

I'm not sure exactly why, but if you accompany a woman into her exam room and the both of you act and seem relaxed and comfortable with each other and kid around that you have ben together a long time, I have found that her gyno doctor relaxes too and kinda takes the hint that it's OK to take your time and be thorough...and....sometimes they even invite you closer to see whatever the situation is.

Elsewhere here, I mentioned that I accompanied my subgirl on her exam for a possible rectocele. She was naked from the waist down, put into a very revealing and embarrassing position on this special table and the doctor made comments all through her exam. He took his time inserting an anuscope and then held his palm over her plugged butthole as he explained her problem. He even placed a finger in her vagina and pushed hard against her rectal wall and explained how the tissue was weak between her rectum and vagina.

The point hereis that I was privy to quite a long and drawn out examination of a female patient.

Lasts about 2 minutes, feel slight pressure it's not too bad. Actually I don't mind the bi manual exam and I am looking for a play doc

My wife's bimanual exam lasts between one and two minutes. Including the rectovaginal/rectal exam, it is about 3 minutes total. My wife says other than the embarrassment factor, it isn't that bad, just some pressure. She says the speculum is worse as far as pressure and discomfort. She has been examined by other providers before for employment related physicals, and she hated how rushed and rough the pelvic exams were.

Our female PA thoroughly palpates every square inch of my wife's vaginal and rectal walls, cervix, uterus and ovaries. She takes her time, which allows her to be both gentle and thorough to make sure nothing suspicious is present. My wife and I are glad she is very thorough, if she wasn't we would find another provider who is.