To Lube or Not To Lube the Vagina for a Play Exam

I respond to my play exams by developing great amounts of wetness. By the time, the play Doc gets to the Gyn parts of the exam, there is normally no obvious need for extra lubrication.

My question is: I worry about my natural moisture drying out when I am spread open by the speculum for the extended exam. So, play Docs, should you lube the speculum prior to insertion into the vagina or not? Is drying out a problem that you experience with lady patients?

Lady Nurse Teddy, now accepting patients in the Pacific Northwest USA

Normally Lady Teddy - and regardless of arousal wetness or not - wetting under a faucet (tap UK) is all thats needed and this can also serve to warm or cool the speculum to preference.

Also, in the real world, lubricants could contaminate cells for culture, rendering the specimen useless

Since I always follow procedures as realistically as possible I never lubricate a vaginal speculum before insertion. With few exceptions I find the patient has sufficient natural lubrication produced during the initial external exam and palpation, so speculum insertion does not require any additional lubrication. For bi-manual, digital exams and anything rectal, I always use generous amounts of lubricant. Drying out is never a problem, dripping wet for hours afterward is much more likely.

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Drying out is never a problem, dripping wet for hours afterward is much more likely.

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Hehehe, DrJ58, never more true words have been spoken. Mmmmm!!!

It depends on the situation and individual involved. A PAP smear sample i would not lube the speculum and I would not perform a bimanual before the pap sample.

a recto-vaginal exam, lube is a definite must. the anal cavity does not lubricate naturally so you should lubricate. As far as choice of lube, could be water or silicon based lube.

I think it depends....in a play exam, i like lube in every part

I don't think you can use too much lube anywhere. The more the better!

As a lady of a "certain age", I find that a minimum amount of lube to ensure comfortable insertion of a speculum is a nice bonus. I do get the point about clinical realism, contamination of PAP smears, etc. We keep our exams as realistic as possible, within the confines of physical realities.

Another "amen" for the dripping wet for hours afterward comment. Love it.

Play On!

LadyDoc

"comfortable insertion of a speculum" - says ladydocisin.

Well I think most of the doctors and nurses I see in video clips are trying to make it as uncomfortable as possible, perhaps to the point of being sadistic.

They either push the speculum against a closed vulva , prise the vulva open sideways one way or the other or lift a finger toward the clitoris.

The correct method is to insert two fingers with the finger tips facing downwards and press down toward the anus. You can widen your fingers a little if you like.

Magically, a triangular shaped opening appears, and its all downhill from there. Tilt the (nearly closed) speculum just a few degrees and there will be no trauma, lubricated or not.

AmWet..

Just thinking about it!

I keep things as realistic as possible...no lube for the speculum and pap...but a generous amount for the internal and rectal. Also I think using a best quality lube...surgilube or etc...is much more fun than the cheap stuff. A good quality medical lube is quite slippery and adds a lot as you palpate internally...good for the patient as well for your fingers to move about freely palpating the uterus, cervix etc

I will allways end to use lube depending on the natural wetness that the patient developed during the exam until I reach the gynecological part.

I also like realism but as I don't have the means to send pap smears to a laboratory I usually am not very concerned about the "lube contamination" introducing the speculum.

for the bimanual I use to lube well my gloved fingers (being the patient wet or not) and for the rectovaginal /rectal it's a must so it will be for a possible anoscope/proctoscope exam

Nobody expects the pap smear samples to be sent to a lab in a play setting.

The issue of lubing the speculum could be an issue discussed between the "Doc and patient".

I got to ASK lady nurse Teddy. WHERE in the Paciric Northwest USA? Email me please?

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I got to ASK lady nurse Teddy. WHERE in the Paciric Northwest USA? Email me please?

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Did you PM or e-mail her???????

Don't wait, put yourself out there.

Considering all the gyn play exams I have performed, when the time arrives to progress to examining my patient vaginally,there is usually plenty of natural lubrication to insert speculums. With a speculum expanded and residing inside for a long time, the air may tend to dry out some of my patients. Then I would apply lubrication to any adult toys that needed to be inserted to continue her exam.

That has been my personal experience, Gynadmirer, of sometimes "drying out" when the vaginal speculum is inserted for a long period of time. I have lots of natural lubrication (bring a towel 😉 ), but for extended periods of exam play, my inside lady parts can become a bit dry. So, that is why I was wondering if play Docs use any lube for a play exam.

Lady Teddy

Gosh Lady Teddy, I would hope so... It's my thought that one can never use too much lube.

And, just thinking about it from a recent personal perspective, not in a 'play' situation, I'd hate to have had my internists finger in there without any lube in late January; that would have been tough going...

No lube - too messy. If she is getting dry, one of us masturbates her to get her wet.