Bi-manual exam only

Ladies, has anyone had just the bi-manual part of the pelvic exam as part of a physical? Is that something that was part of your physicals as a teenager? I have heard that sometimes the speculum exam and pap smear aren't done and just the bi-manual exam is done on young women who are still virgins or if the doctor determines that the speculum part of the pelvic isn't indicated. Thank you for your replies.

I guess I'll get this started. An ex-girlfriend of mine once had a bi-manual exam and recto-vaginal exam, no speculum used, which I detailed on another post, "Unexpected pelvic or rectal exam."

Speculum exam and bi-manuals are usually always done together if the appointment is for a regular check up. However, if there is a problem (period problems etc.) then the speculum exam is usually not done - just a bi-manual. Then, usually an ultrasound is ordered.

I've had a bimanual exam only many times. Theres really no need to open me up for a pap if I'm having pelvic pain. my obgyn will just slide his fingers in and feel my cervix, uterus, and ovaries.

I only had one exam before 18 and I wasn't a virgin. I always had irregular periods. Quite a few times I've scheduled gyn appointments and then I'd be on my period. The doctor would sometimes skip the pap smear and do the rest of the exam.

I've also only had bimanual exams done in my late 30s so the doctor could feel the size of the fibroids in my uterus. Those exams didn't help any and neither did the ultrasounds. I was scheduled for a vaginal hysterectomy. I was told upon waking, that the procedure had to be switched to an abdominal hysterectomy. The fibroids made my uterus too large to remove through my vagina.

Yes. I was there for pain I hadn't had before, but I happened to have my period, so a quick external and bimanual.

I have separate gyno and general medical exams. The general medical exam ends with my knickers pulled down and she opens my lips for a vulva exam. She then pushes 2 fingers up my vagina and I have to squeeze them. After she pulls out my medical is finished. I'm a virgin and the 2 finger test leaves my vagina feeling just as open and sore as the small sized speculum.