Your age the last time a parent was with you for an exam

I assume it was when I was 15 because after that I was old enough to drive myself. It was never a big deal to me because I never had to remove any clothing for any exam that I can remember until I was 18 and seeing a GYN. The one time I had to get a shot in my “hip” when I was 14 my dad was with me and I made him wait outside while I got the shot, but the nurse just barely pulled down the waist of my shorts, so it wouldn’t have mattered if he had stayed.

My mom was present at my physicals up to the age of 12. I remember that last time very well. I can't say that I was shy of my body at that time, but then again I did not develop any pubic hair yet and actually I did not expect to be naked either.

My mom was sitting in the back of the exam room while I was standing in front of the doctor with just my undies on. Then the doctor asked me to blow on the back of my hand and then unexpectedly slid my undies down to my ankles. I was very surprised by this and even more surprised when I noticed that I started to get erect while the doctor was watching. Luckily my mom could only see my bare bum at that point and after a short while the doctor raised my undies again and covered me up.

Next I had to ly down supine on the exam table and the doctor listened to my chest and belly with a stethoscoop. Again to my surprise, the doctor then removed my undies completely…. and there I was lying in full display and fully erect for both to see. I did not dare to look anymore after my undies were removed reveiling my erection, so I just stared at the ceiling hoping my mom would not see.

Then the doctor asked me to blow on the back of my hand and then unexpectedly slid my undies down to my ankles.

@medexam What was the purpose of having you blow on your hand? Was that simply to distract you while they pulled down your underwear? I've never heard of something like that being done before.

@JimmyJohnson it is the same result as turn your head and cough

@medexam What was the purpose of having you blow on your hand? Was that simply to distract you while they pulled down your underwear? I've never heard of something like that being done before.

`That's how it was done to me when a doctor checked for a hernia during an employment physical here in Belgium. I was already nude and he told me to blow on the back of my hand.

I was in the dark about what the purpose was and it frankly sounded very silly when he told me. Later back at home, my wife enlightened me. It was for a hernia check.

My stepmother came in for all my medical appointments including yearly exam until I turned 16. She had the choice to be in the room or the nurse to chaperone. Once I turned 16 they gave me the choice and I asked her to wait in the waiting room. She enjoyed being there and talking to the female pediatrician and asking questions that sometimes extended the exam.

`That's how it was done to me when a doctor checked for a hernia during an employment physical here in Belgium. I was already nude and he told me to blow on the back of my hand.

I was in the dark about what the purpose was and it frankly sounded very silly when he told me. Later back at home, my wife enlightened me. It was for a hernia check.

@agracier OK, I'm officially confused now, but also intrigued. How is blowing on your hand the same as turning and coughing for a hernia exam? Are you saying that instead of giving the doctor a firm cough as she plunges her finger into your inguinal canal you simply blow on your hand? Or do you still cough, but instead of turning your head (so you don't cough on the good doctor that is currently holding your manhood), you blow on your hand?

It has the same effect as coughing, i.e. increases the tension and pressure in the abdominal muscles.

@agracier OK, I'm officially confused now, but also intrigued.

I'm not medically trained. All I know is that was what I was told to do by the examining doctor and that was what my (medically trained) wife told me was standard practice.

My Mom took me and all my siblings to the Dr.'s office until we could all drive ourselves so about 16 to 17. Since my oldest sibling had his license first he was in charge of driving the rest of us. My Mom only came into the room with me until about 5th grade so about 9 or 10 years old. I guess she figured after 4 kids the same things happen and the Dr. would advise if there was any issues.

My dad took me until I went off to college. He was always in the room with me as well. I never thought anything of it. That's just how we did it. My two older brothers and I got examined together usually, and by the time I was 18 it was just me but my dad stayed in the room the whole time. There was a certain thrill being naked waiting for the doctor and my dad sitting there watching me get undressed.

Not on the main topic, but regarding the 'turn your head and cough' instruction... I understood the cough part but asked my doctor why the 'turn your head' part. It was simply so he didn't get coughed on.

I had a very thorough and important physical at age 14. This exam was the final hurdle in my adoption. I think mom and dad wanted to sit in on this one due to the important nature of the exam itself, but also thought I was mature enough to go it alone.

There were also a few other factors. I suffered from moderate childhhod asthma. The right medications, a caring set of Foster Parents and regular exercise got me breathing better. In fact I decided to join the cross country team in HS. I had a pulmonary function test, an exercise test and an ECG to make sure my body could handle the stress.

The state form also indicated a rectal examination which (regretfully so) I had to endure. Due to some bad experiences in state custody, I absolutely dreaded seeing a doctor until my FP's sent me to a kind and caring pediatrician who had a way with me. Despite all those required tests I handled the physical with only a moderate amount of anxiety. I crossed a threshold that day. I felt as though being alone with the doctor was very adult of me. My FP's and my doctor said I took it like a man

Not on the main topic, but regarding the 'turn your head and cough' instruction... I understood the cough part but asked my doctor why the 'turn your head' part. It was simply so he didn't get coughed on.

And if it was a group exam like my high school swim team physical, you stepped forward, lowered your underwear, turned your head and coughed so you didn't cough on the guy beside you.

I’m not sure that either of my parents were ever with me for an exam.

Maybe 16 or 17. It was sometime after I could drive myself.

I'm thinking around 13 or 14 was the last time my mom was with me at a doctors appointment. Once I started driving she didn't go with me. She definitely didn't go to Planned Parenthood with me when I was wanting birth control 😈🍆

I'm thinking probably about 13 and there was never anything invasive. The gruff Ole doc would ask if anything was wrong and if not I got any shots due and on to the next. As oldest of 10 there wasn't time to look at a healthy kid. It was like: Thanks, see you next time and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!

Around middle school time so I could go to summer camp. My mom took me.

I remember my mom taking me to all my exams up through my teens. Around 13 is when it was the most memorable. That's when I had to fully disrobe. I just stripped down in front of her to get it over with and she helped me put on my gown. It was an odd feeling as I could tell she was staring directly at my smallish penis. Once the doctor came in it was even more embarrassing as I got fully hard as he inspected everything while she watched. I secretly liked as they both stared at my parts and discussed the development.

I was 14. School medical.

My parents lived overseas but they were home for a few months in UK.

I normally was a resident student: a boarder.

But they were at home and got a standard letter inviting parents to attend the examination of their child.

My mother decided my father would come. Ironically, she thought having a male parent present was more appropriate and respectful of me.

I wanted to be examined with other students as normal for boarders: no parents; two students at a time with the doctor.

But instead it was full medical with no clothes on, just me, my father and the doctor.

I hated it. I still shudder now.

My father was embarrassed too, bless him.

My mother will occasionally come back with me for test results/next steps visits to help keep track of my numerous health issues, but she hasn't stayed in the room for an actual exam since I turned 18. Not that I particularly care one way or another; she's just a bit prudish about that kind of thing.

I think it was when I was 14. My dad was in the room and I only was wearing my underwear and a drape. The pediatrician, an older male, had a female resident who he was showing how to conduct a physical.

My dad tried to excuse himself from the room when it came time for the genital and hernia exam, but the doctor said it's okay to stay. The doctor took the drape saying I wouldn't be needing it anymore and after standing at the end of the table time to pull down the undies.

The doctor showed the resident how to check the penis, feel the testicles, and insert the finger for the hernia test. My dad was sitting behind me with the chair at the head of the table. I don't think he was looking because most of the exam he was reading a magazine, and I couldn't see him behind even after turning my head to cough. After the exam while still standing the doctor showed me with a drawing how to check my own testicles for lumps.

Not sure they have doctors like that anymore.

I notice in some of these comments people talk about having a brother or sister in the room. I was the youngest and that never happened to me but I did once happen across a video where a mother and sister take a boy for his physical. I never watched more than a minute or so of it and unfortunately have never found it since - anyone out there ever seen it?

The last was probably around the time I turned 16. I was able to drive myself so Mom could do what she was doing. If there was an issue the doctor's office would call about it, which there never was.

Since I had a younger brother who was examined at the same time I was my mother acted as chaperone for both of us until I was 16. That is we would go into the exam room and both of us would get undressed (usually just underpants) and only after both of us finished then we could get dressed. When I was 16 the doctor announced that we would be examined separately and the asked if my brother could 'make himself completely naked for the exam'. I felt pretty bad for him because just as he was whisking down his last stitches of clothing, namely his brief, the nurse came in and asked me to accompany her to another exam room. While I was getting up she just stared at my brother's penis as he picked up his clothing. My mom did get up and stand between the nurse and my brother and said 'please give my son some privacy, the door is wide open and he is naked'. So I left with the nurse who escorted me to another room and asked that I 'undress completely,the doctor will be in soon',then she left as I began to disrobe. As I took off my socks and shoes my mom came in and I stopped removing my clothes. "Don't stop, I like seeing my sons completely in their birthday suits. I especially want to see my smart alecky older son stripped of all his clothing." I kept undressing until I was bare and my mom just smiled, "quite a nice look you have" asked mother as she stared at my penis. I think she just a got a kick at seeing me so uncomfortable.

@medfetperson uh…your mom sounds like a pervert

@medfetperson uh…your mom sounds like a pervert

I tend to agree. There is something quite wrong with this picture. I hope it is not a true story

@Kendz and @daltonclancy my mom was in a situation where she felt overwhelmed by being a mother, she felt especially that the men in the house ,myself ,my brother and my father did not take her seriously. So IMHO she saw our physical exams as a place where she could 'have us where she wanted'.

uh…your mom sounds like a pervert

That is such a typical reaction of our present day prudish times ... perhaps it was a way of establishing a bit of dominance over the males in the family or of reminding them that she was the one who'd taken on all the tasks of child-rearing that necessarily involve nudity, as when bathing and diaper changing ...

Maybe she just thought that males shouldn't become too 'uppity/smart alecky' and needed a bit of reminding of who wielded authority.

In some families, the female needed some areas where she could wield her power uncontested. Supervising doctor's visits sounds like a good occasion.