Ladies, in regular physical exam does the doctor examine your genitals?

For all you ladies. when you go for your regular physical exam does the doctor examine your genitals and if so to what extent?

I avoid physicals fearing they will want to look 'down there'... I'm scared of doctors in real life

When you do a regular check up at your normal doctor he does not check your genital area in Germany.

Only the gyn is doing that

Only gyno actually does exam... regular doc just looks at outside.

I have a yearly Gyn exam and a yearly physical with my GP. My GP has me undress, and he looks down there, but does not do an internal exam like my Gyn.

My gp does a complete pelvic exam and pap during my yearly check up.

My family doctor takes a look and pressed a bit but does not do an internal exam. My gyn does the internal exam.

Where I live, a gynecologist is treated as more of a specialist than someone you'd go to on a yearly basis as a regular course of your physical health.

Generally, you're referred to a gynecologist if you have a problem your family doctor cannot treat you for. Most family doctors in this area have some sort of training in the OB/GYN realm, and conduct all the necessary yearly pelvic exams, as well as providing pre and post natal care.

He, or she, will probably refer you to a gynecologist at least once during a normal pregnancy, but unless that gynecologist thinks that you need their care more, the bulk of your pregnancy health care will be done by the family doctor.

Here, you can't even book your own appointment with a specialist, it's all done on a referral basis by your primary care physician. Once you've seen that specialist, if you require their ongoing care, you can book your own appointments with them.

You can't even go to an eye specialist here without a referral by your family physician - that is, unless you're willing to forego the government provided health care funding, and pay for the entire appointment out of your own pocket.

My doctor tells me to take off my panties, and looks, and sometimes feels my genitals a bit. sometimes she pulls the lips apart, and feels them. sometimes she pulls my clitoris hood back a little. She never has inserted anything inside me.

my pediatricain did the same thing too.

In my regular yearly checkup with physician, no. However...my gyn. Now she is something else. Not only does she put her fingers into my pussy, to feel around, while pressing down on my abdomen and surrounding area. .she looks extensively at my labia and clit. She also pulls the lips apart, gives them a little squeeze. ..pushes my clit hood back so my Clitorus pops out (my clit is very visible, kind of large) and she pulls the hood back and manipulates my clit to check it out. It is non sexual, until I think of it later. She is quite thorough checking for anything odd. She also performs a rectal.

LM

My Dr will do a pap, but is very careful not to touch anything else, which was extremely disappointing the first time I saw her. I'm now on the lookout for a primary care Dr that has a special interest in female health hoping they will do a more thorough exam. And not just because of the turn on but I think its important to overall female health.

My doctor is in Family Practice/OB/GYN so she does it all.

My wife used to have complete physicals by our family GP, he did Brest exam, Pap smear, and rectal. She now sees a female GYN and she does breast, internal and pap ( every 3 years) but no rectal, I would think a specialist would be more thorough than a GP

My family doctor is nowadays my gynecologist as well so he looks down there also during other occassions and does an internal exam when necessary.

I go to my gp for regular exams. He never goes examines anything under the panty area. Guess he saves it for my gyno!

My Family Practice doctor does an external genital exam as part of my checkup. If I haven't had a pap smear in the last year, she will do the pap along with a complete pelvic exam.

Ladies,

If your doctor is performing a comprehensive exam without including your genitals, run away. Everybody should be able to get a complete exam periodically, either by your PCP or by a combination of doctors.

I do not get an internal or pap smear as part of my regular physical. Usually the doctor will do a quick peek.

I don't have a gynecologist so my GP does it all. I prefer it...I get everything done in one day.

My wife's doctor will do a breast exam, but leaves the pelvic exam to her gyno.

At the VA, I have been assigned to the Women's Clinic, so the doc who I see for medical care is also the doc who would do my annual pelvic exam/PAP smear.

In the past, civilian-side, my GP may do a physical, but generally leaves my pelvic to my gyn to do.

I have a family practice physician now and she does routinely offer me a complete exam that includes a breast, pap, internal, and recto-vaginal exam. In the past, I had a GP and GYN doc; it always seemed silly to me. The GP would routinely defer on the internal exam parts and do a rectal as well as conducting a routine physical including breast exams. I guess the silly part seemed that I had to undress anyway and some part of me was going to be probed so why not just do it all?

From what my wife says, most all of her exams include a cursory external exam of some kind. Since she has a normal appearance there at most is a spreading of her lips to do a quick look

My wife and I see the PA that works for our doctor for routine physicals, and she does it all on my wife. Breast, pelvic, and rectal exams and Pap as well. My wife doesn't routinely see a gyno, only a couple of times for a specific problem that fortunately resolved on it's own.

My family doctor gives my wife a breast exam once a year. But he never goes further.

Anyway he often wants my wife undress to her underpants even durng an exam for flu or fever, and he doesn't provide a gown.

No, my regular doctor don´t exams my genital area. Therefore I go to my gyn.

Yes when I've gone for my annual well woman exam with my gynecologist, the exam has always included an external exam. Some have been more thorough than others, depending on the doctor. But I've always had at least a brief look with labia separated and gloved fingers inspecting me.

If I've seen my gynecologist for a specific issue or problem, the external was not done. Or perhaps the doctor did, just looked quickly as parted my lips for the speculum or finger insertion.

Yes, I always get an external exam from my gynecologist.

My last physical exam from a new internist was done without me having to remove my thong so no external exam. But always with my gyno exam.

My wife doesn't see a gynecologist for routine gyn exams, only if she is referred by our PA that works for our doctor for a specific complaint or problem, which has only been once fortunately. Our PA performs a complete physical on my wife annually, which includes a Pap and a full pelvic with a rectovaginal/rectal exam. An external exam is performed as part of the pelvic.