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

For as back as I can remember yes but only an external exam.

My wife's gp use to perform an almost complete exam every time she goes for a consultation: even if she goes for a flu, he makes her completely undress (sometimes she's allowed to wear only a t-shirt or a nighty if it's a home exam, but no bra, panties or socks/stockings/pantyhose) and the exam always concludes with a vaginal exam and sometimes also rectal.

No. it in just a regular exam.

During my regular physical my doctor will examine my vagina externally. He will observe and then feel around a little bit.

Yes. Once a year. An external check, bimanual exam, vaginal wall and cervical check with a speculum, abdominal ultrasound of uterus and bladder. I get a Papanicolaou test every three years.

I am usually naked throughout the physical exam but this is changing as foreign doctors and practices find their way into our hospitals.

My gynecologist does examine my genitals and he is very thorough. He looks around through my pubic hair at the skin, he examines my labia on the outside and he spreads them open to look between. He retracts my hood and checks my clitoris looks ok too. After he has done all of that he does the bimanual exam and then he does the speculum exam.

Nope, since I have had to find a new physician I have never even had to take my clothes off.

Yes once a year my doctor will check my breasts for lumps, put me in the stirups and do a adominal exam.

When I go for my annual exam, my genitals are always examined very thoroughly. A general exam, a breast exam, a vaginal exam, and a rectal exam. He examines my genitals outside and in.

When I was younger our PCP would usually take a look down there with me in the frog leg position. But my OBGYN does a more intensive check obviously.

My regular doctor always ask me, whether I was at gynecology exam during last year.

If I was, he just quickly look under my panties. If I wasn't, he presses my abdomen, open my legs and exam my external vagina. He never exam me internally, it's do only my gynecologist.

In reqular physical exams my doctor does not examine me internally but will give me an external genital exam.

No, my regular doctor does not. But I see my gynecologist once a year. If I did not, then my regular doctor would include that in my regular physical. Since I see gynecologist annually, I do not even remove any clothing during regular physical.

Here, we only see a gynecologist if there's a problem, the GP does the regular exams and PAPs.

My gf's regular dr justs asks her if she has had any problems with her genitals or her periods and asks her when the last time she had a pelvic exam and pap smear

I just had my yearly gynecology check up with a doctor I’ve never seen before. I was so surprised by the lack of exam. He did a brief breast exam and said I didn’t need a pelvic since I’ve had a complete hysterectomy unless I wanted him to do one. I told him I just want to make everything is ok and would prefer if he did. It was very quick and said everything was fine. I can remember about 20 years ago when I’d go for my yearly, the doctor would always do a pelvic and rectal exam. I was really disappointed in this doctor. Is this what yearly exams are coming to now?

I just had my yearly gynecology check up with a doctor I’ve never seen before. I was so surprised by the lack of exam. I was really disappointed in this doctor. Is this what yearly exams are coming to now?

My wife and I have had similar issues the last few years so we started taking our GP a list from our insurance provider stating what they would pay for and asking them to please cover everything they were willing to pay for. I shared the list with the clinic ahead of time for them to allow plenty of time for the exam. So yes it is becoming a trend I think.

I have the gyn exam and also an annual "medical". In the medical I take off all my clothes apart from my knickers. I remove my bra then put my t shirt back on. At the end she asks me to lift my t shirt. After she's squeezed my boobies I get an external only though she puts 2 fingers about an inch inside and asks me to clench.

My wife's GP has her in a gown, but underwear on. During the abdominal he slides his fingers just under the waisstband, but stops there. He does do a breast exam, although weirdly he lifts up her shirt and does it. I found this to be very strange, as the texts all say to have the Pt move the coverings. The final thing he does is to remind her to see her gyn and have the pap results shared with his office.

My doctor does very briefly. It happens when I’m laying on my back after the abdominal exam. She pulls my drape down to my knees leaving me basically exposed from the belly button to my knees.

Doctor: “Part your legs for me. I need to take a look at your vagina. “

I do as I’m asked. She starts a brief external exam.

“You are going to feel me begin the exam now. Are you still seeing an obgyn regularly?”

“Yes. Once a year. “

“Any problems since your last annual?”

“None that I know of”

It’s maybe ten to twenty seconds of an awkward external exam. Nothing more. She usually goes back to the computer after that. Clicks a few things. Then a new pair of gloves comes on.

“I need to check your bottom. Can your roll on your left side?”

I usually make some sort of audible noise announcing my displeasure. As I’m guessing most do.

“Nobody likes this part.” With a smirk....

And then in my head “actually I know a website full of people that love it.....” lol

In the beginning, he would defer that part of the exam to the OB/GYN. After few visits, I asked if he could do the Pap smear and he said yes.

These days just a quick peak under my panties. When I was younger and not seeing a gyn regularly I'd get an external exam.

These days just a quick peek under my panties. When I was younger and not seeing a gyn regularly I'd get an external exam.

@PatientH what exactly is being assessed during the "quick peek" ? Does the doc just lift up on the waistband of your panties, take a quick peek, and that's it ?

My GP will do a quick pelvic to see if anything is noticed to be mentioned to my GYN. My GYN , much more thorough.

I am "seen" by a female internist, and she also does my "well woman" exams for me. I am in my mid forties, and have had my primary care provider, (normally an internist) do this for many years. I cannot see having two physicians, when not necessary. So, to answer the question, yes, at a routine physical, my doc does a full pelvic and recto vaginal.

Our internist does a external exam of my vulva, but leaves the full pelvic exam to my GYN. She palpates my labia, separates them and pulls back my prepuce and checks my Bartholin's glands, but doesn't do an internal beyond what's needed to check my glands. She does do a rectal exam at my physicals.

My current gp/internist) made it clear that I have to see a gynecologist for that. I haven't taken clothes off at a regular doctor's office since I was 17.

Our internist does a external exam of my vulva, but leaves the full pelvic exam to my GYN. She palpates my labia, separates them and pulls back my prepuce and checks my Bartholin's glands, but doesn't do an internal beyond what's needed to check my glands. She does do a rectal exam at my physicals.

The best part of @JulieB123 ‘s genital exams from our internist is the removal of Julie’s panties. The doc has her keep them on when she undresses, but she does remove her bra. We've seen her for three annual physicals to this point. The first two times, she asked Julie to pull them off, which is pretty damned hot in its own right. But during the most recent exam, she told Julie to lift her hips and pulled Julie's panties down herself. That was outstanding from a fetish perspective!

I’m asked to remove all clothing and given a sheet to cover up. My GP does my breast exams and my pelvic exams at my physicals. Given my age, I am only required to have a Pap smear every three years.

At the beginning of a regular physical exam, I've been asked “are you getting a Pap smear today?” If I'm not due, there has been no examination of the genitals, vagina, or rectum.