Pediatric Examinations

I started having genital exams at 11 and hernia was added at 13.

I too had to strip for exams as a kid and then the doctor look at my penis and anus. It was embarrasing.

I would think that every doctor would examine the genitals during childhood....Seriously, there are many infections and stuff that can be happening "down there".....Especially during puberty

"Mab" has written on 21-12-2008 : We were examined at around 5 / 6 , boys and girls together, all in just pants. When you went in to the female Dr she looked down your underwear (boy) or pushed them down if there wa something more to look at. I recall some of the girls saying they had to take their pants off."

I don't think that your school was right when it decides that boys and girls must be examined by small group mixed gender the same day, even if you were all still vey young at 5 or 6 age.

the doctor was also responsible for that, he might have told to the autorities of the school that it was more fair to schedule the physicals of the boys one day or one part of the day, and the girls an other day.

I didn't as a general rule. but I had a pediatrician who I remember as being very harsh. I used to get ear infections, and she used to be very rough with me, especially since I'd have to see her so frequently. There was one time that I went for an ear infection and she told me that she has to have a peek down my panties- and she took them off, but I was sitting on the edge of the exam table, so I'm not sure what the purpose of that was. I think she put the stethoscope on my lower stomach.

"I don't think that your school was right when it decides that boys and girls must be examined by small group mixed gender the same day, even if you were all still vey young at 5 or 6 age."

When my sister and her female classmates had their physical at primary school at age 7 or so, there were male siblings present who were not having the same exam, but whose parents had turned up for their daughters' exams. I can't believe that this was an uncommon scenario.

I had quite a lot of genital exams as a kid. I had to lay on my back, my pants and underwear pulled down. I remember i was really surprised and embarrassed the first time it happened.

My experience was a while back, before it was assumed that everyting was focused on sex and was inappropriate. Yes we really were innocent, the girls thought nothing of practicing handstands against a wall, so it was never a mystery as to what knickers they were wearing. Mind you, they did PE in just there kinckers any way. (and yes that was up to 12, although some of the more developed girls used to keep their vests on).

My pediatrician used to examine my genitals every time. He'd ask me to lay down and spread my legs, then spread my labia and take a look. He didn't really touch anything, just took a look. I remember wondering if he could tell that I masturbated, and half-wishing he'd touch my clitoris. Even at that age, I found it arousing that he was exposing and looking at me in such an intimate way.

I dont recall a genital exam until adulthood, but i must have had it sometime because i know my younger sister asked my mom why the doctor looked and felt "down there".

I was 13 or 14 and had my first breast exam ever. It was also the first exam i hadnt had my mother in the room with me, so i felt that was a little odd.

Kitten1912108 you story sounds so familiar! Dad was usually the one home who tool us kids to the doctor. He was always in the room for the whole thing. Sometimes he and the (male) Dr. would talk about my development, but often it was football, or fishing.

When i was 14 mom had me switch to her female GYN. I thought i was all done with having dad there, but nooo. Dad would take me. On the first visit with him the Dr, explained that mom had told her that dad should be in the room with me to make me feel safe so there he was.

She was gentler, but didn't didn't seem worried about privacy. She would do a full exam and if she found anything would point it out to dad, who made notes for mom and he to discuss later. They had no secrets when it came to us kids.

It wasn't until college that I went to the doc by my self.

As I child my physical exams would involve my doctor (female) examining me with my clothing on and then pulling my pants and underwear to my knees for the genital exam.

There was only one time that I received a genital exam before age 13. I was 10 and my normal doctor was out sick the day of my physical exam appointment. Instead of cancelling the other doctors at the practice covered her exams. The doctor who checked me did genital exams starting at age 10 so I got one. I don't remember being embarrassed about it at that point. I was too young to care.

Never had one until I was 15 and for a sports physical, was just a quick hernia exam

This was always a part of my exams growing up..usually i was laying down and the dr would just pull them down slightly and press around me groin and take a quick look at my penis

I have a vague recollection of a medical examination with a female doctor at the age of 14 but I may be getting confused with an examination I had when I was about 30 but I do recall someone running their fingers through my pubic hair and I remember somebody gently squeezing the underside of my penis along the entire length and running a finger along the length on the top and the sides and also running a finger around the bottom rim of the glans before the inevitable 'cough and drop' hernia check.

Before that I had to bend over a chair while she parted my bum (butt) cheeks and had a look in there and I still don't know to this day what they are/were looking for.

I can't ever remember having any physical exam growing up, I was only ever taken to the Doctor's if I was ill and that was pretty rare. I certainly never had either my genitals or bottom looked at. The only time that anything like that ever happened was at home when my mother suspected that I had pinworms.

Always received a genital exam. while lying down after the abdominal exam, the doctor would pull the waistband of my underwear and "just take a peek." Then the good old stand up, turn your head and cough! Even worse because dad was always in the room. 😢

I say from 6 to 14 i always got a genital exam...... i think what was mostly a turn on for me was when the lady nurse would then slip on her latex gloves and from that point on i knew that no part of my body could go untouched while she was wearing her gloves.... 😜

When young we had to wait for examination in a small room before we saw the nurse,we had to strip down to boxers,surprising how many had erections before they went into the room,I remember standing in front of a nurse close as she was sitting down,she just yanked down my pants,grabbed hold of my penis and balls,then swung me around and placed a rubber gloved hand into my rectum,really rough stuff and like a cattle market.

Second time was when a company I worked for requested a medical on site,the nurse was a neighbour,lots of intimate questions at that one.

I don't recall ever having an in-depth genital exam growing up. Always just a quick peek and that was that. Even the hernia checks didn't start until high school.

I've had genital exams since I was born. All by a male doctor, and I was ready to punch the guy in the face. That actually changed last week though, and I got a testicular exam from a lovely female doctor.

Always with mom in the room. I had to remove my underwear for the exam.

Every time I had exams in school doctor checked my genitalia while lying on the table.

My doctor always said "time to check the plumbing" as he would pull down my underwear. Then he would check me. The worst was my physical for high school with mom in the room. When it came time for the hernia check, I was mortified. I was standing about two feet from my mom, with the dr. a stool, telling me to turn my head and cough. When I tuned my head, I had to look her right in the face. The look on her face said, "you don't feel like such a big man now, do you?"

Until about age 4 or 5, my little sister and I would always go together to the pediatrician. We would both be stripped completely naked for both of our exams. Usually, my mother helped me undress and the nurse helped my sister. Each of us was made to lie belly-down on an exam table while our rectal temperatures were taken, and the nurse seemed to spend a lot of time and attention to our anuses. I seem to recall the doctor taking a quick look at my genital organs during each visit, but nothing too extreme.

I did get genital exams during my physicals every time I went to the pediatrician, until I was 16. She would normally inspect my testicles and penis, also testing whether the foreskin was retractable or not

Before I was ten my exams were always with me in just my underpants. At the end of an exam, when I was standing in front of the doctor, he would have my just lower my underpants and he would only look. At age ten he began to feel my penis and testicles and do a more complete exam. By the time I was thirteen the genital exam took longer and was more complete. When he just looked I thought it was funny. When the exams got more detailed I felt more grown up. However, the also got more embarrassing.

I think doctors are kind of pedophiles as there is no real need to check genitalia untill 18 years of age unless there are some complaints. We can read it in many core books as mensioned before. By the way the soviet and postsoviet medicine tradition sais the same - full phisical become obligitary only before military sevice. And again its far not so harmless as it negatively influenses the childs psychology. Espesially since medical staff is so awefully awkward towards childrens feelings when sexuality just takes the roots. What only present teacher or parent is worth. Definitly it costs every time new ps.blocks.

Peyto-

I'm going to have to beg to differ with you on several points.

Doctors, by and large, are NOT pedophiles. They are trained professionals with a deep commitment to the health and overall well-being of their patients. Pediatricians in particular have a difficult job because their patients can't always verbalize where it hurts, and heaven knows that parents are not the most objective reporters of their child's condition. Furthermore, some procedures are uncomfortable or downright painful and only the sickest of individuals want to hurt a child.

Secondly, your assertion that a genital check is not necessary until the patient is 18 is dead wrong. The Tanner development scale is widely discussed on this forum and is a useful indicator of physical development and chronological age. If a doctor has even an inkling that a child has been sexually abused, he or she is duty bound to perform such a check, whether the patient complains or not. Furthermore, there are several gentlemen members of this forum that have discussed their own issues with strictures of the foreskin during childhood or adolescence. A genital check on a male or female child is a legitimate part of a complete physical examination. As for genital checks being psychologically harmful to a child, that is pure balderdash! If it's treated like any other part of the exam then there should be no stigma attached to it. Doctors being awkward around children? Poppycock! Perhaps some are; I think I've seen one or two on duty in the ER that probably shouldn't make a career of treating children, but that's why they're in the ER. Pediatricians have a special affinity for children and know that they are handling precious cargo.

I don't know where your belief that doctors are pedophiles comes from. Perhaps you had an unfortunate experience as a younger person. If that is the case, I am truly sorry. Further, I'm not saying that there aren't a few bad apples out there, because surely there are.

Jumping down off my soapbox now.

Regards,

LadyDoc