Laying Down or Sitting Up while in the stirrups?

Ladies,

I have noticed that some gynecologists have the exam table laid down flat with the patient staring up at the ceiling, while others have the back of the exam table up at an angle. I was wondering whether you all prefer to be laying flat on your back staring up at the ceiling, or elevated where you can make eye contact with the doctor? Is one more usual / comfortable than the other? As a shade tree gynecologist it seems to me that it is more erotic if the patient is lying down flat when her feet are in the stirrups rather than sitting up.

Thoughts? Preferences?

Although it's not my personal preference, my gynecologist has me positioned on a slight incline. I can't make eye contact with her and I wouldn't want to but if I lay down flat, I become extremely anxious and hyperventilate. My BP also becomes unstable. She attributes it to a rather unhappy experience I had in the recovery room after throat surgery last year.

I prefer either completely flat or a very slight incline. I wouldn't want my body angle to be any less than 140* or so. Any more and I'd feel weird.

The position of the examination table depends on the level of confidence that you have.i personally don't mind having the table raised at an angle which provides eye contact with the doctor but for many of my friends the most comfortable position is lying flat on the table with legs on stirrups and they don't really enjoy eye contact with the doc especially with male ones

I've only ever been positioned flat on my back, and that's what happens in my head in fantasy, too..

I've never "sat up" before. I guess I like being on a slight incline just because it's a bit more comfortable to sit up on my own from that position. Seems that one's a bit more helpless if they're totally reclined flat on their back.

I wouldn't mind either way, as long as my head was on a comfy pillow. I don't want anything taking away from the down under part of the exam!

Always on my back on the flat table. Always with a nice pillow. I have plenty of eye contact with him when he stands and does the bi-manual part of my exam. Once I was DONE in a Gyne Chair. Different

I don't care as long as the doctor is male and the stirrups a spread good. There is nothing on the ceiling I care about. Watching him is a big part of my enjoyment

I prefer laying down but for play a slight incline is a lot sexier.

Slight incline of the table with a pillow under my head.

I've always been at a slight incline. Usually about 30 degrees.. never more. With the draping, you usually can't make eye contact with the doctor.

Mostly lying down with the head slightly raised.

I must agree with Tami,Mmmm

Flat on my back with a pillow and my rear end sticking out. Oh Yes all the time. A couple of time with what they call a pelvic tilt.

Breast exam done flat on my back.and then they raise the head to just a slight angle. Never had a choice really...

Head raise so i watch

Just lying on my back.

I prefer flat with just a pillow. The incline position makes me feel fatter than I'd like to feel while nude in front of someone. Yes, I know there's a drape there, but it still bugs me.

My doctor always lays the table completely flat. Laying flat like that somehow makes me feel even more exposed, which I rather enjoy. There is just something about not being able to see what's coming next that is kind of exhilarating. Also I just generally find it a bit more physically comfortable to lay flat (with feet in the stirrups, of course) rather than leaning up at all on an incline.

My gynecologist lays the table tack but not all they way. I can easily see him between my knees and we talk --he does most of the talking, telling me exactly what he is seeing as he examines me.

My dr always has the table flat during the exam

I am always laying flat during the exam also.

The table is at a slight incline during my exams

Flat on my back. It relaxes me. I wouldn't be able to see what is going on anyway, not with the sheet covering my legs.

During a gyn exam at my GP I always lay flat on his examtable, no stirrups or supports used.

In the hosiptal where I have my IUD inserted 2 times it was always in legsupports and with the backrest a bit up. So 1/2 laying, 1/2 sitting.

During a gyn procedure I have had 2 times it was always laying flat, covered with sterile sheets and in legsupports.

Carla

I am always on a slight incline,but I have also had them done with me flat on my back.I prefer to be slightly inclined.

They have always lowered the table to completely flat when it is time for that portion of the exam.

It depends on the doctor the angle help with relaxing the musles

I've always preferred to be flat