LADIES - Frog leg position

In the UK it is always the frog leg position at the GP surgery. At my wife's exams she is aske to draw her knees up and then ‘let you knees fall apart’. Sometimes the nurse will push them further apart if the are not wide enough.

Frog leg position for my partner when we were in Australia- for both Pap smears and IUD insertion (although that was her legs resting on a lower shelf at the end of the table). Only stirrups I saw were in hospital during a colposcopy.

@Tennessee21

I had my last pap smear taken in this position. The doctor asked me to put the soles of my feet together and let my knees fall apart. After carrying out a thorough visual and manual exam of my outer and inner labia he inserted the lubed speculum into my vagina to carry out the pap smear. He was having difficulty visualising my cervix as and after several minutes of pushing the speculum around inside me at different angles, he asked me to make my fists into balls and place them under my buttocks. I found this to be very embarrassing but it seemed to work as he took the smear.

A close female friend of mine often found the speculum uncomfortable during a pap smear, and on one occasion the doctor suggested that she did the same as you and put her clenched fists under her bum while he inserted and opened the speculum, it seemed to work as he found her cervix easily but I'm not sure if it was any more comfortable for her. During a play exam I normally ask the woman to put a pillow under her bum, that makes finding the cervix, which can be elusive at times, a whole lot easier…

I've never even heard of this, but every exam table in the clinic I go to has them built in (tucked away until needed), not just the gyn ones.

Im asked to remove my underwear and lay with my heels together and knees out. I always feel helpless and embarrassed when i feel my lips part open and the cool air on me. Then the doctor spreads my labia apart and slides a finger in while pressing on my stomach. I hate that i can't hide my facial expressions while it's happening.

When I was a child, at the pediatrician, currently at the general practitioner, for a vaginal exam and at the hair removal.

I had this experience on a trip abroad over 20 years ago. We were in a very rural area when I got severe abdominal cramps. A gynecological practice or even the outpatient clinic of a hospital were hours away. The nearest doctor I could reach was very nice and also acted as a gynecologist for the local women. There was no examination chair, however. After I had exposed my abdomen, I was asked to lie down on a simple examination table. A small, firm cushion was pushed under my bottom. Then I had to put my legs up, pull them up, knees apart and put the soles of my feet together. This gave me free access to the vulva, vagina and anus. She carried out both the vaginal and rectal palpation examinations in this way. Unusual, but no more uncomfortable than on the chair. There were no problems with the speculum examination either. The doctor was probably using the speculum the other way around, with the handles facing upwards.

A number of off topic posts have been removed, mostly from male members. If you notice a missing post, that maybe the reason.

As has been stated earlier, this is a topic for the "LADIES" to post about their experience. Let them have their topic.

I have memories of this at my pediatrician’s office in the early 90’s. I’d be lying on my back and he would push my legs apart. Anytime he came close to me though, I’d close my legs tight. You could tell this irritated him, he would end up having a nurse hold them open if I wouldn’t cooperate. As a child this was extremely humiliating. My mom, my sister, the doctor, and nurse were all there to witness. Sometimes the door was even left slightly ajar, so anyone in the hall could see too.

I remember it being a tad traumatic, and cried when he opened my labia. I was extremely uncomfortable and even with someone holding my legs I would fight to close them. He would check for abnormalities on the outside first, then open my labia to feel around just a very little bit with the tip of his finger. Most of the time he would also check my butt hole for any abnormalities and to make sure I was wiping good enough. Rarely (mostly when I was having constipation issues) he would insert a finger into my rectum to feel for hard fecal matter. It wasn’t very far obviously, but to me it was the worst violation.

Sometimes he would move me from the frog leg position to having someone hold up my legs in diaper position. Normally in this position, I would receive a suppository if needed and/or get a sound smack for not cooperating. I remember a time where I received an RT in this position too. I feared the pediatrician’s office and threw a fit anytime I had to go. If I wasn’t being humiliated with open legs, I was being held down for a vaccination. My fetish behaviors didn’t start until I was in middle school, a very long time after my traumatic pediatrician experiences.

At the GP, at the midwife.

Yes when I was at the pediatrician. He told me to put my feet together, move them up towards my bum and open my knees

Not a “lady” but a non-binary transmasculine human with a vagina here…

Growing up, my pediatrician would examine me in the frog leg position telling me while I was on my back to bring my knees up as far as I could and then let my legs fall apart and put my feet together. It always embarassed me but at the same time, excited me.

To this day, when I masturbate, I normally lag in bed with my legs spread in a position similar to frog leg. I don’t usually have my feet touching but they’re close.

When my wife was pregnant with our second child, she had her feet in the stirrups for the exam, but the doctor took them off the stirrups and put them on the exam table closer to her butt and then examined her that way.

I was routinely examined in the frog leg position for an external genital exam with my family doctor. She started doing this exam at age 12 and continued each year during my physical exam with her, the last being at age 18. I have had a couple exams as an adult that I was instructed to get into the frog leg position, but more often when I've had a genital exam outside of the gynecologist, I've just been told to part my legs some.

I only remember being asked to get in that position when I was younger by my pediatrician. I almost think that position is more vulnerable and exposed than the stirrups, especially during the awkward period of development.

Frog leg position here in the UK for smear tests. I think it’s because the NHS can’t afford or services can’t be bothered getting adequate equipment. I find it so uncomfortable and not practical for either the patient or the health professional.

No, never

A few times. In the uk not many general medical practices have a dedicated gyno chair

For a gyn exam yes.

Husband- yes in bed he likes me to splay out my legs rather wide with my heals down. It gives him good access during foreplay. It is really just a more extreme version of the natural leg placement to comfortably aid in cock placement in the missionary position. Dr’s office don’t recall I think they all have had gyno tables or chairs with heel stirrups or calf supports. I do like the new gyno chairs. You basically just sit down and the next thing you know someone is probing your privates, no awkward climbing up on the exam table!

Dita

My pediatrician always examined me in the frog leg position. I saw him until I was 19.

@HeatherR Do you prefer the frog leg position to be examined in ? Did your Pediatrician require you to be examined nude ?

Hmmm, while I have experienced such a position during play, I have not been asked during an actual examination. It would be nice to know for what the premise of such a position is required.

While in play, the frog leg position is just another position where my legs are spread from a different angle. I do know that it kind pf positions the cervix, maybe? I notice during sex, I have kind of maneuvered my pelvic region to mimic a similar position.

It's quite interesting. All these many positions.

I never have been, but it would have made more sense than what my pediatrician actually did at one of my last exams before I left the practice. I was wearing a gown and panties and she had me lay down and lift my hips so she could pull the gown up and my panties down. I was embarrassed and kept my legs tightly closed; she kept asking me to spread them wider. If she had asked me to get into frog leg position, I wouldn't have had to guess how wide she wanted (I was going for the minimum acceptable) and she would have been able to see whatever she was trying to assess.

Every time I have a smear it's always done in this position. The nurse will always say "put your heels together and let your legs drop open" I think they have a standardized script lol. I've also had a transvaginal scan and that was in the same position so I think stirrups may be less common here in the UK, unless you're seeing a specialist for a full gyno exam. I wonder which is more comfortable? The difference between plastic and metal speculums is vast.

The difference between plastic and metal speculums is vast.

In what way do you mean? I've heard many women say that they find a metal speculum more comfortable than plastic.

I've also heard many women say that leg rests are more comfortable, although they do feel more exposed when in them.

@UKrgyn Ive always found the plastic ones more comfortable, when I first started having smears it was always metal. They were cold and seemed big and the stretch was 'sharp' and uncomfortable, even painful at times. The nurse at my GP uses disposable plastic ones these days and they are warm and the stretch is not unpleasant. I don't know if it's more because I'm older though and pretty used to what's happening so it's easy for me to relax. I preferred the cool metal in a play exam though.

The only time I've ever been in frog leg was when I was a little girl.. That particular peditrician had you lower your pants and panties to your ankles, then he had you open up for him and he did the visual genital and anal exams. He would lightly separate my labia and butt checks, but there wasn't any insertion as I could rememeber. After about 10yrs old or so, that type of exam stopped and while they still lowered my underwear, they just did a visual and pre-puberty check that way.

I recall my pediatrician used this position from ages 4 to 6. If I was lying on the exam table, he'd stand by my side. With index finger and thumb of one hand, he'd separate the upper side of my labia, the rest of his hand resting on my mons pubis. And with his other hand, he'd separate the lower side of labia or butt cheeks. When he separated my labia, he'd first pull upwards to retract the hood. Then sideways, probably to view the urethra (?). And lastly downwards to check the vaginal orifice/hymen (?). Often he had one trainee doc with him, to whom he'd narrate everything and that made my exposure last longer and more embarrassing.

I did when I was pregnant. I was spotting and my OB told me to go to L&D since it was after hours to see the on call doctor. I was put in a triage room with a regular hospital bed and the resident and on call docs both performed a pelvic exam in the frog legs position.