LADIES - Frog leg position

Dumb question here - Is the “Frog Leg” position the same as the “Diaper” position?

I've never heard of the ‘Diaper Position.’ But here in the UK stirrups are rarely used during internal vaginal examinations or pap-smears. Instead women are asked to bring their knees up until their feet are flat on the bed, then relax their knees and let them fall apart. This is general considered the ‘Frog's Leg Position’ particularly if the woman's feet are close together.

Dumb question here - Is the “Frog Leg” position the same as the “Diaper” position?

No, the “frog leg position” and “diaper position” are not the same. The “frog leg position” is described very well by Dr Philip in his post and the “diaper position” usually means lying on your back with your legs up in the air (the same position you would use to … well, change a diaper … or maybe take someones temperature)

@Anna_Lena @drphil

Thanks. I had a slightly different vision that they were very close to the same thing. I won’t croak about this again 😀

In pediatric setting yes never at the gynecologist. If your gyn office doesn't have stirrups I would be very surprised. Ultimately stirrups provide better access for procedures but also more comfort for the patient.

Say when they have a table that does not have stirrups.

The “frog leg“ position is by far the most common position used for intimate examinations of females in the U.K. This is principally due to stirrups, knee cradles etc. not being used in the typical GP setting. As such most women in the U.K. will be very familiar with the “frog leg” position or similar and less so or even not all with stirrups etc.

I had maybe 2 instances in which this position was used: once at the urologist that didn't have a table with stirrups, and two, when getting a wax down there some estheticians prefer that position.

Men also can enjoy & appreciate the frog leg position . . . especially from an observers “standpoint” 😁

Just sayin !!

My girlfriend received her genital exams in the frog leg position growing up at the pediatrician, usually she was laying down the doctor asked her to remove her panties while she put on gloves, she then helped her put her legs into position and did a brief exam of pubic hair growth and just briefly spread her labia open. After she started having sex when she was 19-20ish with me, she saw her moms pcp for a full gyno exam in stirrups.

I never realized that gyn exams in the UK were given in the frogleg position. i just assumed that stirups or leg cradles were used. I know that our pediatrician used that position growing up, for me and my sisters.

I never realized that gyn exams in the UK were given in the frogleg position. i just assumed that stirups or leg cradles were used.

Here in the UK most routine gyn exams and pap smear tests are done in the frog leg position. The main exceptions are sexual health clinics (GUM clinics) that do sometimes use leg-rests and stirrups, and gynaecology outpatients depts at main hospitals for more invasive procedures.

In France, the examination tables used in gynecology are systematically equipped with stirrups in which the patients wedge their heels.

Among specialists in obstetrics and among those who have a significant endocavitary ultrasound activity, there are rather leg rests that support the bend of the knee.

The position of the frog is therefore reserved in the rarer cases where the gynecological examination is carried out in a general practice.

In the same way, indeed, it is the position that the beauticians ask for the practice of the depilation of the integral pubic zone.

Yes, during my annual physical

Can anyone explain an advantage of doing an exam in frog-leg position?

All I can think of is a slight financial advantage for the doctor not needing to purchase stirrups. And that's not a good reason I would think.

@agracier

I think for younger girls at the pediatrician it is just not that scary instead of putting them into leg rests for just a quick look? maybe that

I think for younger girls at the pediatrician it is just not that scary instead of putting them into leg rests for just a quick look? maybe that

I've put myself in a frog-leg position often enough and I find it to be very very uncomfortable. It really hurts the muscles in my legs and thighs. Would or does modesty really trump comfort? Because from my experience, being in stirrups is relaxing for the muscles, if nothing else.

In Finland, frog's leg is only used in children. I remember hearing that stirrups are used even at the age of 13

Never at the gynecologist. Only at the GP office, if he needs to check my genitals.

Never at the gynecologist. Only at the GP office, if he needs to check my genitals.

I'll bet the view is awesome! 😉

Maybe men talking about themselves can post somewhere else. This is a GYNECOLOGY topic. It is about LADIES!

I've never had to do that. My exams were always in stirrups. I don't even know if I could get in stirrups anymore.

I certainly wouldn't be able to do a frog leg position now because I'm having too much pain in my left knee. I could do a half frog leg. Then the doctor wouldn't be able to get in there to see or do much.

I always feel like I missed out on something in life because I have never experienced this. It seems to be such a prominent memory for some. I think I’m jealous. FOMO is real.

Yes all my pediatric exams. I had to lower my bent legs to the side as my pediatrician examined my vagina. He didn't penetrate me but he did gently part my labia open.

Only three posts earlier, another moderator posted a notice to male members asking them not to discuss their own examinations on Gynaecological Examination threads - yet she deleted a further one yesterday, written immediately after her notice, followed by a second one today, and I've just deleted another one now.

It should be easy to see when a discussion is aimed squarely at female members, when it's located in the Gynaecological examination area of the forum, when the thread is tagged Gynaecological exams, and especially when it is populated with posts from women.

Male members are welcome to create corresponding threads for males where applicable, but please allow female members the room on their threads to discuss the questions intended for them. Just let them share their experiences without interference. And let's leave out the crude jokes aimed at getting cheap laughs in threads like this one.

Just use your brains. Please, guys!

Ty both @Amethyst and @DrZ its appreciated

(pls nobody be mad at me I have a vagina this thread is definitely applicable to me)

(pls nobody be mad at me I have a vagina this thread is definitely applicable to me)

@cal1082 Yeah we know, thank you. It is ok if you post on these topics.

For some reason I much prefer the frog leg position. Maybe because this is the way I was examined mostly when I was younger. Stirrups are only used in hospital or specialist clinic settings in the UK and I associate those with pain

And the only times I was put in frog leg was during labor when the nurse was checking effacement.

@Nurse_Phillips I did not know English used “effacement” as an obstetric term. (It means literally “erasure”, and may be used when something vanishes… as the cervix does, temporarily.)

@Nurse_Phillips I did not know English used “effacement” as an obstetric term. (It means literally “erasure”, and may be used when something vanishes… as the cervix does, temporarily.)

Yes that’s how it’s used - describing the stage the cervical opening is at prior to delivery