Ladies, Rectovaginal exams every visit?

Every time I go I get one. Every six months he finishes my pelvic with a great rectal exam

Rectal exams can be painful especially when the patient is tense. But a glass of wine beforehand may help :-)

My Wife absolutely hates the rectal exam on her annual gyn visit. "Stuff" is only meant to come out, and nothing is supposed to go in. Period!!! No more discussion on that.

I've received a recto-vaginal exam at most of my annual well woman exams, and from a few different doctors. One gyn didn't do one at either of the visits I had. And another gyn did one at my first appointment, but not at my next exam a year later. I do agree with others that it seems some doctors include it and other's don't when it comes to the annual exam, no definite 'rule' as to when to start giving them. I got my first recto-vaginal at my very first visit to the gynecologist, which was a total surprise as I hadn't expected it at all. I had no idea the gyn would go there and examine me like that. I totally hated it and was really uncomfortable and kinda hurt, but I think being so tense that first time didn't help either. There's still discomfort now when my gyn does a recto-vag exam, but I also find it to be very erotic and hot later on.

I have not had a gyno exam that didn't include a rectal exam. Some have been much less intense than others but every exam that i've ever had included at least one long finger up my butt. I once had an exam as part of a physical connected with my graduate studies abroad and the older lady gyno that did the exam was not only thorough but she seemed to take forever and it was painful which seemed to make her happy. I have often thought that she must have studied gynocology in a womens maximum security prison. She also made it a point to pull both my pubic hair and the fine hair around my rectal area, I believe on purpose.

My wife has actually never had a DRE in her adult life at the doctor. I've been with her a few times, always wondering if today will be the first day. It's always ended in disappointment. I'm suprised that she hasn't got the finger up the butt, especially after having had children. Oh well...

My gyno does a rectal and bimanual check annually, and I quite enjoy it

I got rectal exam from my dr.she made me lie down oneside and lubricated then she entered her gloved finger inside deep.she twisted and turned her finger.i was embarassed and its very starnge at that time.but i enjoyed it lot.

Yes, I get a recto-vaginal exam as the last part of my well-woman exams.

My doctor has never done a rectal exam & I have been wondering about this...but I am under 30 so maybe it starts later?

I think this is a great article about getting a rectal done... http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/sexual-health/rectal-exam-necessary

I had a rectal exam after our daughter was born because i developed hemorrhoids and were very painful.the doctor had me lie on my side and inserted her finger up my rectum. It was very painful and after maybe 5 exams i had surgery.

My first rectal exam was with 9 when i was constipated. Now I have it done twice a year at the gyn exam.

Nope. The first one I had when I was pregnant they did one, but after that never.

The doctor my girlfriend used always does a recatal and a rectovaginal exam. It is quite erotic. She asks if she can preform a rectal and than takes off the glove she used for the bimanula exam and puts on a fresh glove. Than she extends her middle finger and wipes lube all over it. Than she sticks it in.

I generally stand up and get a closer look. She sweeps her fingr around in a circle, than inserts the vaginal finger and checks between the two openings.

When she pulls out she rubs the rectal finger on the special paper for the occult blood test, than peels the glove off into the trash.

My gyno does a rectal and bimanual check annually, and I quite enjoy it.

I had my first one done with my last well Woman's Check up but my Doc was so quick there was not time to enjoy it.

I have always gotten a rectovaginal check and a rectal check.

I didn't get a rectal with my last annual gyno physical. He did one the year before, even though I don't have a uterus. He said he does them anyway to check for cancerous polyps or whatever. Unrelated to the exam, the doc is a jerk so I fired him and have a different gyno now who performed a hysterectomy earlier this year but I retained my cervix so I'll still need pap smears. I don't know if a rectal will be a part of my annual gyno exam now since I have no uterus.

That might have been confusing. I had a subtotal hysterectomy performed in 2002. Everything else (Fallopian tubes, ovaries and a 10 cm cyst) was taken out earlier this year. Technically, it a bilateral sapingoopherectomy or some such nonsense so I've just been referring to it as my hysterectomy 2.0.

My wife never has had one yet, although she will be turning 40 this year so I suspect she will be getting one on her next visit.

@alex2 Actually, what you describe is probably malpractice or medical assault. I'm glad you're not my doctor.

I just had my annual exam last week with a doctor I've never seen before. Great doc, no rectal. Just a Pap smear and a bimanual. Done. Then it was off to get a mammogram. I feel like a modern marvel of efficiency.

I've seen a video on YouTube where the doctor inserted the index finger in the vagina and the middle finger in the anus.

How often do women get examined like that? My wife never told me anything like that so I wasn't sure if it was an age thing or that maybe they don't do it anymore.

Leah, that's called a recto-vaginal exam. it is still conducted, but not by every doctor every time. It helps the doctor to palpate areas of the internal genital organs that can't be felt as easily during the normal bi-manual exam.

My wife recently allowed us to try anal sex. That being said, she did not have a rectal exam on both her previous appts. However just last week, we went to the doctor and it was by far the most erotic exams i have ever seen. She had both a rectal exam and rectovaginal bi-manual exam. The exam was not finished either. She was instucted to get a vaginal ultrasound and that was the best exam I have ever seen. I was watching her as I could see her cum accumulate on the ultrasound device. She told me that was by far her most pleasureable gyn appt ever.

I think it should be done on a regular annual basis...

Never had a rectal exam, its not done as routine here in the UK, unless there are specific symptoms that would warrant one.

I had it my first time...but nothing since.

My doctor do every time i go for my gyn exam also a rectal exam. He do both rectal and rectovaginal exam

Yes always usually this is at the end of the exam

This is a good question. I go to a female OB/GYN and she always does a rectal. I have a lot of friends that go to a male OB?GYN and they have never had it done.

I get a rectal exam at my annual exam by my female gyn. I like the thoroughness to make sure everything is good and healthy.