Examination | Being told to undress 3/3

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For a long time when I was a kid my parents took me and my brothers to a pediatrician who would basically just have us loosen our clothes. If we had on a button-down shirt, we'd have to unbutton it the whole way. We would have to undo our jeans. Then we would have to go through the whole physical mostly like that.

Then one day our parents announced we were going to the doctor and, instead of going to the usual place, we went to this clinic in a hospital. My older brother and I didn't say anything but my younger brother asked why were at a different place. Mom said "we want you guys to have a complete physical this time." That made me nervous.

After all the preliminary paperwork, etc., my brothers and parents and I were taken to this exam room that was actually a small suite of rooms with a main exam room with a table, a side room that had lots of other equipment and also the stuff for eye tests, hearing tests, etc., and a second table where they did stuff like EKGs. There was also a bathroom off to the side.

The nurse gave me and my brothers cups and told us to pee in them in the bathroom, and after that he (a male nurse this time), took our temperatures and blood pressure. Then he said to my parents "the doctor will be in in a few minutes. Go ahead and have the boys get ready for him. We want them to take off their clothes and just have a seat. They can leave their underpants on - for now."

Underpants definitely came off pretty quickly after the doctor came in (the nurse came back in, too) and the other thing I think was cool is that after each of our turns was done, the doctor said "don't get dressed yet." We had to wait and stay like that for the shots and a few other things that came last after the doctor left (it was all done by the nurse and by a technician who came in). Then the doctor came back in, looked over the forms and notes, spoke to our parents and finally said "ok, they can put their clothes back on."

Jennifer S

For a regular physical the nurse tells me to take everything off except for my panties and gives me a paper gown to put on. If I am there for my pap test then the panties come off as well. When I went to the pediatrician it was always just panties for my checkup.

n/a

It is the same drill every year. I am ushered to exam room. I am asked to disrobe and get into the gown. I strip to my underwear and just leave the gown where it is or put it back in the draw. I do not care and neither does my doctor.

bob1952

When my sister and I went to the pediatricians office, the nurse always told my mom to strip us down to our underwear. At some point our undies would come off and we stayed that way until the nurse had administered what ever injections were needed.

Ariane

I always stayed in full clothes until it was time for the genital inspection. The doctor would ask my mother "Can I check her private area?" Usually he gestured to me and said to her "can you.." and she would go over and take off my pants and underwear while he put on gloves, and later told me to take them off.

julie13

Our first pediatrician was a very nice older man who whose nurse had us undress to panties, which were briefly lowered then raised, while mom was there to converse with the doctor and observe. We always got a sticker or piece of candy when we had to get a shot. We had to get another doctor when our pediatrician died. He did my mom a favor seeing us for school. I was now filling out for sure and seeing a male doctor then felt embarrassing. His nurse made sure we had to take everything off. .Mom went in with us and she turned to mom and said, "have her get undressed, and she walked over to the scale where I was weighed. It was my first experience being without any undies on for a doctor. The exam was embarrassing even though I had experienced rectal temps in the past but this time it just felt more embarrassing. Mom soon found us a female doctor for the remaining of our teen years. Thing is, her approach was no different, and hearing "you need to take everything off" still managed to make me nervous and is no different today! The difference is that now, I am very much anticipating that and visualize in advance how I will feel and look. I wouldn't say that I am eager to show all but its part of the exam experience. I am beginning to feel a tad more self conscious when the nurse or nurse assistant is some 20 year old thing and I am there standing in my birthday suit! Finally, I do think having a rectal temp makes it all the more intense, as what follows involves probing and being displayed., while trying to maintain one's dignity!

Pecan nutjob

Julie13: Why did you need to be fully naked? Did the examination always involve access to genitals or anus?

n/a

At the pediatrician it was always undress down to underwear with no gown for me.

Alex112

As a child I stripped to my undies and wasn't given a gown. Male pediatrician would pull my undies down briefly for a check.

Lv2examn

For me it’s always the same. I’m taken into the exam room by the nurse and she does all my vitals. Then she opens a drawer and puts a gown and sheet on the table, looks at me and says “ Ok, go ahead and get completely undressed, including your underwear and socks and put the gown on open in the back. She’ll be in shortly.”

Badgy1

As a child my mother took me up until age 9 then my step mother until 15 I think. It was always take everything off except your underpants and I always wore white briefs back then. I saw several different pediatricians because I moved many times. Most pediatricians came in with their nurse and all pulled my briefs down at some point. A female pediatrician had me lie on the table and her nurse pulled my briefs down and off.

scotty95

When I went to the doctors as a kid because I was unwell then generally they would ask for me to take my shirt off while they stethed me.

Although I never really had a full physical at my doctors when I was younger - that only happened at school - there were a couple of occasions when the doctor wanted to do a more detailed exam and asked my parents to get me to remove all my clothes other than my undies. When I was down to my briefs they checked my height and weight and carried out reflex tests. I also had my lungs, heart and belly listened to and then was asked if I wanted to listen to myself. I enjoyed the sound of my heart beating and my belly gurgling away.