Stirrups

Are the stirrups in or out when u enter the exam room for your annual exam? Does the dr have to pull them out when its time for the exam?

I've gone with my wife to her appointment twice now. Both times the stirrups were retracted during her initial consultation and exam. Her doctor extended them fully only when it became time for her to put her feet up.

Same here. She doesn't get the knee crutches, only the footrests and they're retracted until needed.

Same here when going with my GF for her exam the stirrups are retracted when it's time for internal exam....

Stirrups are out of sight and retracted. They are opened and put into position by my doctor after she exams my breast.

When I went with my ex to her exams, they were not out. The doctor would finish the breast and abdominal exam and then pull them out and ask her to slide down. As she was scooting down, the doctor was snapping on a pair of gloves.

At my Family Practice doctor, they are tucked away and hidden until it is time for the pelvic, at which point they are pulled out and into place. At my gynecologist, the are extended, ready and waiting when I enter the exam room.

At my girlfriends gynogologist the stirrups are retracted until just before the pelvic exam

At my Gyn office my wife goes to they are extended with the foot covers on them.

I have always wondered about this. Thanks for posting!

From my limited observations, if you have an exam at a GP's they tend to keep the stirrups retracted and pull them out as needed. If yo have an exam at a gyno they tend to keep them out. I suspect it is just a time saver.

Also, generally the other hardware, speculums etc are more put away at a GP's. They are more at arms length at a gyno office.

Again this is a just a generalization derived from my limited observations.

Or in my SO's case, sounds like no stirrups are used. She apparently keeps her feet on the table and opens her knees.

I'm MALE and my doctor breaks out the stirrups or "foot rests" for ALL of my annual exams - ever since I can remeber. I am stripped to my boxers initially, and when it comes time for the genital, rectal and skin cancer portion of the examination, I'm told to remove my boxers, sit down on the exam table and then he pulls out the stirrups as I am sliding into position for the most intimate part of the exam. While I'm adjusting to get more comfortable, I can hear him putting on the exam gloves and preparing the tray with the KY/surgilube. He also positions a light on my genitals as he carefully runs his fingers through all the thick pubic/body hair.

At my old gyno office they always had the stirrups set up when I walked in, now at my new gyno they always position when it's time for my exam down there

They are always out. It is not possible at my gyn to put the stirrups out of the chair.

There have been a couple of times that I recall them being out already when I first walked into the exam room, but the vast majority of the time, they are recessed into the table until it's time for that part of the exam. I suppose the couple of times they were out, they just forgot to push them back in from the previous patient.

At my Internists they are hidden under to table top. At the Ob/Gyn they are out ready and waiting. My best friend says her doctor keeps them out on display so the patients know what is coming for them. Her doctor isn't a gyne and treats both sexes. He keeps them out even for a male patient so they know what their wives and girl friends can expect in that little room.

I use a gynecologist so they are already out when I walk in the exam room.

Depends on the practice. My family doctor keeps them in along with my current GYN, my former GYN kept them out when you walked in the room. It was the facing the door, so it was the first thing you seen when she opened the door. Once you were in the room a curtain was drawn, to block the view.

My GP keeps them hidden under the table and brings them out when they are needed. My GYN has them partially out and adjusts them as needed per each patient.

At my gynecologist, the stirrups seem to be permanently extended in all exam rooms. They're also covered with cloth covers that must be sent from pharmaceutical companies, since they have the names of prescription meds printed or embroidered on them.

I've had pelvic exams done at non gyn offices, and those never have the stirrups extended until they're needed, of course. No cloth covers though, haha.

At my doctor's offices that treat both genders, they are never out. I think that, as a male, entering a room with the stirrups out would cause either severe pucker power or an instant erection.

My GYN leaves them out. If they're not needed or in the way for whatever reason the doctor or nurse will put one away for more maneuverability, but they are usually out at all times. I enjoy it. Even if I'm not expecting any sort of pelvic exam (like an OB visit) It's kind of fun to see them out.

Any time I have accompanied a woman to a gynecology exam the stirrups are always out and ready to go.

But any time I have been to an exam with the family doctor or the GP, the stirrups are nowhere in sight.

At the Gyn's office, stirrups are always out on entering the room.

At wife's GYN they are out and they use fancier exam tables. Ritter 223 hi-lo models, they still use stirrups, no leg rests. We go this Friday so I will see if they have anything new

My doctor has them out if they know they'll be needed, by tucked away for simple appts with no exam.

When I sat in on one of my friends exams they couldn't be tucked away, since they were the kind that were attached to the table and extended high up in the air.

A my usual gyno, the stirrups are always out. I have had to go to a urogynecologist recently. At this office, the stirrups are folded up.

At my wife's old GP they were never out upon entering the room, and they were put away as soon as the pelvic was over. At the women's health center in college they were always out.

I was in the waiting room when she sent these both times.

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I wasn't allowed back at the college center, and her GP wouldn't let me back (and was pretty mean to her about it which is why we won't go back there). We have new insurance and a new doctor with great reviews, and we're having physicals one after the other in August which should be awesome. New doctor is rated very highly.