Ladies, Sitting On The Exam Table Topless Or Naked

Nope. never had that happen to me at least

No, that has never happened to me. Pregnant or not I was always asked to undress and put on a gown. The doctor has plenty of access to do whatever needs to be done without compromising my modesty. For me, I just can imagine otherwise.

When I went in for my first gyno exam, the nurse brought something in (before I was on the table) and didn't shut the door completely -- the door between the doctor's room and the nurse's room. Not a whole hallway will see you that way, but there are patients coming in either to get a prescription or something or waiting for the doctor so they can see inside if the door isn't shut properly. I was a young scared teenager in the stirrups in a most dreaded position about to receive a major invasion of my body and didn't dare to say a word about the door. Luckily the doctor saw my worried looking at the door and went close it so I don't think anyone saw anything.

It hasn't happened to me. I am always told to put a gown on. If they ever do not offer me one...I would be sure to ask them to get me one.

I have always been offered a gown without fail. The time that doctor's staff forgets will be the last time I'll go there, too.

I can only say that once in late 70s, when I was 31, I had an Austrian, old school, type doctor, who examined me nude except for panties, no drape, and no chaperone. His office was set up like the medical offices of the 50s as I recall them, which were set up in a European manner...i.e. outer office where a single nurse sat at a desk and answered phone, greeted pts and filed, etc. She only occasionally went i to the next room which was the consulting/exam rm to tell pt to disrobe down to panties or shorts or to weigh and measure you or give injections. As a child up to 12 when breasts were developing, there was no drape. When the breasts began to be noticeable, you kept on panties and you were given a plain white towel that covered only your breasts. The doctor would ask you to lie down first and would pull towel down to waist to listen to your chest. He would inspect your breasts and note their development but did not touch them other than moving around the stethescope over them to listen to your heart. He would still pull down your panties though to check your genital development. Once you got to be 18 and older, your breasts were examined manually. That was when you were handed a drape plus the towel. However, in the 70s things began to change and the chaperone was nearly always present if your panties were removed though not nec if you were nude waist up only. This is pretty much the way it is today, although I have had several exams, completely nude done by male doctors or female nurse practitioners without a chaperone...prob because I am a nurse and have been familiar with my examiners.

Addenda to my reply ... I did NOT feel consternation as I sat on the exam couch (it was a couch not an exam table either, complete with leather top), rather, I was turned on in anticipation of his stethescope on my chest. BTW, he so looked the part of the Austrian Empire doc with his salt and pepper hair and closely trimmef beard and frock coat.....and this was 1978 New Orleans!

Always have been given a gown. I would not stay in that office if I wasn't given one.

I must reiterate, I think to examine a male or female patient without a gown or drape is totally creepy. I would never do it. I would also never perform an intimate exam of a female patient without a chaperone. It's just asking for a world of trouble.

I have always had a gown and only exposed necessary parts during the exam.

I was examined once nude in Spain in the mid 90s. I thought they would give me a sheet or gown, but none was offered. I felt a little vulnerable but i was sick so really just getting to the prescription was my goal. Other than that the gown comes off as it needs to. The dermatologist fully exposes me but only after he has checked non covered parts.

I have always had a gown on while being examined

I had a gown on when I saw my gynecologist for my exam and I exposed bits when it was the right time. But it was fiddly and a nuisance. I must be honest and say I would have preferred to do it naked because it would have been easier and I do not mind being exposed to a man for medical reasons.

I've had to get topless for EKGs and a stress test. It really wasn't all that embarrassing. The tech was a woman and the stress test doctor was a man. Not that big a deal.

In this age of modern healthcare with increased attention to patient modesty, political correctness, changing attitudes and lawsuits the days of sitting topless on an exam table or fully nude are gone. Yes Doctors may still at times have the patients topless or nude but it is changing.

In the 60's, 70's and 80's it was common for GP's in the UK to have a woman fully nude under a sheet for any gynecological exam without a chaperone being present. I know a few that had a similar experience when they registered with a GP. At present you only need to remove clothes necessary for the exam with a chaperone present for any intimate exam of a female patient or more increasingly a male patient.

As liquidsky states:

I must reiterate, I think to examine a male or female patient without a gown or drape is totally creepy. I would never do it. I would also never perform an intimate exam of a female patient without a chaperone. It's just asking for a world of trouble.

From personal experience I will add that I try to ensure that the patient's modesty is maintained even if they are not concerned, for example when people are critically ill and have high temps is a job keeping them covered with a gown , same goes for confused or disorientated patients.

I would not want to worry my gynecologist, Rn1993 so I had better keep my gown on when I go to see him next September. The doctor should not be more scared than his patients. Hahaha

I have never been asked to strip naked and wait for the doctor.

Generally because during examination in my country you are fully clothed and only during particular examination you have to disrobe. Even then you are offered some modicum of privacy, for example I had to have a CT scan (or was it resonant magnetic I don't remember) on my knee many years ago, so I had to be seated in my panties and sit through procedure. They offered for me to have a blanket...

But the doctor is always there, they don't make you wait for him/her to come inside. Also during normal examination you just lift your shirt or even your bra out of the way but never remove them completely. Of course during Gyno examination you have to be but again, you keep your clothes on till the last moment and you keep the top of your clothes during examination.

At my last yearly exam I was told to undress to my underwear and then I was given a gown to wait in.

I truly believe that only the part being examined male/female should be exposed. To be totally naked for a whole exam is not correct.

No one should ever be asked to strip nude and wait for a doctor uncovered. It's highly inappropriate and unnecessary. At a minimum, the patient should be asked to keep underwear on and/or provided a gown.