My first exam was at a gynecologist's office as well, and for the first few years it was the same doctor my mom used to see. Since she came up with the idea of me going for an exam in the first place, I guess it only made seance to her to recommend the same doctor after I final said yes ... well, she wasn't wrong about him being a really good one.
My wife had her first gynecological exam at 16. It was at her mother's gynecologist's and with her mother. He asked her to get naked from the beginning, in the presence of her mother, and then examined her lying down.
Mine was at an OB-GYN's office. It's a group of OB-GYN's and nurse practitioners who all work at this women's health group. I was 16 and going on the pill for birth control.
As I shared in the post about the first exam, I was 16, and my mom took me to hers, in a surprise. It was her Gynecologist, on a side street, in a old fashioned medical building, built for a single clinic
My high school girlfriend’s first exam was at a local community clinic run by the county. She wanted to get on the pill and the clinic gave free exams. We went down together on a Saturday morning. She was so distraught about having a middle eastern, male doctor perform her pelvic exam that we went to Planned Parenthood every year after that...
My first one was for my smear test and it was at my local family planning centre. I got my first smear and manual vaginal examination. I loved it then and ever since.
I wish the Original Poster had added to his question to enquire as to the age at which that first exam took place.
I met my girlfriend 6 years ago at work. Right from the first day we got along and in our disscussion i found out she had never had a pap smear i arranged for it to be done at a clinic and was with her the whole time. She was 28 when her first pap smear was done.
... and was with her the whole time.@BushVBWE can you elaborate how this experience was for you? What did you actually see? How nervous was your girlfriend?
@justme well my girlfriend was very nervous before hand. We had discussed what would happen as well as why it needs to be done. I was in the exam room and saw her undress as well as the exposure of her below the gown and the insertion of the speculum and swob. After the exam my girlfriend was relaxed and turned on.
My first time was at my GP’s office. I’ve written about it fairly extensively. I was much too young (barely pubescent) and to this day I’m still not sure as to why it happened. My mother was present and though I literally begged for her to take me home she didn’t stop it.I was not having health issues, I don’t believe I was developing abnormally. I hadn’t had a period yet but that was well within normal variation and I was super skinny which can cause slower menarche. For a while I assumed it was due to a cousin’s having been molested and my mother fearing I had been a victim as well but I’ve recently learned from that cousin that she didn’t tell until after the date of that exam - so I’m back to WTF was it about? We did change doctors not too long after that but I did have to go see him at least one more time after they incident.
At the gynae clinic at the local hospital. Like Amethyst said above, in the UK you don't usually get a full gynae exam unless you go private or are referred to a gynaecologist on the NHS. Just smear tests by the nurse. I had some issues though so was referred for the full works which I have written about at length.Back in the day I think girls who went on the pill pretty much had to have a compulsory exam done by the gp but this practice has sadly died out. I bet the gps miss it as well!
Office of my GP. Age 11. Reason: extremely painful and heavy menarche with a follow up exam after my period ended. I’ve posted about it.