What happens for a first-timer to the OB-GYN?

Question

I am 17 and Im going to the ob-gyn for the first time in like 2-3 weeks. Im nervous bc i dont like showing anyone, not even my family or friends, my parts, like even my stomach...so yea. Please let me know what they do..thanks

its a girl doctor

Answer 1

I used to work ina OB-GYN office, and you need not worry. Every one is a litle nervous their first time to docter. When you first get there, you will be asked to fill out a past medical history form. Then when it is your turn you will be called to the back. They will most likely take your weight and blood pressure, and some offices will require you to urinate in a cup to take a pregnancy test even if you arenot sexually active. This is to ensure that they don't put you on any medicine that would potentially hurt you or your baby ( and some people don't own up to being sexually active, and the doctors must protect their license). Then a nurse or an assistant will go over your medical history with you, and ask you some other questions including things like, when was your last period, do you have pain with you preiod, do you normally bleed really heavy or light, things of that nature. Some doctors will then come and meet you adn introduce themselves before they adk you to get undressed, but not always, evey doc is different. After the nurse will step out of the room and ask you to get undressed. You will need to get completely undressed, that means everythng. (you can keep your socks on) You will put on a paper gown with the opening facing forward, and have a seat on the table and put the drape across your lap. Then you wait. When the doctor comes in he/she will do a breat exam, one breast at a time, and then cover you back up. Then you will be asked to move down to the end of the table and put your feet in the stirrups. the best advice is just to relax. I know it is easier said than done,but if you relax your legs wide open the pap smear only takes about 30 seconds to do. The doctor will insert the speculum into your vagina, he/she will use a small paddle and a small brush ( looks like an eyebrow brush) to take a specimin from you. If you opt to have any cultures done, they will use a q-tip to roll in your vagina. you really wont feel anything except when they insert the speculum, and like I said the more you relax the less you will feel. Hope this helps you.
it you have any questions call you doc's office they will be happy to answer any thing.

Answer 2

This is coming from someone that is shy as well. What they do is ask you questions about your sexual history (i.e. partners, number of times, how many periods, last start date, last end date) then the oby/gyn will leave the room so that you can get dressed into a hospital gown.
There is a table that you will have to lie down on for the breast exam and the pap smear. If you have not have a small vagina the pap smear will hurt more. You can ask for a smaller specula. Yes they do come in different sizes. Almost always they will exam the breast first. This is very simple. They will start at the nipple and work outward aplying a little preasure. This is to ensure there are no lumps that could possibly be cancerous.
The pap smear will be next. Let your gyn know that you are nervous and have her tell you what she is doing (this got me through mine. It really helps you understand better what is going on as well). There will be two parts to your pap smear. The first part will be an exam where the specula will be placed inside of your vaginal cavity. It will then be spread to allow the doctor to fully view everything so they can make sure there are no tears, cuts, infections, ect. The next part they will take a swab of the lining of your cirvix. This is to test for stds, cancers, and any abnormalities. After this the gyn will leave once a gain to give you time to redress. S/he will come back in and discuss birth control methoods with you and then you will be able to leave.

Just remember to stay calm. If you tense up it will hurt a lot more than if you are relaxed.

Answer 3

The exam is simple you can choose your own doctor you may feel more comfortable with a women than a man. After the nurse takes your weight, takes your tempter and blood pressure. You may have a little wait before seeing the doctor. Once you are called you are taken into the examination room and given a gown and asked to remove your clothes. After the doctor enters the room there should be a nurse in the room with you while the doctor examine you s/he will insert clamps in your vagina and then open the clamps that they can exam you. the doctor will take a pap smear to check for cancer the item used looks like a Q-tip. Remember to let the doctor check for HPV. because at your age they now have something that can help prevent this virus. It is really a simple exam but a very needed exam yearly. If you are not comfortable take someone with you, and ask questions.

Answer 4

They are usually really comforting and try to make you feel like you have as much privacy as you possibly can being naked in a strange room. Well you won't be naked, you'll have the paper smocks they give you, but that's it.

When the doctor comes in you'll get breast exam which is when the doctor will feels you up to check for lumps. Next, you'll probably get a pap smear which is where they lay you down, spread your legs and swab out your vagina with a ginormous Q-tip. It's very uncomfortable even if you've had it done before.

All of this is necessary to see if you possibly have breast cancer and/or cervical cancer. Both are very bad things to get and you're gonna want to get exams once a year. After it's all said and done the ends justifies the means. You have to have this stuff done for your health. I hope this helped a little. :)

Answer 5

You will have to undress all the way and sit on the table with paper things covering you. Then the doctor will have you put your feet it stirrups, this will make you spread your legs kind of wide. Then she will put this big metal thing in you that looks like duck lips and she will make it open your cervix and vaginal wall open. She will then take sample swabs of cevical cells. Then she will take it out and put her fingers in and feel your overies. Lastly she will do a breast exam and then you will be done. A few weeks later the office will either call you or mail you your results from the swabs she took. Don't be scared to show your privates to them, they see it everyday and they wont think twice about it.

Answer 6

I'm not going to lie...it's very uncomfortable. You have to get completely nude and put on a robe or something that opens in the front (mine looked like a vest made out of paper towel). They make you lay on the table and "scoot your butt down...all the way now" with your feet in stirrups. They then "examine" you. The put really cold forceps inside you and spread you apart. They take something that looks like a mascara wand and stick it inside you and twist it around to "scrape your cells". This is after they put about a half bottle of ky jelly in you. Sometimes they'll stick their finger in your bum too. (I never had that, thank God). They will also do a breast exam. Once it's all said and done they leave the room and you get dressed. It's very uncomfortable but we all have to do it. It's very important for your female health. Then you don't have to worry about it for about a year again. It sucks, but you'll be ok I promise. They have seen every kind of body/parts there is to see...it's nothing new to them, it's their job. Hope I helped...I gave you the honest truth.

Answer 7

You lay on a cold table with a paper shirt on. They touch your breasts to check for lumps and usually have a cute poster for you to look at on the ceiling.
Then they put your feet in the stirrups and spread 'em wide. The dr. should have a glove on. They take a metal thing that they insert into you and it spreads you more. It kind of hurts. They poke around in there and swab it with a long q-tip and some wet stuff. Then they un-screw the metal thing out of you and you get dressed.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

It's not great...but doesn't take very long. You can expect to have the doctor use their fingers to check the vagina area and do a pap smear for cancer. Not too awful. I can't speak for others, but I never get comfortable with it? Is the doctor female?

Answer 10

well usually the first time they just talk to you and ask lots of questions. but its not too bad the worst part i think is the pap smear. but its done in like 5 minutes so no worries. good luck