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male or female OB-GYN?

November 14, 2006


at 33, i have yet to have a pap smear/test.  don't ask me why. the issue just never came up, i guess. or it did but i just always put it on the back burner.

so today, i was ready. i told myself i was just gonna grin and bear it. i was looking at that bed and i said to myself, "he's a doctor. he's seen everything. it won't be too bad."

but it didn't happen. because the hub and i voiced out that we've been wanting to have a baby, our primary care physician said that it would be better if i have all the tests done with my OB-GYN. he gave me a referral and that was that.

fast forward to choosing an OB-GYN. i had three choices: one female and two males. i chose one of the males, as he was recommended to me by one of the hub's nurse friend's wife who gave birth recently.

while most women would feel comfortable with a woman OB-GYN, i, surprisingly, don't share the same sentiment. maybe because the hub himself is a doctor (aside from being a nurse) and he tells me all the time that doctors see everything from a medical point of view and don't care however a certain body part looks. or maybe because I am just really curious about men OB-GYNs.

whatever it is, i've made my choice.

i have two weeks to get ready (again).

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and with all this preoccupation about my pap test, i forgot to ask for my flu shot today.

Posted by theicequeen at 7:05 pm | permalink

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cheers to that! i was already pregnant when i had to see my male OB-GYN and of course, i was reluctant for my husband was the only man who has seen everything. anyway, we had to choose him for he was the best english speaking doctor in the hospital. i did cry after the internal check-up… i felt harrassed and violated. well, my husband wasn’t in his usual comforting self, he was laughing at my reaction. the next time i had to see him (for my second baby), he has to be the one! so, don’t worry… you’re not alone. yes, we do care!

Posted by charm at December 19, 2006, 10:25 pm

harassed and violated? oh, you poor thing. thankfully, my doctor explained everything in detail before the actual pap smear/gyne test. he made sure i was very comfortable with him before he even let me sit on the examination table. and it helped that the hubby was there in the room. it was scary and totally embarrassing, but it was ok, over all.

Posted by theicequeen at December 20, 2006, 4:03 am

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