{"id":6430,"date":"2024-04-26T05:04:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T05:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sometimesraw.com\/?p=6430"},"modified":"2024-04-26T08:08:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T08:08:11","slug":"compendium-of-weirdness-at-the-gynecologists-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sometimesraw.com\/?p=6430","title":{"rendered":".Compendium of Weirdness … at the Gynecologist’s."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Going to the gyno is a necessary part of staying on top of your health\u2026but it\u2019s not exactly what I\u2019d call fun. Besides the obvious, \u201cWow, I\u00a0really<\/em>\u00a0don\u2019t wanna be here,\u201d there are so many things buzzing through my head on a trip to the\u00a0torture chamber<\/s>\u00a0gynecologist\u2019s office. In addition to the stream-of-consciousness above, here are some of the most common thoughts I\u2019ve had before, during, and after getting spread eagle in the name of modern preventative care. I bet you can relate. Please share your comments below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. \u2018This waiting room needs a serious upgrade.\u2019<\/strong>
With\u00a0Parents<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Good Housekeeping<\/em>\u00a0being the only reading material lying around the ob-gyn\u2019s office, it always feels like you\u2019ve slipped into a time warp. What year is it, and do they realize women can vote now? Also, we\u2019re about to strip and have a foreign object placed between our legs; perhaps they could spring for some comfier chairs? And post-appointment lollipops, please\u2014we earned at least one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. \u2018I\u2019ve never felt so cold or so vulnerable (except last year when I was here).\u2019<\/strong>
That moment when you\u2019re pants-less waiting on the doctor, staring down the straps of the stirrups you\u2019re about to prop your feet in? That\u2019s real womanhood right there. Also, can they maybe keep the temp at a comfortable 28 to 30 degrees? We\u2019re half-naked up in here.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. \u2018I don\u2019t want that thing anywhere near my va-jay-jay.\u2019<\/strong>
One look at that IUD applicator will send a shiver up your spine. Getting an eyeful of various other metal and\/or plastic instruments while waiting for the doctor to arrive is very, very anxiety-provoking, to say the least.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. \u2018Why are there so,\u00a0so<\/em>\u00a0many questions?\u2019<\/strong>
What was the date of your last period? How many drinks do you have a week? Do you smoke? How many sexual partners have you had last year? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood?<\/em>\u00a0It\u2019s like meeting with the damn Spanish Inquisition once a year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. \u2018Please keep the small talk to before and after insertion.\u2019<\/strong>
We don\u2019t mind giving you an update on our families, jobs, pets, and love lives, but we\u2019d rather not do that sort of chatting when you\u2019ve got a special vagina tool and a flashlight halfway up our cervix. In terms of verbal communication during this time, just an update on when it will all be over will suffice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. \u2018How\u2019s my scent?\u2019<\/strong>
Admit it: You know they\u2019re probably immune to every possible funky lady fume at this point but you still want to, you know, keep it fresh, if at all possible. You showered prior to the appointment, but anything can happen between home and this ovary inspection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. \u2018What if my butt crack is hiding one of these weird stray hairs that get trapped there during the shower?\u2019<\/strong>
This pretty much speaks for itself. Same worry goes for a lint ball from our pants or a piece of toilet paper still hanging on for dear life. We don\u2019t want anyone to actually\u00a0know<\/em>\u00a0that happens\u2026even though it can happen to anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. \u2018I vow, yet again, to start doing breast self-exams at home.\u2019<\/strong>
As the physician gropes your boobs to make sure everything\u2019s all clear, you remember that you learned how to check your own breasts in middle school health class. You should know every lump, bump, freckle and dent by now. You promise to start feeling yourself up at least once a week from here on out. (Do you know what type of boobs you have?)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. \u2018You want me to take my urine sample\u00a0where<\/em>?\u2019<\/strong>
Doctors who don\u2019t have a cabinet in the bathroom for you to deposit a urine sample but instead make you walk down a public hallway CARRYING YOUR OWN PEE really need to get their sh*t together. What are we, cavewomen? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More terrifying gyno-office-thoughts: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please don\u2019t make me go on the scale! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is there anything more mortifying than stirrups? You know, those thingies you put your feet on on a gyno chair!! Who invented these things? Probably some old guy who hates women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relax? He wants me to relax! Take my clothes off behind the curtains to be completely naked with legs spread wide open in front of him! Relax??? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this speculum\u2026 it is always so cold. I hate this part. It will all be over soon. Let\u2019s count the tiles on the ceiling. Let\u2019s count anything. Don\u2019t even think what is happening right now. Is it me or is it really hot in here? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wonder how many vaginas he has seen this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men have no idea what we need to go through! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, run, if these songs are playing in your gyno\u2019s office waiting room: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sum 41: \u201cIn Too Deep\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Madonna: \u201cInto the Groove\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom Jones: \u201cWhat\u2019s New Pussycat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salt-N-Pepa: \u201cPush It\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No Doubt: \u201cSpiderwebs\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Halen: \u201cFire in the Hole\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MC Hammer: \u201cCan\u2019t Touch This\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: \u201cInto the Great Wide Open\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guns N\u2019 Roses: \u201cWelcome to the Jungle\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Mayer: \u201cYour Body Is a Wonderland\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weird Al Yankovic: \u201cEat It\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rolling Stones: \u201cUnder My Thumb\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Police: \u201cWrapped Around Your Finger\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Petula Clark: \u201cDowntown\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sean Mendes: \u201cStitches\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taylor Swift: \u201cBad Blood\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anything by The Flaming Lips<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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