Your First Pelvic Exam
 

1. Your First Pelvic Exam

 

This is an anonymous survey for women and their experience with their first pelvic exam. Please take a few moments to share your experience. For more information check out firstpelvicexam.com

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1. How old were you when you had your first pelvic exam?

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2. What country do you live in?

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3. Was there a specific reason you had your first pelvic exam?

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4. Who accompanied you to your first pelvic exam?

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5. How best describes your emotions that day

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6. Were you examined by a male or female

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7. If you were examined by a male, how did you feel about it

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8. When you were first taken back to the exam room:

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9. When you were told to undress, were you given privacy to do that?

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10. When you were told to undress were you:

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11. Since this was your first pelvic exam it was expected that you would have to undress. Had you been required to undress for any previous physical exams?

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12. When the doctor came in was he or she accompanied by a nurse?

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13. Even though this was your first pelvic exam, had you seen this doctor before? If yes, what for?

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14. How did you feel about the doctor that was going to examine you?

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15. Did the doctor take time to explain things to you?

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16. What things did the doctor do?

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17. If the doctor did a rectal exam, did you know it was going to happen?

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18. If your rectal exam wasn't done while you were in the stirrups, how was it done?

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19. What was the most embarrassing aspect of your first pelvic exam?

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20. How did you feel after your exam was over?

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21. Please take a few moments and describe what happened during your first pelvic exam.