Consult with the obstetrician and gynaecology is a very personal experience and can cause a feeling uneasy. Imagine if you have to lift both feet on the footrest on the examination chair, let the doctor inserts a speculum into the vagina to see your uterus, wiping mucus with a spatula, and answer the questions of personal nature, such as when last having sex with their husbands, or how Your menstrual cycle. Moreover, not just the monopoly of OBGYN doctors pregnant mothers. Single women who experience vaginal discharge problems, for example, would have to see a gynaecologist.
“At first I was also embarrassed when I first checked, but my doctor said, ‘Ma’am, I’ve seen thousands of the vagina, from which good shape until that is not good’. Finally, I would not hesitate anymore,” said Andien (29, not his real name), who was grateful for his chosen senior doctor managed to save her fetus.
Retha (32, also not her real name) claimed to feel more comfortable when expressing abortion health issues with female doctors, and therefore he was not too embarrassed by physical examination. He felt very exposed physically, already under the patient’s body so there is usually a paper towel to prevent any littering the place to check. “If the woman’s doctor has given way to understand what we experience every month, or when there is something wrong with baseball,” he said.
Not only the patients who felt discomfort faced male doctors. Many also are not willing husband if his wife had to undress in front of male doctors. “A scientific doctor, he remains a man,” as the reason one man.
Not a problem man or woman
Reluctance to consult male doctors are also experienced by women in other parts of the world. According to a survey conducted by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (ACOG), as much as 47 percent of women prefer a female doctor, 37 percent had no particular choice (ie, the same man or woman), and only 15 percent who would prefer male doctors . » Read more..
