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I was amazed the first time I went to a gynecologist outside of planned parenthood. It didn’t hurt at all. I don’t blame them, they’re often brand new doctors under incredible time and budget constraints, but it does make a difference. I didn’t even go to an expensive gynecologist’s office, I went to the income-scaled local general clinic, but they get a lot more support from insurance and the state than PP.
Are there no female gynecologists?
I would imagine that tolerating the pain was beaten into women for so long that at this point it would be futile to try to change it because they would be shamed and seen as weak.
There was a documented case of a nurse stealing pain medication and injecting women with saline to cover for it and it took years for her to be caught because no one believed the women who said they were in pain. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/podcasts/serial-the-retrievals-yale-fertility-clinic.html&ved=2ahUKEwi1n93Yip2FAxWONlkFHStzA7wQFnoECAUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw23_e6wsBLQ7jybQBvuJOvI
Personally I've had numerous cervical biopsies (as in they cut chunks out of you with the devil's scissors) and the standard of care is no numbing agent or pain medication of any kind. The dr said to give a yell if I was going to faint bc that happens a lot. I asked why I couldn't have something and they were like, 'dunno. We just don't do that'
I’m a guy, so forgive my ignorance for this question: could you not have requested it? And by request, I mean push until they agreed?
They won't agree no matter how hard you push.
