Ladies only - guys beware!

[Benzgirl]

Three of my cousins -- all male -- are OBGYNs. I wouldn't hesitate to go to any of them, if they lived near me. Unfortunately, they all live over 1500 miles away.

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Three of my cousins -- all male -- are OBGYNs. I wouldn't hesitate to go to any of them...

Wow. Really?

I would be completely uncomfortable with a family member as my OB/GYN.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

Wow. Really?

I would be completely uncomfortable with a family member as my OB/GYN.

Me, too! My roomie finished her OB/GYN rotation with an intern she liked, and I've been with her ever since. I learned the hard way to NEVER recommend a good doctor - now, it's almost impossible to get an appointment!

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

Wow. Really?

I would be completely uncomfortable with a family member as my OB/GYN.

Two of them are brothers. One delivered his brother's baby (sister-in-law was a doctor too). I guess we aren't that modest.

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Two of them are brothers. One delivered his brother's baby (sister-in-law was a doctor too). I guess we aren't that modest.

This is going to sound crazy, but I think I could be (mostly) comfortable having a family member deliver a baby... but for yearly check-ups (and for that matter, for the check-ups throughout pregnancy), not so much. Having given birth twice now, I'm pretty much of the opinion that there's no room for modesty when it comes to delivery. That's just part of childbirth. But, I don't feel the same way about check-ups.

I think it must have something to do with all the hormones/adrenaline/etc... of childbirth. Or maybe it's because hubby is there during childbirth (and not check-ups). I dunno.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

Or maybe it's because hubby is there during childbirth (and not check-ups).

I had a c-section and I could NOT have my husband there for that. I don't know why, I just wouldn't have felt comfortable with him seeing INSIDE my uterus. Plus, he about passed out when they drew blood at my first appointment, so I think that would have put him in shock.

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

This is going to sound crazy, but I think I could be (mostly) comfortable having a family member deliver a baby... but for yearly check-ups (and for that matter, for the check-ups throughout pregnancy), not so much. Having given birth twice now, I'm pretty much of the opinion that there's no room for modesty when it comes to delivery. That's just part of childbirth. But, I don't feel the same way about check-ups.

I think it must have something to do with all the hormones/adrenaline/etc... of childbirth. Or maybe it's because hubby is there during childbirth (and not check-ups). I dunno.

I agree that you lose all modesty during childbirth. In fact I remember them asking if a student EMT group could observe when I had #2. At the point the entire USC marching band could have been in the room and I would have been fine with it as long as they were all random people. But for some reason I would have been weirded out with family members being there.

[WVU alpha phi]

My friend's dad is an gynocologist and his mom and sisters all go to him. I absolutely can not imagine my dad doing my yearly checkup- and what if you get a positive STD test or something like that back? That would be a little awkward at the dinner table.