Male u/s tech

Ok ladies today I was all excited as went to hospital for first scan, am only 5-6 weeks gone so needed an internal u/s. I didnt have the u/s as there was only a male tech on so have been delayed until monday. The male tech was a bit rude when I asked for a female. was wondering what others feelings are as to if its normal to have internal u/s done by a man.  If it was an abdominal one I would not have had an issue  but I feel an internal one should be performed by a female?  Am I wrong?

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Should be performed by a female

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Male o0r female, its the same

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[peekawho]

Do you have a problem with a male physician examining you?  Probably not.

Having said that, he shouldn't have been rude at all.  Its your choice, and if they have a female, and you want one, they should be happy to accomodate you.

[mooboo35]

No I have no pronlem with seeing a male doctor, its just that I feel that for an internal u/s it is very personal and I dont feel comfortable wwith a man

[xx_Louise_xx]

When I had my mc last year, I had an internal scan at 6weeks, and mine was a male gynaecologist! I had no problem with it at all... It's not as if they stare or anything. What exactly made u not want a male doing it? With that being said, it's all about choice! Sure is a bummer they didnt have a female around to do it.

[krichar]

At my RE there are more male doctors then females so you take what you can get. Most of the ultrasounds during fertility treatments are internal so i have overcome my "fear". When i have had u/s at a lab, the tech never went down there so to speak. I was under a sheet and they passed me the wand. In my experiences they are trained to do this job and it isn't a violation of privacy. When i had my embryo transfer my doctor was male and the embryologist was a young not bad looking guy...that was awkward! But it is their jobs. I believe it is what you are comfortable with. In my case if i want treatments i can't be too particular...the waitlist is long enough so I don't even think about it anymore, i have been poked and proded so many times. But if it is out of your comfort level then you have every right to say so!! Where i live if it is a male doctor or u/s tech doing an internal exam, a woman nurse is always present.

[peekawho]

The tech usually does hand you the wand...I've had both male and female techs, and they both did the same thing.  
Neither tech saw my hey-nanoo-nanoo at all.

Good luck with the scan!  

[Destani214]

I have to have a woman doc I know it's silly but I am just not comfortable with any man other than my hubby around that area lol!!!

[jmr76]

I don't have a problem with male Techs/Dr. But it is a very personal thing and if you're not comfortable with that then there should not have been a problem. Pregnancy can be stressful and if that is one aspect you can control then go for it!

[penswriter]

My ob is a man. I've been seeing him as my ob for almost 10 years now. In the office I go to there are six doctors 5 men 1 woman. The only one who has ever been rude to me...the woman.