men obgyns

[searra]

I was just curious on how other women feel about having a man obgyn and how do your husbands feel? My husband HATES it!! In his mind he believes a man is still a man.

[Cyn_henderson]

My first appointment was by far the most awkwardest appointment. I live on camp Pendleton an it's the navy that runs the hospital. The doctors don't wear scrubs. Some do cause they're civilians the others are in their camis. The person examining me was at least 6 ft, his hands were huge, which freaken hurt, he was in his camis an his partner was a guy about maybe 2 years older than me. He was training but in his camis an he looked.awkward which made me feel awakard! Of course my husband was in the room an he was uncomfortable an he saw all the discomfort i was going through. He didn't like the guys for me an neither did i. But now i have a woman. She's still in uniform but she's friendly an by far one of the funniest doctors I've ever had

[searra]

I guess your right maxeymom I never thought about it like that lol .

[maxeymom]

I will only have a male dont have any specific reason but feel much more comfortable with it. My husband rather me have a male too. Your husband has to think that that is his job and he has seen hundruds and seen really gross ones and to him it isnt any dif from a roofer seeing a roof every day. If anything you would think that line of work would make him gay. Just imagine what all they see eew

[ladii_keya]

I'm only 19 & I've been seeing a gyn since 16 .. My first was a man & I actually loved him ! He culd tell I was uncomfortable so he wuld joke around with me & my mom .. I moved & my new obgyn is a guy .. Took some time to warm up to him but he's actually very nice & I like him a lot .. He will be delivering my daughter any day now

[searra]

man thats so crazy I figured alot more women wouldnt be comfortable..yall must have good experiances with your doctors , I feel much more comfortable with a women, but at the same time when I have had women they do kinda act ruder with questions like nothings a big deal. And men docs give more info.

[jwilliams81]

I personally prefer a woman doc due to some negative Dr experiences when I was a child. I stopped going to the doc cuz I was so afraid of them. At my middle school physical they took my bp and refused to continue cuz it was so high. I finally found a doc I liked but still never saw a gyn until after I was already preg with my first. My doc now is awesome. My hubby doesn't care he's very uncomfortable with the whole pregnancy thing already.

[tarrah87]

i have a high risk obgyn, and my regular obgyn, both are men and my husband doesn't have a problem at all. he see's it as he is just doing his job, and doesn't bother me any.

[mrsnelson2010]

I also have to agree..im uncomfortable at the gyn anyways! I feel awkward having my junk in somebodys face...especially when theres 3 other people in the room..lol.

[mrsnelson2010]

I personally do not care for women gyns...they are rough and rude normally. Whereas men are more gentle and seem to be more understanding. That being said- my husband HATES me seeing a male gyn. He sees it as a male is a male. Dr or not and it makes him uncomfortable when theres a male DOCTOR doing an exam. I tried to explain to him that hes a dr..hes not getting off with his hands and medical instruments in my vag..of course it didnt help...

[BeautiiBetty]

I have a male ob he's been my ob for 10 years I love him he answers all my questions he's very smart I have a 7yo and I'm 19w with #2 he'll be delivering.  

[stephaniep161]

I have a man obgyn and he has been for my 1st and now my second baby at 1st it was a lil weird but anyone seeing me down there tmi is... my bf is there and he says nothing about i have gotten used to it now .. my doctor is really good!

[bb2luv]

I have a,man Dr and he,is great. Very professional. My hubby always goes in with me so he doesn't mind it at all. He was my Dr with my 1st 8 years ago thats why I decided 2 go 2 him again

[searra]

Yeah he is when he gets uncomfortable. Thats always my first choice is to get a unattactive older women. I even google the docs to see them first. but besides that hes a salesman so he knows what he THINKS breaks the ice.

[celq6706]

my first dr. was a male and it was awkward at first and then i got used to it lol but now i have a female dr. it feels super super weird ... i would perfer to have a male dr. than a female dr. but I figure since they are dr.'s they have probably seen every type color shape and size there is and its their job so male or female someone's gotta do it

[zazehr]

Honestly he sounds a bit immature. Those comments would seriously **** me off. Your having a baby its not crude humor time. Maybe he would handle things better if you had an old unattractive women for a doc.

[searra]

I guess either way its going to be awkward if I get a man my hubbie will be upset. If I get a women hes gona crack jokes when I delivered he told all the nurses aswell when I delivered man I never seen so many women around one ****. I was mortified but I guess its his way of being comfortable. And the nurses always get a kick out of him.

[ftm2013]

I've had both before and since being pregnant I honestly up until I met my midwife (woman) I was way more comfortable with a male doctor with my experience the male doctors seemed to really listen to my concerns and was more gentle. The woman doctors tended to make me feel stupid if I asked a question and I guess was a little rougher with my vajayjay. I love my midwife tho however if we decide on another baby I have to admit I will probably switch to someone else just because she acts like all my concerns are normal and really don't explain a whole lot.......my concerns may be normal but this is my first pregnancy so nothing is normal to me at this point. My husband don't care as long as I'm comfortable but that might be because he is so uncomfortable with everything to do with down there right now anyway. Lol

[zazehr]

My boyfriend is a bit weirded out by me having a male Dr but bottom line is that he is an excellent obgyn and for that reason we r both happy. Like smjmekg said..they see vaginas all day everyday..it can't be to thrilling lol

[searra]

Mu husband and I argue ovet this topic all the time. He pleads that there is no way in hell a straight isnt thinking thimgs when he checks women. Lol idk my hubbie wont even go in the room or shake yhr docs hand but if it was the other way around I probably would get a little upsey too. My husband has a crude since of humor last time I haf a female she was pretty and she had yo check me he joked with the doc and said " well im going to sit right here" with a perverted grin! I was soo embarrassed but my doc just laughed and said well ill make sure you stay covered. Lol

[hoping43]

Ok. This is just me.... What does it matter man or woman? Its still some stranger seeing and feeling down there. Thats like saying its ok tp cheat with a woman ratger than a man. Maybe im just wierd but thats me. Im uncomfortable with either. My hub says he doesn't like being in there when they do it. Makes him feel wierd. lol

[butterflybaby28]

This is my 3 rd baby and 4th pregnancy! For my first I had a male Dr bc it just seemed right he had delivered both me and my sister.. however I didn't like the practice that he was in bc at around 34 weeks you start seeing all the other drs there bc ur Dr will only deliver if its his "turn" that I was uncomfortable with... so with my 2nd I live in a different town so I found a Dr locally instead of going the 30 mins to the other Dr.. this new one happened to be the best ob Dr I have had she was a women, very knowledgeable and told me there were only a few times she didn't deliver a baby she was supposed to so I was able to see her the entire time however she has closed her practice in my home town bc she moved further away... I am currently seeing a male Dr and I love him he knows what hes doing he has a sense of humor and even takes time to get to know u and your family and is helping me through the situation of my finace not being here... he was also the Dr for the pregnancy that I lost... so he has been great... my finance has met him since he was the Dr last time but sadly hasn't been at any appts and may not be at all :( but he hasn't been uncomfortable with the Dr being man at all....

[rachb11]

My ob is a man. I mean i tried to get a woman but she ended up moving to Texas. But my ob is really nice and professional. My hubs is usually with me and a female nurse usually assists him when I'm getting checked cause I'm 38w. But even is it was just me and him I'd probably still feel comfortable.

[maybaby19]

It really depends. I started out with a man Dr and he just kinda creeped me out and my husband heard some nasty things about him from his boss so I switched to the female. But when I went to the er, I had the coolest male Dr! He was awesome and if he wasnt in the er I would have switched to him. It really just depends on you and your man. If yall get a weird vibe off him, I suggest you leave. You dont want your Childs birth to be awkward or end up in a fight...

[Chatybaby]

I have a female one but had to see a man when I had some spotting. My boyfriend went with me and stayed in the room. I didnt like that I had to see a man but at that point we were more concerned about the baby.