your thoughts on a male OBGYN.....

i have had very bad experiences with female OBGYN's... i have been going to a male OBGYN for about 3 years now & LOVE HIM!!!

everyone thinks i'm crazy when i say i feel more comfortable with a male OBGYN i was interested to hear everyone elses thoughts/preferences....

I think if the doctor is good , it probably should matter of sex. I personally am just more comfortable with a man ... I donno why I have herd quite the opposite though.

Either way I loath the entire experience

ive been to both. I had no problem going to a male gynecologist or else i never would have gone. I was somebody that seriously used to CONSTANTLY change gynecologists, many of them annoyed me about something and i would just get upset and try somebody new.

The first one i used to go to was a man. I changed him simply bc he wouldnt really answer my questions, it was more like OK youre done-NEXT!!!! at first this was fine but one day when i had an important question, i walked out of there with no answer, he kinda just went around in circles. But what made me stop going is that one time my bf at the time came with me to an appointment, while he was out in the waiting room, this lady that worked there was talking out loud about what was on my file, personal stuff and my bf told me what she said. I dont think she should've discussed ANY info of mine out loud like that

Next one also a male, his office was insane, i would get there and there would be no room to sit in the waiting room and i would have to wait in the hallway for 2 hours. He had an attitude problem so didnt like that at all.

Next i went to a woman. She was very nice but one time i did a full culture. She left me a VM saying she had the results so to call her, i got scared that something was wrong bc thats when they call. I called her back and the receptionist kept saying she was busy, i left messages with my number and she didnt get back to me. This went on for days until i finally did get a hold of her and there was nothing wrong. I think she handled that situation badly

Now i go to a female gynecologist. She is absolutely great, really sits and talks to you about things and answers all questions. Makes me feel very comfortable. Ive actually been going to her now for a few years

so for me its not about whether its a male or female its about how they treat me.

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Posted by gemmifer

I think if the doctor is good , it probably should matter of sex. I personally am just more comfortable with a man ... I donno why I have herd quite the opposite though.

Either way I loath the entire experience

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uggg i hear ya!! there is nothing fun about going to the gyno!!

i too have heard that most women prefer a female gyno thats why i posted this b/c i am very interested to see what you ladies say!

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Posted by Espo22

so for me its not about whether its a male or female its about how they treat me.

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yeah i totally agree!!

the first 2 gynos i went to were female & i DID NOT like them at all! one of them would make really inappropriate comments about what my *ahem* insides looked like as she was examining me!!

the second female was soooooo rough with me

OH & ps denise... i went today for the issue i posted about a couple days ago (thats totally what made me think to post this thread) and i ended up only paying $5 for the diflucan (sp?) pill so i totally lucked out!!

the exam however cost me $125

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Posted by TM2008

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Posted by Espo22

so for me its not about whether its a male or female its about how they treat me.

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yeah i totally agree!!

the first 2 gynos i went to were female & i DID NOT like them at all! one of them would make really inappropriate comments about what my *ahem* insides looked like as she was examining me!!

the second female was soooooo rough with me

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thats weird to make inappropriate comments about your insides, too weird infact. What kind of inappropriate? like rude comments or something else lol

uhmmm yeah if someone was rough then thats reason to stop going to them, W** is wrong with them

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Posted by TM2008

OH & ps denise... i went today for the issue i posted about a couple days ago (thats totally what made me think to post this thread) and i ended up only paying $5 for the diflucan (sp?) pill so i totally lucked out!!

the exam however cost me $125

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Good for you, $5 is not bad at all. Glad it worked out

yeah $125 seems to be the norm for a doctors visit. S*cks when you have to pay for it i know, but the diflucan should work so thats something positive.

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Posted by Espo22

thats weird to make inappropriate comments about your insides, too weird infact. What kind of inappropriate? like rude comments or something else lol

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i remember this one time i went to get treated for a yeast infection & she goes 'WOAH you do not want to know how much yeast is covering the inside of your vagina right now'

all i could think was, umm was that statement really necessary?!?!

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Posted by Espo22

Good for you, $5 is not bad at all. Glad it worked out

yeah $125 seems to be the norm for a doctors visit. S*cks when you have to pay for it i know, but the diflucan should work so thats something positive.

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Posted by TM2008

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Posted by Espo22

thats weird to make inappropriate comments about your insides, too weird infact. What kind of inappropriate? like rude comments or something else lol

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i remember this one time i went to get treated for a yeast infection & she goes 'WOAH you do not want to know how much yeast is covering the inside of your vagina right now'

all i could think was, umm was that statement really necessary?!?!

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OMG yeah that is just wrong. My general doctors office used to have a gynecologist came every friday, so i decided to use the gynecologist that would come there, and yeah i had the same thing happen to me, i was like uhmmmm youre a gyno dont you know its like this

one time I had a male doctor bring me in his office and talk to me about my sex life and he wanted a full break down as to how many partners I had

He started to also lecture me about being selective about what partners I might chose in the future Talk about bazaar and uncomfortable. At the time I was about 20 maybe - I got very intimidated by this and when I left I was angry

Needless to say he also told me I had one of the cleanest puchunies he ever saw
WT F.. was that necessary

I knew I would not return to this mad man. Needless to say I got a letter sometime later that is was gone from the practice and they were introducing another doctor and it was time for my yearly exam
I found out later on that he was dimissed from the pratice a patient reported him for sexual advances on her

Funny that I still chose a man after this experience..I think b/c he is pretty quick, gentle and has a wonderful reputation. PROBLEM: Takes over 3 months to get an appointment


ETA:I went to him orginally for a yeast infection when I went back that is when he made that comment to me!!!

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Posted by gemmifer

I knew I would not return to this mad man. Needless to say I got a letter sometime later that is was gone from the practice and they were introducing another doctor and it was time for my yearly exam
I found out later on that he was dimissed from the pratice a patient reported him for sexual advances on her

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OMGGGG that is just crazzzyyyyy!!!!!!

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Posted by gemmifer

one time I had a male doctor bring me in his office and talk to me about my sex life and he wanted a full break down as to how many partners I had

He started to also lecture me about being selective about what partners I might chose in the future Talk about bazaar and uncomfortable. At the time I was about 20 maybe - I got very intimidated by this and when I left I was angry

Needless to say he also told me I had one of the cleanest puchunies he ever saw
WT F.. was that necessary

I knew I would not return to this mad man. Needless to say I got a letter sometime later that is was gone from the practice and they were introducing another doctor and it was time for my yearly exam
I found out later on that he was dimissed from the pratice a patient reported him for sexual advances on her

Funny that I still chose a man after this experience..I think b/c he is pretty quick, gentle and has a wonderful reputation. PROBLEM: Takes over 3 months to get an appointment

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OMG that is horrible, and especially at 20 years old i think you handle things differently and can see why you were intimidated.

Its disgusting how he acted, and wasnt surprised to see he was reported for sexual harassment.

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by gemmifer

one time I had a male doctor bring me in his office and talk to me about my sex life and he wanted a full break down as to how many partners I had

He started to also lecture me about being selective about what partners I might chose in the future Talk about bazaar and uncomfortable. At the time I was about 20 maybe - I got very intimidated by this and when I left I was angry

Needless to say he also told me I had one of the cleanest puchunies he ever saw
WT F.. was that necessary

I knew I would not return to this mad man. Needless to say I got a letter sometime later that is was gone from the practice and they were introducing another doctor and it was time for my yearly exam
I found out later on that he was dimissed from the pratice a patient reported him for sexual advances on her

Funny that I still chose a man after this experience..I think b/c he is pretty quick, gentle and has a wonderful reputation. PROBLEM: Takes over 3 months to get an appointment

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OMG that is horrible, and especially at 20 years old i think you handle things differently and can see why you were intimidated.

Its disgusting how he acted, and wasnt surprised to see he was reported for sexual harassment.

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Yea I had to Edit b/c I realized I forgot to mention the yeast infection issue .. and when I read through your posts on this thread.. It all came back to me about the clean part when I returned.
He was insinuating that my partner or partners might had been dirty .. that gave me the infection. and is the man circumcised I was with .. blah blah..



You know he actually told me to come back with a list of the people I slept with
TRUE STORY .. really.

When I think of this now.. WHAT A TOOL

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Posted by gemmifer

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by gemmifer

one time I had a male doctor bring me in his office and talk to me about my sex life and he wanted a full break down as to how many partners I had

He started to also lecture me about being selective about what partners I might chose in the future Talk about bazaar and uncomfortable. At the time I was about 20 maybe - I got very intimidated by this and when I left I was angry

Needless to say he also told me I had one of the cleanest puchunies he ever saw
WT F.. was that necessary

I knew I would not return to this mad man. Needless to say I got a letter sometime later that is was gone from the practice and they were introducing another doctor and it was time for my yearly exam
I found out later on that he was dimissed from the pratice a patient reported him for sexual advances on her

Funny that I still chose a man after this experience..I think b/c he is pretty quick, gentle and has a wonderful reputation. PROBLEM: Takes over 3 months to get an appointment

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OMG that is horrible, and especially at 20 years old i think you handle things differently and can see why you were intimidated.

Its disgusting how he acted, and wasnt surprised to see he was reported for sexual harassment.

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Yea I had to Edit b/c I realized I forgot to mention the yeast infection issue .. and when I read through your posts on this thread.. It all came back to me about the clean part when I returned.
He was insinuating that my partner or partners might had been dirty .. that gave me the infection. and is the man circumcised I was with .. blah blah..



You know he actually told me to come back with a list of the people I slept with
TRUE STORY .. really.

When I think of this now.. WHAT A TOOL

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wow so glad to hear he is not practicing anymore, there was no reason he needed a list from you. What a moron, does he not know the most common ways to get an yeast infection lol, my friend got one when she was still a virgin.

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Posted by Espo22

wow so glad to hear he is not practicing anymore, there was no reason he needed a list from you. What a moron, does he not know the most common ways to get an yeast infection lol, my friend got one when she was still a virgin.

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I know this.. I even knew it back then. Funny thing is I just walked out of the office embarassed b/c well I did answer him correctly about my current longterm boyfriend at the time.
Let's just say he was off the boat

Still not sure why he wanted a list
so ooo bewildering., like was he gna repremand me or call them
makes NO sense.

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Posted by gemmifer

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Posted by Espo22

wow so glad to hear he is not practicing anymore, there was no reason he needed a list from you. What a moron, does he not know the most common ways to get an yeast infection lol, my friend got one when she was still a virgin.

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I know this.. I even knew it back then. Funny thing is I just walked out of the office embarassed b/c well I did answer him correctly about my current longterm boyfriend at the time.
Let's just say he was off the boat

Still not sure why he wanted a list
so ooo bewildering., like was he gna repremand me or call them
makes NO sense.

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it doesn't make any sense, dont see why he needed a list, probably just for his own sick kicks he got out of it. The only time i was asked about the number of ppl i slept with was when i took an HIV test, and even then they didnt want a list of all the people just wanted to know a number before i took the test.