Internal examination to confirm a pg?

[3Rainbows]

Is there such a thing? Or is the girl in question telling more porkie pies! Advice & Info needed pls.thanks.x

[sleepy1]

i had one when i was preg i thought it was odd just thought the male doc wanted to get hes fingers in me .......... dirty old man

[dot.hawkes]

Post graduates usually rely on the diploma they recieve at the graduation ceremony . I don't know who would be able to confirm their staus unless you asked the university. What did they graduate in? Not obstetrics like you i can tell.

[3Rainbows]

but was it to confirm your pg? She hasnt had any booking in appt or scans so is supposidly(sp?) 6-8 weeks?

[bigmamma]

Along with other tests , such as urine and blood , the Doctor often does an internal in order to feel the state of the cervix and the size of the uterus.

[dot.hawkes]

supposedly (correct)

[dot.hawkes]

is there some new language of abbreviations that has simply by passed my consciousness?

[3Rainbows]

Very witty doc but not at all helpful. The girl in question had an abortion 8 weeks ago at 19 weeks pg then with in weeks claimed to be pg again. She said a test came back positive. However 3 tests since all gave negative results. Still claiming she is pg she said she went to the doctors and he performed an internal examination and confirmed her pg? I have never heard of this however appreciate internals can be done further along in the pg.

[Pippa68]

I never had one. My mum tells me they used to do it years ago as routine, though.

[Redbel]

I'm in agreement with mamma.....I had one.....think I was 5months pregnant at the time...along with the urine and blood tests.

[3Rainbows]

Not that I need to explain myself to you but I will! I regularly post on a mother and baby website and it is just a commonly used abbreviation for the word pregnant or pregnancy. So no I wasn't being lazy just something I'm used to doing. And clearly it is obvious what i'm referring to so why the need to get your 10p's worth???

[B00]

To get back to the initial question.......

I was never given an examination, internal or otherwise (!) throughout my pregnancy, and that was only 3 years ago. I really can't see many doctors, especially male ones, willing to do that.

[ELVIS68]

You just can`t trust doctors these days, I had an internal examination......I only went there for a bad back...it did the trick tho