about to b 38 weeks next wed and my OB wants to do a pelvic exam...im nervous about it so i was wondering if it hurts or not??? what scale would you put it at and what does it feel like???

Ugh, even when not pregnant it is extremely uncomfortable for me. At 38 weeks I'd imagine it be excruciating.

I found it uncomfortable and i kinda wanted to move a bit and kinda went owww. But it wasnt like a pain i couldnt handle, Just very uncomfortable. I dunno. hard to explain.

I'm 37 weeks and last week I had a check and the swab. for some reason it hurt like a SOB! It didnt' hurt with my daughter. I was also 36 weeks with her when they checked me.

A pelvic exam shouldn't really be "painful"... Uncomfortable or awkward yes, but if it hurts, then something is wrong down there, or they are not doing something right!

I cried during mine.

Quoting E.P. Mom:" A pelvic exam shouldn't really be "painful"... Uncomfortable or awkward yes, but if it hurts, then something is wrong down there, or they are not doing something right!"

Some women's pelvic floor muscles are just really tight. My exams are always painful. Sex can be painful too. It sucks but I'm working on it.

Quoting LittleTiger:" Some women's pelvic floor muscles are just really tight. My exams are always painful. Sex can be painful too. It sucks but I'm working on it."

Ouch... I forget other people's pain tolerances are different too, I think mine is pretty high. I was in full blown labor & just sitting there, the nurse checked me and couldn't believe i was 8cm dialated and not screaming at her.

Had one today and it didn't really bother me he was very easythis tie around but I have had it done a couple times due to contractions and it hurt. On a scale of 1-10 I would say about a 2

The first exam will more than likely hurt, but it isn't so bad. I think it's more in your head then actual pain, because I was expecting the most awful pain ever. But now since I know what to expect it's nothing.

For me it depends on who is doing it and whether or not they have short fingers and have to go escavating to find what they are looking for. LOL I have had some that were not uncomfortable at all and some that have made me cry.

Quoting Harleys mommy77:" For me it depends on who is doing it and whether or not they have short fingers and have to go escavating ... [snip!] ... to find what they are looking for. LOL I have had some that were not uncomfortable at all and some that have made me cry. "

yeah its bad enough i gotta get it done by a guy doctor! not looking forward for that

Like a regular pelvic exam or are they checking you for dialation? I had a pelvic exam in the middle of pregnancy, just a swab, it was no big deal. I had my cervix checked last week, it hurt a little and was "a lot of pressure" as the doctor warned, but it was over in like 25 seconds. So no big deal.

Quoting Erin Berlin:" Like a regular pelvic exam or are they checking you for dialation? I had a pelvic exam in the middle ... [snip!] ... week, it hurt a little and was "a lot of pressure" as the doctor warned, but it was over in like 25 seconds. So no big deal."

the OB said cervix exam ill 38 weeks and i already did the swab exam thats the GBS one right?

Well the cervix exam is a little painful, but it's over so fast. I had a guy do mine too. I was at the hospital for a fall last week and so it was a man I had never met before, but it wasn't a big deal. I wouldn't worry about it since it is over so fast.