Is it awkward to meet a male doctor in obstetrics?

It won't be too embarrassing to see a male gynecologist, as long as it doesn't involve private parts.

This second child, my obstetrician is a male doctor, careful, patient, responsible, and a good doctor. Usually, if there is an operation in obstetrics, he will also participate. Sometimes he happens to be out of the clinic, so he helps me change to a female doctor. In contrast, male doctors will be more patient and careful in their work. I had a B-ultrasound examination in the third trimester, but I didn't get all the reports. Didn't remind me that some reports won't come out for 3-5 days, and the female doctor didn't remind me. It was not until two weeks later that the attending doctor checked and found that four or five reports were missing, so I quickly went to get them. Fortunately, the result is good.

I don't know if you have seen Jerry and Li XiaoLu's TV series "Obstetrician", which tells the hardships of many male obstetricians and gynecologists in their medical career. In the face of patients' doubts, we must bear the strange eyes of others and stick to our posts. How hard it is.

For those patients who are particularly concerned about being examined by doctors of the opposite sex, this paper puts forward some practical suggestions.

1. Departments that may encounter similar embarrassment include but are not limited to: obstetrics and gynecology, dermatology, urology, breast surgery, anorectal surgery; Possible scenarios include, but are not limited to, breast and gynecological ultrasound, colonoscopy and colposcopy, electrocardiogram, chest radiograph and surgery. Be prepared for these situations.

2. When hanging the expert number, you can search the gender of the expert; Find a triage nurse on the day of the clinic and ask her to triage you to a doctor of the same sex.

3. It is unrealistic to ask the doctor to leave his clinic if he forgets the sex problem in advance and feels inconvenient during the examination. You can leave the clinic and ask the triage nurse to change to a doctor of the same sex.

4. The doctor of the opposite sex needs a third party of the same sex (medical staff and their families can be present). (It is stipulated in the Law on Medical Practitioners).