bleeding during menopause

[margesimpson40]

have been sent for a transvaginal scan, went last week, the radiographer was female and there was another one present who stood at my head, was wearing a gown too. my question is, before she entered the area, she stroked the area a few times, i get it was probably to make sure it wasnt painful but i found it awkward and had to bite me tongue, so as not to ask her wtf she was doing.

Might you want to consider changing your subject line (through asking MNHQ)?

I get the feeling this is more about suggested sexual assault than the actual odd bleeding you had.

Do you want to say in more detail what actually happened? (I've had loads of those scans by the way, all male drs and don't recognise what happened to you.)

The normal procedure is to make sure you are comfortable, and then coat the 'wand' with a lot of lubricating gel and gently place it inside you, a few inches. They usually say speak up if it's uncomfortable.

Did she touch your vagina with her hand or the 'wand' (I know that's not the technical name for it.)

Did you feel it was unprofessional?

@margesimpson40 Just checking you are okay? :)

Your experience does sound a bit odd and if you feel it was too, you might want to talk to your GP about it.

'Stroking' your vulva or vagina is not usual.

I hope she used the scanner for that rather than her hand. Though even that way, it sounds well out of order, never happened to me when had one. It's possible she hasn't considered her technique breaks boundaries, in which case, she needs telling before she ruins her career/people's lives. I'd find a way to give feedback to her superiors if possible, to stop this happening to anyone else.

If in UK, can access PALS ( patient advice liaison service) every hospital should have one. At the very least they should be able to feed back and explain what, why and how this happened. It's their job to investigate complaints.

Im ok jingle thank you x

Struggling how best 2 describe it ... she was a bit stroky on the outside with the wand ... Its probably just me but I felt instantly uncomfortable but just couldnt say anything, its probably just how its done, have had one b4 but that was 20 years ago.

@margesimpson40 I've had around a dozen of these in as many years (some were close together ).

Never ever had anything like you describe.

The drs just 'went for it' and hit the spot straight away.

I'm sorry it made you feel uncomfortable. It's up to you what you do , but it sounds as if she has a weird technique or ??? Who knows.
But IME it's not how it's done.

im never backward in coming forward normally, but in this case im just letting it go. hysteroscopy on tuesday all my bloods have been good, so im not too worried, thank you everyone xx