Today, my doctor asked me to undo my bra so he could check my breathing without the straps restricting my lungs, I got home and told my friends how awkward it was. Not one of them has had this happen to them before. We all go to the same doctor. FML
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Today, my doctor told me to take off my pants so she could do a checkup. When I took them off, she gasped. When I asked what was wrong, she said she was expecting something else. She thought I was a dude. FML
Today, while getting a breast exam for some suspicious lumps, I was lying on the table with my boobs exposed and I learned my doctor is afraid of wasps. I had to chase the wasp out whilst topless. FML
Today, while trying on bras in the changing room, I wanted to see what my friend's bra looked like on her. Not wishing to leave my changing room in my underwear, I wriggled under her door. When I got through, my bra had come nearly all the way down and when I tried getting back, I got stuck. FML
Today, I went to my doctor for a check-up. It started with the doctor lifting my shirt up to check my heartbeat, and ended with my gran starting a fistfight over his "perverted ways." FML
Today, I was at the doctor's getting a pap smear and she asked if it was alright if a doctor in training could come in to observe. I was already laying on the table with my feet in the stirrups, so everything was in plain sight. When the man came in to observe, I looked up to see my brother-in-law. FML
Today, I went to the doctor's because I could feel something solid in my breasts, and I wanted to get it checked, just to be safe. Turns out it was my ribs. Oops. FML
Today, I was at the gynecologist and he was performing a routine check-up. He was a new doctor and I was just slightly uncomfortable with him. About mid-check-up, as he felt around my uterus, he said in a cartoonish voice, "Oh, it's so squishy up here." The doctor turned me into a sock puppet. FML
Today, while sitting at my desk at work, a co-worker asked for my help. It was only after I had walked over to his desk, bent over, answered his question, and walked back to my stall, that I felt a breeze. My tube top had slid down across my breasts, revealing my bra to the entire office. FML
Today, I told the doctor that one of my ribs sticks out farther than the other. When I lifted my shirt to show him, he immediately laughed and said, "Whoa, that's not subtle is it!" As if I wasn't already insecure about it. FML
Today, my boyfriend and I went to visit his grandparents. Everything went well, until his grandmother approached me and asked me if I wanted to try some of her old bras. I didn't want to be rude, so I went with her. Most awkward moment of my life. FML
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flashback.miss 28
just creepy. change doctors and take appropriate action.
Benchyface 11
Considered that maybe your bra was tighter than your friends? Don't always jump to the worst conclusion.
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panda_lou 11
Well maybe they don't wear their bras too tight? Most women wear ill fitting bras so it could actually be restricting the way you breathe.
chrisreg509 2
That doctor sounds like Herbert from Family Guy.
StefanKa 23
Maybe because your friends don't wear any bras?
idphukphelps 4
Creepy! Imma wear a sports bra from now on!
HighlandShadows 48
I've had this happen... and being that my doctor was a straight female, I sincerely doubt that there was something sexual to it. However, if it concerns you, you can request that a female nurse be present for your next visit. Or get a new doctor.
BeingComplex 3
Maybe your bra strap was actually restricted him from checking your lungs. I know plenty of patients who also have to preform that task in order to receive an accurate Measurement.
MrSmarts 6
So he likes your boobs. What's the biggie?
Raum 19
You can't be serious
Raykyogrou03 12
Maybe you have big boobs and wore a small bra
Brokeinpain 6
What the doctor did is inappropriate. Anything an unlatched bra would need can be checked by loosening the bra, with the exception of x-rays and possibly EEGs. My wife, a very large chested woman, agrees, and she also looked it up online. You can always request someone in the room with you, as well. It doesn't need to be a nurse, ev
Brokeinpain 6
What the doctor did is inappropriate. Anything an unlatched bra would need can be checked by loosening the bra, with the exception of x-rays and possibly EEGs. My wife, a very large chested woman, agrees, and she also looked it up online. You can always request someone in the room with you, as well. It doesn't need to be a nurse, even just a friend or the receptionist would help. Doctors get away with everything most of the time. Where I live, a local gastrointestinologist molested several women and got away with it, even after charges being pressed. And several is well over 20 women.
QueenSaru 28
I can't agree that it was inappropriate, sorry. If the OP had said that he touched her in a way that didn't seem like it had dickall to do with the exam, or something like that, sure, she should report him and find a new doctor, but just asking her to unhook her bra for an examination based on your chest doesn't seem out of place when plenty of us have been in the same situation. Agreed that if she felt/feels uncomfortable though that she has every right to a chaperone, and I've never had a doctor complain about that. My first pap smear was with an OBGYN not my family doctor, and he had his nurse in there with us without me even having to ask, which made me feel better since it was the first time I'd even met the guy.
fabs1171 23
#152 sadly your wife is incorrect. A proper respiratory assessment requires no clothing on the top half of the body. The medical professional needs to be able to SEE respiratory effort, rise and fall of chest and the number of respirations as well as LISTEN (ausclutate with a stethoscope) over all lung fields for breath sounds both front and back (have your wife Google - how to perform a respiratory assessment) Another method of assessment is to percuss - which involves placing the fingers of one hand flat on the body and to tap with the other fingers. The doctor is thus listening to the sounds produced. Also I'm pretty sure you can keep your bra on for an EEG (brain waves) but not for and ECG (cardiac electrical activity). All OP was asked to do was unclasp her bra - not remove it and her user name is chestycough so a pretty good conclusion that her visit to the doctor was due to a respiratory complaint.