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Can a doctor detect pregnancy, five weeks or more, by doing a pelvic exam? Is it entirely accurate? Dang, those things are uncomfortable!
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replied February 11th, 2006
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I think u have to have a pee test or blood work to tell not the swab stuff but I dunno 4 sure I no they can feel your uterus that way to see how big it is. And yes I absolutely hate pelvic exams but my husbands friend makes me feel better when he describes have std tests every 6 month
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replied February 11th, 2006
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I wouldn't no, I do that to find out if any of my horses are preggeres, but I didn't know they didit for people
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replied February 11th, 2006
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Re: Pelvic Exam
ellebanna47 wrote:
can a doctor detect pregnancy, five weeks or more, by doing a pelvic exam? Is it entirely accurate? Dang, those things are uncomfortable!


yes they can tell, I am not sure how accurate it is, but they can feel your uterus and tell if it's enlarged a bit, and if it is it is a good indication of pregnancy. My friend was getting a pap test done and she thought she may be preggy (i was with her) and so the doctor felt her uterus, and she said that it felt really small still so she doubted it. Then she gave her a pregnancy test which came out negative.
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replied February 11th, 2006
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Oo u were in the room while your friend was getting her cooch checked?! I love my friends but id b in the car or the waiting room
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Yeah same as above
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Haha
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Haha I know the question wasnt to me but I have actually been in the room with a friend while she got a pap smear...It was her first time and she said it would make her feel more comfortable ...So me being a friend I went in with her...I dont think its that bad...I have the same things as she does ..So I dont see a problem with it... :wink:
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replied February 12th, 2006
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Personally I hate pap smears and wouldnt get them if they werent so necessary to keep me healthy I dont even want the doctordown there let alone my frined in the room!
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Is that what we call a cervical smear in the uk? Never heard of pap smear
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I dunno didnt even no what a flat or a stud farm were til roxie told me a pap smear is when they stick that cold metal thing in ya and twist something to open it up more so they can swab your insides and send it to the lab to b tested for abnormalities and stds and stuff
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replied February 12th, 2006
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Yea they do that, but test it for cervical cancer tissue. Guess thats why we call it cervical smear. What the heck does pap mean? Lol
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Lol I have no idea never really thought about it.
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macysmama wrote:
oo u were in the room while your friend was getting her cooch checked?! I love my friends but id b in the car or the waiting room


ahaha yeah but I didn't see anything, but even if I did it wouldn't have been the first time lol i've known her forever and we're weird, she always changes in my room haha. When the doctor came in I just stayed sitting in the chair and where is was positioned I was more facing her face and she had a sheet over her lol.
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U sound like a great friend, most of my friends have fell out with me cus of ma babies
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Yeah I know the feeling. I am 36 weeks pregnant and I have no friends left basically...But lucky for me that particular friendly is a really great friend and she has stuck with me through my pregnancy. She bugs me for being "stupid" haha but she doesn't really care. She is pretty excited herself, and she comes over all the time and her boyfriend brings me pizza haha when he comes and picks her up. I just try and be as good of a friend back as she is to me, after all what are friends for?


I've basically learned that the peoplei thought were my friends are not. I hope you can find some true ones that help you through this pregnancy. If not there are always these boards lol not quite the same as having some one in flesh and blood but pretty darn good :) i'm almost always online so if you'd like to talk.

by the way i'm 18 but I was 17 when I found out I was pregnant.
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replied February 12th, 2006
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Yeah, but all my mates would rather go out drinking and shopping then look through baby clothes with me
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Well im sorry u are an ocean away cuz I love shopping.
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That's how most teenagers are...Meh I know it sucks but there isn't much you can do about it, they just don't understand, and they probably wont get it for a very long time, lol but wait and see, one day they'll all have kids and be like "woah how'd she do it when she was so young?!?!?!" lol and then they'll want all your expertise advise :p hehe plus they may get over it in a little while once they digest the thought of it. I think its really dumb for someone to be so stupid about pregnancy and babies but sometimes people just need that bit of space.
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replied February 12th, 2006
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Cool, if you want we could be email friends
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