First gyn exam? nervous the doctor wont realize t

Communication: This is vital. Please you will get a better relationship with your physician if you express your concerns, ask for clarification, take the time to ask questions. Let the physician know this is your first exam and are nervous. You are beginning a new relationship that may become one of the most significant in your life. You will have more success if you enter it as their partner in your health.

My question is why you had a gyn exam at 19? Pap tests for cervical cancer shouldn’t start before 21 years old regardless of age or sexual behavior. Unless you had vaginal discharge, discomfort with sex, or having pelvic or abdominal pain, a pelvic exam is NO LONGER part of a routine gyn appt!!! All birth control methods, except an IUD, DO NOT need, and should be prescribed without a pelvic!