Single Mothers.

[Shadow Man]

I have a few questions for the single mum brigade please.

1) If being chatted up by a man in a pub/club/disco or where ever, do you wiegh up potential step-father material very soon after initial chemisty, or much later on?

2) Would you ever keep the fact you are a single mother secret for the time being?

3) Would a single father be seen as an easier target?

4) Can a non-doctor/gynacologist see you have had kids by looking at your minnie? (I am aware not all birds up the duff get stretch marks)

Thank you.

[Pippa68]

Ruby, your post reminded me of my last smear test. The doctor (female) told me I had a ''beautiful cervix''

I wonder what an ugly one looks like?

[Shadow Man]

Denigrate women, me??

I refuse to comment further with a stupid little bird who thinks like that.

Go and do some ironing or something equally as creative for your genitically smaller brain!!!!

[ruby27]

pippa
I think I know what you mean. One nurse during a smear told me mine was as looking lovely. I did want to but didn't dare ask, for goodness sake, what on earth do you see when it isn't lovely. Thought afterwards no I do not want to know, that is the subject of nightmares.

Do you think they have pictures of beautiful and lovely versus ugly? Could they give scores. Worse could they recommend beauty treatments for those who are not so pretty. Its bad enough you face and figure have to fit, but to think we might have to agonise on whether our cervix and uterus are really this years black. Oh my god, could my uterus have cellulite?

[Pippa68]

LOL ruby!

I actually had visions of the doctors and nurses all having a good old bitch in the staff room over their cups of tea and fig rolls.

''Oh my God, you should have seen the cervix I saw this morning. Jeeeez it was a rough 'un. Not like Mrs Jones the other week. I took a photo and showed it to Edna in Obstetrics..she agreed that this was the ugliset specimen she had ever seen'' *the other staff groan, nod/shake heads*

[Goodsoulette]

the lst smear test I had was done by nurse with a wig who talked to me like I was at playschool.

"we just need to open mr cervix now"

*looks at me with big cook, little cook smile*

*then she makes a popping sound, thankfully not with her finger in her cheek*

"there he is"

Im going somewhere else next time.

[Pippa68]

Mr cervix? crikey I didn't know it was a 'he'.

Definately wise to go elsewhere..I would have been frightened in case the wig fell on my lady bits.

[Goodsoulette]

I know of someone who went for a smear and the doctor actually had a lamp on his head. It was at the colposcopy (sp) place though. She was a little embarrassed and said as he put the speculum in,

"its a bit like mining isnt it?"

then he pulled out an earring butterfly (you know te back)

he laughed and said just like digging for gold in fact.

How shameful is that?

[Pippa68]

Oh my word!!!

A friend of mine was rather embarrassed as just before her smear test the doctor remarked ''oh, a natural redhead''.

What was worse was that the doctor was female..and joined the mother & baby group a while later.

[ruby27]

Sorry Goodsoulette, can not get past this image of a nurse bearing down on you at the angle they do with this wig being liable at any minute becoming entangled with .............

There is something about the medical profession in terms of gynecology (bigammama may be able to confirm or deny) where they think they have to communicate with you in infant school playground language. When I had a meeting with the consultant, he asked me if I had problems with my waterworks! I responded by enquring if he was asking me wether I had any urinary difficulties. I mean what the ..... They all came out of our c.unts unless we had the sunroof option, why are they so shy and mealy mouthed about everyday life.

[ruby27]

Just read your last posts

I must admit I think I have been lucky. Reading those comments it is easy to think, oh I would have reported them for poor practice. But, actually when in that position its not easy to feel confident and assertive.

By way. What do women reckon to when they are given a towel (more like a tea towel) to cover the top of their vagina for modesty sake, when the Dr's face is what a couple of inches away from the whole kit and caboodle. I mean is our modestly we are protecting, and like what modesty in that position. Or (my opinion) the Dr just doesn't want to get his/her forehead right into the hairy bits with all those connotations.

[bigmamma]

Omg , laughing my socks off at this pages posts !!!
Goodsoulette , that one who talked to you in pre-school terms.....were they wearing big long shoes and a squirty flower on their person ? Rest assured I would never have spoken down to any of my ladies , or ever discussed their bits in the coffee room. :-)

[Pippa68]

They must have seen some interesting topiary don't you think, ruby? or tattoos...lol.

I don't recall ever being given a towel. I usually save a long skirt for such an occasion, which covers a little but as you say..what's the point? after all they are seeing your vulva..how much more intimate can they get????

[Goodsoulette]

Yeah you would Pippa, what if you found half an apple up there. Or something really freaky, I would tell everyone!!! discretion isnt a friend of mine.

[bowiefreak]

goodsoulette do you make these stories up a doctor with a miners helmet on pmsl

[888sally888]

Thank you all for making me laugh my head off this morning with this thread.

Have had a really bad time lately but this has really cheered me up!!

[Pippa68]

I really want to know how the girls earring clip got up there, Goodie. Was it a DIY intimate piercing?

As for half an apple...ye gods. There was a girl at school who had to go for an examination because she was uncomfortable in that area. The doctor found several tampons, due to the fact that the silly moo didn't realise you had to take previous ones out.

*ewwwwwww*