7 Things Your Gynecologist Won’t Tell You But Really Wants To

7 Things Your Gynecologist Won’t Tell You But Really Wants To



There are some things that are a given when it comes to your regular ob-gyn appointments: You'll probably get pee shy, the stirrups will be uncomfortable, and you'll obsess about what exactly is going through your doctor's head when she's poking around down there.

To quell your anxiety, we asked five ob-gyns to tell us what they really want us to know about our regular visits. What they revealed made us realize a few things:

They could care less about what you do with your body hair, there's very little that embarrasses them, and they only really care that you're honest. Here's exactly what they had to say.

It’s the telltale predicament you always seem to find yourself in: It’s the night before your gyno appointment, and all of a sudden it hits you—your downstairs region isn’t exactly, err, groomed. If the thought of stripping down without a clean-up drives you bonkers, go ahead and do what you have to do. Otherwise, forget about it, because your gyno doesn’t care. “You don't have to shave your legs or wax your vulva,” says Draion M. Burch, DO, a board-certified ob-gyn and sexual health advisor for Astroglide. “I'm not paying any attention to those things.”