Stirrups (not the horse kind)

[slemslempike]

When you go for a smear test (or similar), are there stirrups?

I've usually heard Americans talking about stirrups for such incidents, while I'm under the impression that I've only heard British women refer to them for ante-natal use. When I go, I just have to do that frogs' legs thing (which is awkward if the table is against the wall on one side).

I was watching Jo Brand on Live at the Apollo, and she talked about stirrups as if they would of course be used for a smear. Have I just always had lo-tech medical care? I don't feel like I have had a particularly sheltered outlook, at least four medical professionals have investigated my nethers.

Comments

[antisoppist.livejournal.com]

I suppose everyone has to learn on someone, and on balance, I'd really rather she asked if she wasn't sure. I think I'd just have preferred not to hear them discussing me like some kind of jigsaw puzzle.

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

Based on our sample size of two, it seems to be a universal approach. I definitely had a bit of "does that go this way or that way?" too.