30 Something Baby Doc

I was in the middle of another busy day in the office and seeing a 25 year old woman for her routine annual exam. I typically interview patients after they are completely undressed and gowned because it saves valuable time and I can proceed straight to the pelvic exam. (I would prefer to interview the patient fully clothed because it's less intimidating but my schedule is too hectic to allow this)

I interviewed the young woman and she was very pleasant. I then proceeded to place her in stirrups for the pelvic exam. She appeared to be wearing black lace underwear, so I informed her she would need to remove them for the pelvic exam. Imagine my embarrassment when the patient exclaimed she had already removed her underwear. My medical assistant had to bite her bottom lip during the exam in order to keep from laughing in front of the patient.