Can they use the lithotomy position for a transwomans prostate exam?

When I examine a prostate, I ask the patient to lie on their side and bend their knees up. I am personally a trans woman and I don't see the problem with examining it that way. I think of my prostate as a tiny uterus because it includes some of the same structures embryologically, and that really helps.

I think you could probably use the lithotomy position but I'd have to try it and see. I haven't come across a position the way I'm imagining what you describe but that may be due to how you're describing it. However, what I've just described was the way I was trained to do it along with all the other students I trained with, so I'm pretty sure that's the standard procedure.

You don't think about it. As in everything else you do for yourself, you do what you must.

As you get older EVERYONE gets rectal exams; that's part of a yearly physical that most doctors do to check for rectal cancer. Nobody likes them, but it's better to find any cancer early than letting it kill you. FTR my doctor reviews my medical history first. Then he does the actual physical. He saves the pelvic exam for near the end, and when that's done, he does the rectal exam last. I want to say I roll up on my side for that.

By all means if you have a preference for how you want it done, tell your doctor.

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