do your parents HAVE to stay in the room with you when you get a check-up? it's EXTREMEMLY embarrasing when he docotor looks at me and i dont need it to be even MORE with my parents and sister in there. can anyone tell me anything to help me feel like humiliated??? i'm going today..
xsweet_pea_10 answered Tuesday March 28 2006, 4:07 pm: Yes my parents stand in there. You can ask them to go out in the hall if the docter doesn't really need them in there. I've done it befor because i felt uncomfterble with them in there and just ask them back in when the docter is done. Hope they listen.
S_C answered Tuesday March 28 2006, 4:02 pm: Nope, lucky for us "kids". Yeah, most everybody's parents feel the need to accompany us into the doctors office. That's fine and dandy until we get older. I understand what you mean that it's embarassing. When my dad takes me, he'll wait in the waiting room until I come get him to pay. My mom is a little more stubborn, she feels the need to embellish a little bit, which annoys me. My dad will let me answer the questions, I just don't like having him there because well, I'm a girl and it's weird. hahaha.
But anyway, just ask your mom if she wouldn't mind waiting in the waiting room. I'm sure she wouldn't. She probably feels that you would want someone back there with you. [ S_C's advice column | Ask S_C A Question ]
xoxDaneCookRox answered Tuesday March 28 2006, 2:33 pm: nope you can go in alone. Just tell your mom she should understand.
xo_tragicglamour answered Tuesday March 28 2006, 11:27 am: Just tell your parents and/or doctor that you don't want your parents and sister in the room in the room while you're having your check-up. They'll understand. They'll simply wait in the Waiting Room for you. [ xo_tragicglamour's advice column | Ask xo_tragicglamour A Question ]
ThugGirl041790 answered Tuesday March 28 2006, 11:18 am: Nopers you can say you don`t want them with you && maybe explain to them a bit you are already uncomfortable so you rather them not be in there..
Most likely the doctor will say its okay..He might bring them back there if something is wrong with you but other then that NO!!
tasuki answered Tuesday March 28 2006, 11:17 am: No, they don't have to. Actually, my mother has preferred me to be alone since I was twelve, unless she needed to be there. You can tell your parents that it's embarassing, I'm sure they'll understand. If there is something you absolutely need them for while you're in there, the doctor will usually have no problem calling them back. On the other hand, you may get doctors who want your parents to be in the room. Your parents should explain that they're okay with you going alone. [ tasuki's advice column | Ask tasuki A Question ]
lulabelle answered Tuesday March 28 2006, 10:55 am: No, your mother does not have to be in the room with you and you do have the right to ask that she leave. You do deserve your privacy. Your mother is probably doing that because she thinks you will feel safer. If you ask that your mother not be in the room with you be prepared to have a nurse in there instead. This is for your protection as well as the Dr.'s. His insurance won't cover any claims against him if he does not have someone else in the room. He could be accused of doing something he didn't do and w/o a witness to testify he would not be covered. Also as far as your protection is concerned he can't do anything to you that is unsolicited while someone is in the room. There have, in the past, been Dr.s who have done some not so nice things to people which is why now there has to be at least someone in the room with you, or the door ajar. Good Luck!
babiigirl answered Tuesday March 28 2006, 10:46 am: no your mom does not have to be in the room with you when you get a checkup but if the doctor asks you questions it would probly be better if you knew the answers. She will probly have to go inthere with you in the begginging so if he has questions but when he starts the checkup she can leave if you ask her too.
Short_N_Punky answered Tuesday March 28 2006, 9:17 am: No they dont have to be in the room with you, just ask them to leave if you feel un comfertable. Parents think they have to be in the room with you they think your still a little child and cant answer the questions that the docter asks you. and i know how you feel to my mom used to sit in the room with me but not any more just tell your parent and theyll be cool with not going in.
karenR answered Tuesday March 28 2006, 8:56 am: Nope, your parents don't have to be in the room with you.
Mom may feel she is lending you moral support. If you think it will make you uncomfortable, just tell her so. I am sure she will understand.:) [ karenR's advice column | Ask karenR A Question ]
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