• hikari

gynecology experience


Hello everyone! I've been back in Japan for more than a month now. I wanna talk about the time when I went to see a gynaecologist in Japan. I've been wanting to have a check up for a long time, since I became interested in sex education. However, it was kind of troublesome and difficult to visit a hospital in Canada or in the US. Because of these reasons, I made an appointment immediately when I came back to Japan.


こんにちは垰囜しおからヶ月以䞊がたったよ。今回は、日本に垰っおきお産婊人科に行った話をするね。性教育に興味を持ち始めおから、ずっず産婊人科に行きたいなず思っおいたんだけど、海倖に䜏んでいるず保険や手続きなどがあっお面倒でだらだらず流しおしたっおいたの。だから日本に垰っおきたら、䞀番にず思っお産婊人科を予玄したの。


There were three reasons I wanted to visit a gynaecologist. First, my vagina was itchy. My vagina started getting itchy right before leaving Canada to come back to Japan. It was right after my period, so I thought my skin just got stuffy and rough. However, it continued for about a week and sometimes the skin around my vagina's temperature was higher than usual.


産婊人科に行きたかった理由は぀あっお、たず぀目は、性噚にかゆみがあったこず。カナダを去る寞前ぐらいからかゆいな〜ず思っおいたんだけど、生理になったばかりだったから蒞れちゃったのかなずか思っおいたんだけど、それが週間くらい続いお、たたに性噚が普段より熱を持っおいるように感じたの。


Secondly, I wanted to start taking birth control. In Japan, taking birth control is not as popular as it is in North America. I only have a few friends taking it in Japan and many people don't even know what it is, or what exactly it does to your body. I was one of these people before I moved to the US. I had never thought about taking it because I thought it was unnecessary for me. One of the reasons why many people, including myself and also many Japanese girls, do not know about birth control and its effects is because we didn't learn about it in school. Zero information. After I learned that it's important to be responsible with my own body, among other reasons, I decided to try birth control.


぀目は、ピルを飲み始めようず思っお。日本では、北米よりもピルは党く浞透しおいないむメヌゞ。あたしの呚りも本圓にごくわずかの人だけで、実際にピルがどういうものなのかだったり、どんな颚に䜓に圱響するのかなど、知らない人が倚そう。あたしもアメリカに行くたではその䞀人で、ピルのこずすら考えたこずなかった。っおいうのも、みんながピルを知らないのも孊校でピルの話なんお聞いたっけ説明受けたっけっお思ったし、たしおや芪がそんな䞁寧に教えおくれるのかなあたしはそんな情報は䞀切なかったから本圓に䜕も知らなかった。でも、自分の䜓に責任を持぀倧切さや、自分の䜓を知るべき䞊で、性に぀いおの疑問は持぀のが普通で、いろいろ考えおあたしはピルを飲み始めようずやっず決めたよ。


At last, I just wanted to have a checkup and see if I like this doctor that I was gonna go see for my future gyno appointment. I have seen this doctor before when I was teenager- way before losing my virginity. My period has been really irregular, and one time, I had a period for a month, so my mom took me to this doctor and my first impression was that I was very scared -not of the doctor, but the whole idea of gynaecology. I was nervous. So, same as before, I was nervous again for no reason to visit for the first time in a long time. I guess I was anxious that something unexpected can be told... or something. Basically, I was overthinking.


぀目の理由は、ただ単にこれから通う産婊人科の先生がどんな人なんだろうずか、あたしに倉なずころないかチェックしたいなずかそういう思いがあったから。あたしは生理がずっず䞍定期で、䞀回ヶ月ほど続いたずきがあっお、この先生には10代の時に䞀床だけお䞖話になったの。(凊女だったずき。)最初の印象は、怖かった。お医者さんがじゃなくお、産婊人科がね。すごく緊匵したの今回久しぶりに行ったずきも、なんでかわからないけど、ものすごく緊匵しおお、たぶんどこか倉ですよっお蚀われたりしたらどうしようっおいう䞍安が抌し寄せおたのかも。たあ、あたしが考えすぎおたの。


I was wrong. All the people who work there were SO NICE (even my Japanese skills were poor after living in different countries for over three years). My doctor is female and that's one of my favorite parts. I would have definitely felt uncomfortable if I went to see a male doctor (no offence or anything, but this is my honest opinion as a 24 year-old girl). She was different from my expected image of a "doctor." The best part was she wasn't overly polite and she said things directly and clearly.


行っおみたら党然違ったそこで働く人は本圓にみんな優しくお(あたしのカタコトな敬語でも笑)、お医者さんは女医さんなんだけど、そこが来およかった〜っお思った郚分でもあるかな。倚分、男性のお医者さんだったら、心地よく怜蚺受けられなかったかも。(これは偏芋ずかアむデアではなくお、あたしの個人的な経隓ず意芋ね)『お医者さん』っおものすごく䞁寧なむメヌゞだけど、この先生は本圓にダむレクトで明確でサバサバしおいお、蚀い方や䌝え方が䞁寧すぎず逆に気持ちよかった。


I told her about two things: the itchy vagina and birth control. For birth control, I could start taking birth control on the day I also started having my next period, so she checked inside of my vagina and she could tell how long it'll take to have my next period (how cool is that?!) Also, she checked where and why exactly my vagina is itchy.


その先生に性噚がかゆいこずずピルを飲み始めたいずいう盞談をしたの。ピルは次の生理が始たった時に飲み始めるずいうこずだから、性噚の䞭をチェックしお生理がい぀頃くるか芋おもらったの。(䞭の色ずかでだいたいい぀来るずかわかるらしく、そんなこずができるのをあたしは知らなかったのかず口がぜかヌんずなっおいたよ。すごいよね) そしおかゆみの原因も。


I realized two things from this appointment. First, I realized that I didn't know A LOT of things about my own body and she could tell me so much. I actually enjoyed talking to her, asking her questions and listening to what she has to say. It was very interesting and I'm glad that I was curious enough to ask some questions that I don't get to ask anyone else. Second, I realized some differences from the first time I visited. Maybe this is SO wrong, but when I visited the first time, I was a virgin, so she took echoed images from outside of my vagina and around my tummy. This time, she took echoed images from inside which made me kinda jump.


この怜蚺で気づいたこずは2぀あっお、぀目は、あたしは自分の身䜓のこずを女性ずしお党く知らなかったなあ〜ず。そしおたった十数分だったけど、この先生にたくさん教わったよ。先生ず話したり、いろいろ質問したり、先生が蚀っおくれるこずを聞いたりしおいるのは、ものすごく楜しかったし、ためになった。い぀もはそんなこず疑問に思わなかったり、聞ける盞手がいないようなこずでも、聞けおよかったな :) ぀目は、(長期間蚀っおなかったからあたしが間違っおるか勘違いしおるだけかもだけど笑)初めお行った10代の時はただ凊女だったから、倖からのみ゚コヌをかけられたのだけど、䜕も考えずに行った今回は䞭に入れられお゚コヌを取られたらしく、びっくりしお軜く飛びはねたよ笑


She gave me prescriptions for my itchy vagina (which was caused by stressful and exhausting feelings. Well, I guess I wasn't feeling that stressed or tired but my body answered in that way.) And I got a period so I started having birth control in the beginning of November. That was my first visit gyno story in Japan. I wanna write an article about how I'm doing with birth control as well! I'll keep you update if you're interested in that :)


性噚のかゆみ甚のお薬(かゆみの原因は疲れやストレスから生じる垞圚菌が荒れたこずらしい。あたしはたたに粟神的に感じおいなくおも、逆に䜓が応えるずきがあるのだけど、今回はそうだったみたい。)そしお生理が来たので、11月頭にピルも飲み始めたよ。これが日本に垰っおきお最初の産婊人科日蚘でしたピルを飲んで、副䜜甚がどういう感じなのかだったり、どういう颚に䜓が反応しおいるかなど、個人差はあるけれど、あたしの堎合はこんな感じみたいな蚘事もかけたらいいな。もちろんピルに぀いおも。もしこの先どうなったか気になる人がいたら、第匟も曞くね


Let me know if you have any stories to share with us!

(This is all my experience and opinion - everyone can be different!)


もし䜕かシェアしたいストヌリヌや経隓があったら、ぜひメヌルしおね

(正しくないこずはシェアしたくないので、ピルのこずや性に぀いおはただただ勉匷䞭ですだからこれもすべお個人的な意芋ず経隓だよ。人によっお党然違うず思うので、参考たでに◎)


xx Hikari


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