Uterus sonogram without consent: I need advice

[amanda99266.livejournal.com]

Hi, 

when I took a sonogram for digestive problems, I ended up getting my womb checked, I felt it was wrong but also confused and embarrased so I didn"t say anything.

What do you think?

Last year I took a sonogram for digestive problems (liver and gall bladder), a woman performed it on my upper abdomen, told me she was also looking at  my kidneys, I was fine with that, exam done.

This year I took the same exam with a different person: an older man, very efficient, the exam was done in a couple of minutes, he was moving the transducer around and taking pictures really fast. 

I told him I had gall bladder problems, he did the area, then my kidneys,  and lastly he said "problems with reproductive organs?..." and before I could answer, slid the "mouse" from my stomach to my uterus  and looked for a couple of seconds.

It happened so fast, I didn't say anything because I was asking myself  " is this normal?  should I be okay with that?" but I was really uncomfortable and I keep thinking about it.

My first question: is it normal practice when getting a sonogram to have more organs checked than what is prescribed?

My second question: how would you tell the person  that this is not okay with you and ask them to stop?

Comments

[frolicnaked.livejournal.com]

I don't have a lot of experience with what's standard in terms of ultrasounds. However, I know that every time I've had it done as a patient, both the doctor/NP (at the initial appointment) and the ultrasound tech (immediately prior to the ultrasound) have gone over the procedure before any undressing or imaging had taken place. There have been times when they've taken images of other organs (e.g., imaging the bladder in addition to the uterus and ovaries) that didn't seem directly related to the suspected problem -- but I always knew about that in advance.