Read Part 1 if you care about the back story
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The doctor came in a few minutes later and explained in broken English that she needed to be "cleared" or maybe he said "cleaned" since her cycle had just ended to be sure she was ready to conceive. He said "American, yes?" when she nodded he pushed a button on the side of the table and the 2 forklift-like shelves retracted into the table. When they were fully retracted he pushed another button and stirrups emerged from the sides of the table and unfolded like wings - their base attached to each side of the end of the table. She tentatively placed her legs into them. They were the kind that cradled both her thighs and her calves. They were plush and comfortable, though the position and exposure never is. When she was situation, he stood up from his stool, grabbed the top of each of her thighs and pulled her down to the end of table. She was used to having the gynecologist ask her to scoot down and the force of it was unnerving, but she lay back and tried to relax.
She closed her eyes, trying to remember to take deep breaths to calm herself. She felt wide fabric placed over each thigh - it was warm and left good, until she felt the left side tighten, attaching her to the stirrup and a second later the same for the right. She struggled against the restraints and they held tight. The doctor just made a "tisk tisk" noise at her and a hand gesture to "calm down." Her gown had bunched up at her waist and undid the snaps of it from below and pulled it back down just enough to cover her knees. He asked if she wanted to be able to see what he was doing and she was relieved at the opportunity. It made her feel more in control. She expected him to lift the gown back up so she could see between her knees, but instead the nurse came in and fastened a tray to the table that fit around her stomach. It was at a 90 degree angle to her body and wide enough that it prevented her from being able to reach past it and touch herself anywhere below her belly button. It also elaborated on her restraints, since it secured her mid section to the exam table.
The nurse attached a flat computer screen to the top of the tray using sturdy Velcro and put a pillow under her head to give her an angle to see the screen. The nurse turned it on and left. There was a camera pointed at the end of the table over the doctor's shoulder and when he turned on a medical spotlight she gasped, seeing that part of her body close up, in high definition. "You too tense" the doctor said and the nurse came back almost immediately with a syringe full of what must have been a sedative, because, while she was still fully aware of her surrounding and didn't have any change in sensations, her body relaxed involuntarily and her arms felt like they were full of sand - too heavy to lift. She watched the screen as if it were happening to someone else, until she felt him touch her.