M.J.
had same response to doctors, and its thought to have been when I was a baby I was very sick with a rare syndrome and was constantly at the hands of doctors in white coats, and medical equipment. It stayed with me for all this time. Even now at 36 I can not walk into a doctors office with out almost passing out. I had 3 babies as well and it would cause me to have false BP readings, since if I step inside a medical facility I get super high BP get sick to my stomach and almost pass out. I have explained this to my doctors and now they let me sit for some time, and are very understanding and they take off the coat and put me in a waiting room or lounge before I start an exam in order for me to calm down. They try to be accomodating but sometimes people are just scared, she may be scared as to what they are going to do, if she has a low pain threshold she may be psychicing her self out before the visit, as well as she may have something to hide that she does NOT want the doctor to discuss with you. I think a heart to heart is in order to find out from her what she wants to do and what is most comfortable for her. My sister was always great about talking anything with my mom. ME I hated it... I avoided it like the plague. We were just different animals :)