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Woman Giving Birth at the Hands of a Male Doctor

Alsalam alaikom we rahmat Allah we barakatoh, respected Scholars,how are the rules for a muslima being treated by a male doctor? I am pregnant and due to deliver in about 2 weeks. For the last weeks of pregnacy I am staying with my parents cause my husband is very busy at work, more than 12hours a day so he might not be at home when labor begins. But my parents are living on an island and the only obstetrician/ gynecologist here is a man. I used to travel far to go to a female doctor, but in the case of delivery it is not possible, as there are just certain times when there leave ferries from the island to the main land and you can't determine the time of birth exactly. Is it in this case permissible to go to a male doctor, for the last check-up before birth, the delivery itself and  the first necessary check-ups after birth? I feel very uncomfortable as the male doctor will see my private parts and in birth even more... over here they suggest to wear just a t-shirt for birth, I decided to a wear kneelong, longsleeve shirt instead and my headscarf and pants, but at a certain point I will have to take off my pants and directly after birth they usually put the baby on the naked breast and belly so that it will here the heartbeat and can suckle the breast for the first time.. I wanna give my baby the best and softest start into life inshaallah so I would like to do that. I will have a midwife to be with me in birth, but overhere midwifes are not allowed to operate without the presence of the doctor for any case of emergency. So the male doctor will be present most of the time.. how am I supposed to deal with this situation? And another question: The midwife suggests music that calms down the mum-to-be, as I don't listen music and love to listen quran, I think it would be very relaxing to listen the reciting of quran for me and as well for the baby as it has been listening quran often while still being in the belly, is it permissible to listen alquran alkarim while giving birth?

Family Practice Female Doctor Making Testicular Exams

My wife is a medical doctor who is a family practitioner.  She is a 30 year old attractive woman, and we have been married 13 years.  Unfortunately, as part of her training she was taught to do a physical on every male patient that comes into her office  This involves her physically touching man's testicles to feel for lumps.  It also obviously involves her seeing another man's penis.  After doing some research I learned that a man has .0004% chance of having a testicular cancer, and that studies have shown that pre-screening has proven NOT to reduce the mortality rate.  I have also told her that she can simply instruct the man to do the test on himself, since she is suppose to tell him to check monthly anyway, since something could pop up the day after the exam or anytime thereafter, and that all that is being done is feeling for lumps which requires no medical training.  Throughout her 3 years in residency, and two years in private practice, she has never found testicular cancer by feeling a lump.  My wife became very offended insisting that the penis is only anatomy, and as a doctor it means nothing to her and is just part of her job.  I told her that being a doctor does bring her above God’s law, giving her a right see every man’s penis for no real legitimate reason.  I am not comfortable with her seeing the penis of EVERY male patient that walks in her office.  It has gotten to the point where there are people I know who have gone to see her for a COLD, and she has told them to come back in a week for a physical that will involve a testicular exam (which is not why they even came) and they have avoided coming back themselves.  Lastly, she has also informed me that she has had male patients who she has found attractive who came to see her whatever medical reason, and she has still ordered physicals on them (and they are perfectly healthy y oung males).  She insists she is doing nothing wrong and this is part of her being a family practice doctor.  I have spoken with another male internal medicine doctor (which encompasses family practice) and he has told me he rarely does testicular exams, and only does them if that is why the patient specifically came to see him.  My wife is very religious, has a good heart, and insists she is not doing anything wrong.  Can you please shed some light on this issue for me, b/c I am not comfortable with her seeing every man's penis.  She is not a urologist.  I married her before she became a doctor, and this was never my understanding of how she was going to practice medicine.