A holding device for a surgical instrument that includes a central instrument holding plate with a channel for removably receiving the neck of a weighted speculum, patient attachment straps extending from the holding plate and configured to surround a patients thighs as a means for securing the holding plate to a patients vaginal area, and instrument fasteners attached to the holding plate for releasably holding the weighted speculum when the weighted speculum is in use. The instrument fasteners are cooperating flexible arms that are configured to releasably hold the speculum within the channel of the holding plate. The channel sized and shaped so that it does not interfere with the functioning of the weighted speculum.
