I second what @BettyCrocker said honestly! It’s not the most dignified of things but it is over really quickly and the nurses are brilliant and little bit of a weird sensation not painful at all.I’ve been dreading my smear letter coming through for the past few months, panicked & booked in to get the hpv jab in December (I could have had it in school but didn’t) - though of course I know the jab won’t help if I was to already have hpv.
Of course my smear letter came through this week, bang on 6 months before my 25th birthday, I’m a proper worrier so I’m getting myself right worked up about it. I’ve booked it for Monday next week so as to just get it out of the way but I’m absolutely bricking it to be honest, especially as one of my best friends has just been referred for a loop excision so she’s getting herself worked up too. just getting it off my chest posting here haha
I would say I’m now 35 so I’ve had a few smears now! I had my first child at 25 so my first smear came back abnormal mild changes after the birth of my eldest child they monitored me for changes a year later and it had cleared on its own. More than likely due to having it so close to giving birth and at the time they didn’t test for HPV then.
My current one has come back abnormal and HPV positive, I’m still waiting for results for my colposcopy biopsy but the nurse did look at my cervix is confident it’s only mild again so I may not even need treatment again