to go for a smear test at 11.30 tomorrow morning when I have...

[AuntyDepressants]

... ahem, accidentally had sex earlier today at 4pm? Missed the last smear test and didn't want to miss this one. Don't want to embarrass myself. Would they know?

I have afternoon sex now DC are in school/nursery :)

i never knew you wasn't suppose to

Okay people, we were taking advantage of an hour of being awake, together, not working and without children for an hour (make that half an hour after taking into account dropping off and picking up said children). We run our own business so hours are odd and long. Thank you all so much for all the input seems to be the appropriate response! Think I'll have a bath tonight and risk it tomorrow. Then again, I might not. I'll see how I'm, ahem, feeling.

If you experience 'post bath gush' you should be fine.

I would squat and stick the shower up it after bath to make doubly sure.

Ive speculumed a few lots women who'd obviously done the deed in those previous few hours.

usually who thought they'd srom'd

it only says to avoid sex for 24 hours if you use spermicide, a barrier method of contraception or a lubricant jelly - if you dont use any of them i.e. are on the pill, use the coil, implant, etc then it should be ok

Ha ha, yes sparkling, the good old 'post bath gush' should do the trick. Love Mumsnet!

douche springs to mind

sniggering at a discussion on E bay about sex before a smear...

By the time you have the test done, and with the way the sample is processed it could well be fine. It's pretty rare for sperm to cause an inconclusive result, as said upthread it's actually related to lubricant use. Lubricants confuse the processing machine that prepares the samples for reading; it thinks there's lots of cells on the slide but its actually lubricant.
If you're overdue then please think about going ahead and mention it to the sample taker.