Been told over phone smear test results abnormal

[maria2bela1]

I've just had a baby a few months ago. I had a smear done 4 months PP, have been told have 'borderline changes with HPV virus'. What I don't understand is I've had same sexual partner for 12 years, and previous 2 smears have come back normal? How could I have contracted HPV?

I had some abnormal cells about 25 years ago and had them lasered off. Has been normal ever since. I don't know about HPV sorry.

HPV can lie dormant for many many years. I also had my smear 4 months PP this year and had HPV & abnormal cells so was sent for Colposcopy. They told me that as your immune system is reduced when pregnant it can’t fight the HPV, but typically within 2 years your body clears HPV on its own. Try not to worry! X

HPV can lay dormant for years and is often triggered by things like pregnancy.

Ask your partner would be my suggestion. You should also go to the sexual health clinic and have a full spectrum done, or your GP will also do tests if you request.
HPV is skin to skin contact. More likely transmitted sexually though

What is the issue, that you were told over the phone, or that you have abnormal cells?
Surely phone is easier than getting you into surgery?
What's next?

Don't forget that HPV can lie dormant for many years after infection, so it's quite possible that either of you caught it before your relationship started. He needs to get tested now too. They found the changes early op, that's the main thing.

@coffeesaveslives The thing is, I've had 2 babies before this last one and it didn't trigger anything..It's just not making sense to me..

It’s incredibly common and HPV wasn’t routinely tested 10/20 years ago.

They only started testing for HPV a few years ago:

HPV testing on smears only started around 2019, so you wouldn't have known.

This is completely normal. Nothing to be suspicious about at all.

I had an abnormal smear a few years back it rectified itself by the follow up a year later so don't panic . I did have to have a colposcopy to check what grade the abnormal cells were but didn't really real anything

This is so incorrect. OP don't panic, it can lay dormant for years and years . They'll probably just keep an eye on you for the next couple of years.

HPV lies dormant for years. Just as likely that OP passed to partner as other way round.

All totally normal. Smear tests are now HPV tests so wouldn't necessarily have picked up on it before as they would only have been looking for cell changes not HPV. It also lies dormant most of the time so doesn't mean husband has been cheating. Try not to panic

I had hpv detected last year and have been with dh for over 30 years. They only started looking for hpv in 2019/20 so before that they only looked for cell changes. It had cleared at my follow up smear this year.

I wouldn’t look too deep into it. These things can occur. The main thing is you get your colposcopy

I had my smear last week and it was a new nurse who was very thorough. She gave me an information sheet with things in it that she had underlined as common misconceptions. Hope this helps put your mind at ease..

Just like others have said it can lie dormant for years and years. Pregnancy can trigger HPV to become active again. Just because it didn’t trigger after past pregnancies doesn’t mean this pregnancy hasn’t triggered it.

I understand the worry, if you were phoned did you not ask these questions over the phone? Or can you not request a call with your GP. They will probably help rather than us

Viruses lay dormant for years. If you’ve had chicken pox it lives in the spinal cord for life.

As far as l’m aware (correct me if wrong) women were only informed if they were hpv positive or negative from 2016 (in the UK) whereas before you would ONLY be informed if there were cell changes.It’s only since then women, receive a letter after having a smear, whether they’re hpv positive or negative.
So point being many women for years prior, were not aware if they had it or not.

Very good advice above OP . This is not a sign that your DP has been unfaithful .

Absolutely not a sign your DH as been unfaithful. The HPV virus lies dormant for years. I was also only informed I tested positive when I had abnormal cells a couple of years ago.
Did a patch test and all was fine, had to have a smear test a year later and no longer positive for HPV. Don't worry 😊

Hi maria2bela1
How are you doing?
Did your results letter say anything about dormant HPV? Similar to what fandango posted? Hope you’re feeling better and more reassured 💛

So to update thread;

Went for colposcopy and nurse said she wasn't worried about anything, but I'd be invited for a smear in a years time instead of 3. She said HPV can lie dormant, and there's evidence to suggest that even 2 virgins can pass it on to eachother. She said it's a very common virus and there's so many ways it can be passed on.