Why have my smear tests suddenly got so painful???

[Jessi1979]

I've never exactly looked forward to smear tests but have only ever found them to be uncomfortable before but my last two have been so painful I've actually yelped and cried afterwards! The first painful one I just put it down to the nurse being heavy handed but it was a different nurse this time and it was even worse! Has this happened to anyone else?

Hope everything goes ok for you Good luck

I had another smear on tuesday with a female doctor. She was brilliant . She took the time to talk through what she was going to do and made me feel at ease. She used the smallest speculum which wasnt painful as such just a little uncomfortable. When she took the test i didnt feel a thing. It was about as comfortable a smear can be and by far the best i have ever had.. In total contrast to the one i had a week before which was horrendous

It will be the plastic speculum. They're much more uncomfortable than metal.

I got my result back today from my recent smear test and just to let you know everything was ok. Result was normal. No more zmears for 5 years now Thank god

i had a smear yesterday which was uncomfortable. the nurse said there was some blood when she did my smear and said i could have some spotting after. i had no spotting straight after but 24 hours later ive started to bleed (very lightly) is this normal? i am really worried

When i had my smear test 2 weeks ago i bled a very lightly the day after and the nurse that took my smear said that this could happen and its nothing to worry about. I only bled the day after but after that i was fine. Try not to worry to much im sure you will be fine.

Hmmm. My last one was a cascade of horror and I have never before had an issue (20 odd years).

I ended up in A&E with significant bleeding and acute pain. I had the smear on the Friday afternoon and it started that night. I survived the weekend on co-codamol and attended the GP on the Monday who sent me to A&E with suspected burst uterine polyps. Stronger painkillers and some other drug prescribed. I saw Gynae 4 weeks later for an ultrasound. No evidence of polyps and uterus looked entirely normal.

Smear felt normal although the nurse asked me to pop my fists under my bottom which I had never done before.

Just had my smear I nearly jumped off the bed when they touched my cervix . The looked concerned and said I needed to book doc app I
Also had to do some swabs. I i'm on depo injection my periods have stopped but there was blood on the swab has anyone else been through this

I put down the pain never felt before to maybe getting older but it could be that the procedure had changed. Also they mentioned a tilted womb but this was never noticed before unless it tilts with age? Got to hate them really but considering they are a potential life saver I will put up with them.

I've been to docs they referring to hospital for ultrasound and internal ultrasound

My last two have been pretty unpleasant. I think the nurse thought I was being a complete wimp. Well probably. I have a tilted uterus, not sure if that's age or not. Can't wait to only need one every 5 years rather than 3.

I'm about 2 years overdue for a smear test. Because of all the publicity lately I was trying to pluck up the courage to go but I just can't bear the thought.
If I could pay for and go under General Anaesthetic for it I would.

Every time the nurse has done it, it has been excruciating. Apparently my cervix is "tucked away" and difficult to find. I've also got a tilted something or other.

The only times it hasn't hurt is when I was referred to a Gynaecologist and had my legs up in the air in stirrups and had a cervical polyp removed at the same time. I didn't feel a thing. I carried on having 6-monthly private smears until he retired. Then back to the NHS - excruciating. Saw this thread. Everyone is in pain. I just can't do it.

I’m so relieved to read your post. I had a smear on Wednesday the most excruciating thing i have ever experienced in my life i was in tears. The nurse said that being postmenopausal i have shrunk and dried up up there.Don’t know if she used lub certainly didn’t feel like it.
It’s now Saturday am still really sore inside as if i had internal bruising
I just hope to God that she got a proper sample.
I have a smear in five years time and i feel ashamed to say that i really am too scared to ever go again.

Dreading this morning same of a lot of woman smears didnt bother me but last one was horrendous the nurse didnt even no if it was my cervix obviously why i had a lot of pain and not enough cells taken to get a result so yep back again at 9.20am fingers crossed this one goes better i have butterflys and and so worried

Painful smear test
Had my first smear test today, have avoided it for years because of many silly reasons but finally got enough courage to go
All was fine, nurse was lovely. Speculum wouldn’t go in and was painful so she added a little bit of lubricant to the sides to help, that was fine
As soon as she opened that thing the pressure I felt was unreal, so uncomfortable I actually had tears. It wasn’t complete pain, mostly intense pressure and I didn’t even notice the actual brush swab happening as this was so bad
Has anyone else had pain like this from the speculum opening?

Three years ago it was agony, later found out why my womb is inverted, sex has always been painful I thought it was physchosimatic due to being with ex. My last smear was done under ga, as well as a look inside the womb, coil fitted 30th of January now just stopped bleeding viscious pain has finally gone. My next smear will probably be under ga as well. Excuse spelling.