smear test veyr painful

[bumbly]

and nurse said she made me bleed too!!!

said was new technique

have had countless easy peasy tests before and this was first after giving birth

anyone care to comment? have you had painful tests? bled after a test? etc!

any advice appreciated

Yes, last couple have been painful / bled, not sure why.
Also, last one, because of blood the sample wasn't good enough (don't know the term, sorry) so was recalled
How's your DS?

thanks - so it now the norm for them to be painful - not sure it should be like that

always been so fine in past

and now to bleed..was yours a new method too?

little one still spotty so am pretty worried about life at mo

I had one 2 years ago when they told me they were using a new cell collecting implement, like a little brush, which felt funny but certainly didn't hurt.
Not sure it should hurt.

You okay now?

no, don't think it is the norm to be painful, but having said that my last one was very uncomfortable...check out the really good smear thread we've got going...

I don't know, always assumed it was me, never thought it might be the way they were doing them. Yes, until those (I think it was just one smear, but obv it was repeated) I'd always been fine, no pain or bleeding.
Spotty? What's up with him?

my last was really painful, I screamed out loud - she then tried a different 'probe' and I was so much more comfortable, but I had Csection not natural birth.

Should mention my last one was pre DS

look here - v helpful

Bleeding isn't unusual and will only affect the result if there was a lot of blood, as then the smear sample reader can only see blood cells and not cervical cells.

How old is your baby? If it's only a few months since giving birth the cervix can still be rather fragile.

Having an infection can also make it painful and cause bleeding.

if you bleed could they harm your cervis by scarring it?

was a bloody stinging sensation!

never ever had that before and nurse attributed conmpletely to new method

but wanted to check what you lovely ladies thought

ps not speculaum that was ainful but scraping! like a liquid being burning me

had baby 1 1/2 years ago

but have also been having abdominal pains for a while

We now use a cytobrush which collects a better specimen. Can make some ladies bleed.

Will not harm your cervix and will not scar it.

thanks kitty