Is it ok to have sex the same day as having a smear??

[Devendra]

Im having a smear tomorrow but DP has been away for a week and back in the evening.. Just wondered...

that happened to me, i think they said 24 hours...

sorry

after the smear yes, before is a bit manky for the nurse!

no

Not for 24 hours before I'm afraid.

Wouldnt have sex before a smear - giz would still be up there!
Ok after as long as you are not sore.

oh, yes, just re-read, i was thinking t'other way round,
sex
then smear.
= manky.

see how you feel i reckon

Why wait 24hrs I can see no logic in that at all...go for it I say!

Thank you ladies.. Yuk at the thought of before.. that would be inconsiderate to the poor nurse!

It's fine to have sex after a smear, bu best to avoid having sex for 24 hours before a smear, as there would still be semen up there which can make the cells difficult to see in the lab; the sperm and semen cells can obscure the cervical cells they are trying to see.

But if you have the smear first then you can go for it!

And yes we can see the sperm and indeed I have seen spermatozoa on the cervical samples in the lab. I guess the little blighters hang around for a fair while

Get some condoms. Ring him to pick them up on the way home.

before - with a condom.
after - wouldn't occur to me not to.