Has anyone had a high vagina swap in pregnancy?

[maymay6575]

Hi I had a high vagina swap yesterday at triage to check for any infections and Bec I was have abdominal pains to check if I was in early labour thank God I wasn't but my experience was very uncomfortable.

Are they safe and now I'm worried they might set of early labour as they are swabbing the cervix

@maymay6575 I had one a couple of weeks ago for the exact same reasons. All fine. I wouldn't worry too much about it unless you're in loads of pain still. Mine was uncomfortable at the time but been absolutely fine since

Didn’t you already post about this yesterday?

@swiftt yes hun I did I posted again as I didn't get a response on the other post x

Swap?

@Hatepickinganame thank you for your response I haven't been uncomfortable or in any pain since so I'm guessing all good thank you x

Sweep?

@ShagMeRiggins

Swap?

swab

@SoupDragon sorry auto correct I meant swab thank you 😂😓

I don't think just touching the cervix can trigger anything (although I'm by no means an expert) - when they do a sweep it's the detaching of the sac from your cervix that they hope will kickstart labour, not just the touching of the cervix.

And of course they're not going to do anything to endanger you or your baby.

I had a smear test when I was few weeks pregnant (didn't know I was pregnant at that point). All was fine, pregnancy went to full term.

If they weren't safe then a medical professional wouldn't have done it.
No one here will know any better than the medical professional you saw.
Try not to worry.