Many women experience a small cramp during the pap smear. This cramping is short-lived.
A pap smear is usually coded under V72.31 with a routine exam.
A pap smear does not affect your fertility. You are as likely to get pregnant after a pap smear as you are before a pap smear.
Sure, it's possible for your water to break during a pap smear. There is nothing about the pap smear process that would cause your water to break.
No, but a pap smear is usually part of a pelvic exam. In a pap smear, cells are scraped from your cervix. In a pelvic exam, the doctor inserts her fingers into your vagina and feels your reproductive organs.
Bleeding after a pap smear test is normal because they are scraping skin off the sensitive cervix
A pap smear will not cause a problem during pregnancy. It is a normal part of prenatal care.
A pap does not affect the accuracy of a pregnancy test.
It's not normal to have cramping six days after a pap smear, and you should contact your health care provider.
It's not normal to have cramping six days after a pap smear, and you should contact your health care provider.
The position for a pap smear is weird. The test itself is something that some women don't perceive at all, and others feel as a very mild cramp -- a little like someone pressing your belly button.
If you have never had a pap smear before or if it is close to the time you are due for your annual exam, most doctors get the pap smear while you are in the office and being examined. If you have recently had a pap test done and it was normal, I would question the doctor about the reason s/he feels there is a need.
A miscarriage does not change recommendations for pap smear frequency. You go for a pap smear on the schedule recommended at your last pap smear.