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⌈ Secret Post #5010 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

I understand, OP. I've been for a lot of PAP smears and while I can honestly say they're not great, I wouldn't say that it hurts. It's uncomfortable. Nothing about lying on your back with your feet in stirrups is going to be great, but it's not what I'd call a painful experience and I'm not a big brave soldier when it comes to pain. If it helps, I can describe step by step what happens (in my own experience) when you go for a PAP smear.

1. A nurse shows me into the examination room and takes my blood pressure and does some initial questioning of whether or not I need prescription refills, so she can make a note of it in the computer. When she's done, she gives me a paper gown and a very large paper sheet and tells me what to do i.e. get undressed, put on the gown, the sheet is for my lap/legs. She usually warms up the speculum in a little tub of warm water so it's not ice cold. There's a little switch on the wall that I can flip that lights up a sign outside the room and let the doctor know I'm ready. He (my gyno is a man) will NOT enter the room until that switch tells him I'm ready. The nurse leaves and shuts the door. I sit on the exam table and flip a little light switch.

2. After a minute or so (depending on how busy it is) my doctor comes in and makes small talk about my health and life. Ordinarily I'd be nervous about having a man as a gyno, but he's my primary care physician and a very nice man who takes care not to be overly familiar or weird. I trust him. He takes my temperature, listens to my heart/lungs as I breathe deeply and checks my ears.

3. Doctor asks me to lie back on the table. We do the breast exam first, which is 100% professional. Then he pulls the stirrups up and asks me to scoot down and put my feet in them. By now, the speculum is, if not warm (it's metal, after all) at least no longer ice cold. They have different sizes of speculum, BTW. It looks like an instrument of medieval torture, but like the PAP itself, it's more uncomfortable than painful. He'll insert the speculum and then open it a little. He works quickly so I don't have to be like that for long.

4. A swab will be insert to quickly take the PAP smear. My doctor always warns me because he knows it's not comfortable and women's reactions vary. To me, I can feel the quick contact and there's a sensation that's like a very, very small menstrual cramp. It's over in a second, and the speculum is removed.

5. The doctor then applies lube to his fingers for the digital exam. Again, this is 100% professional. It's two fingers inserted into your vagina and the other hand is gently palpating my lower stomach above my pubic region. This takes less than 30 seconds and it's over.

6. The doctor says I can sit up and everything looks good, the lab results should be back in X number of days, blah blah blah, he tells me to take care and enjoy the lovely weather and the visit is over.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you, this was really helpful <3...!

[(Anonymous)]

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