First cervical screening!

I had a letter a post a few months ago asking me to book my first test as I'd recently turned 25 this year. Naturally I was nervous and putting off booking it, but I got it sorted. 

Did anyone else have that awful feeling that when they originally booked it that AF would make an early appearance? 

I definitely thought so and didn't want to have to reschedule. But my cycle has been all over the place since I got my expired implant removed a while ago. So I had a 4 week long period, nothing for about 2 weeks and then had another one 1 week more. So when it came to the test today I'd been off for about 10 days. I didn't realise when you oringally book it should be between cycles so I got very lucky! I was quite nervous but my nurse was very friendly, chatty and comfortable so she put me at ease straight away. She explained the process before I then got undressed which was a bit awkward and then laying on the bed trying to get into position! But she told me how wide to open my legs and explained the sensation I was about to experience. Boy was she right! The speculum was quite tight and I did tense up but I told myself to breath and relax and she then took the brush, found the cervix, sweeped a few times and that was it. It was over within a few mins. I should get the result within 2 weeks to be told whether everything is normal or abnormal. 

So if TL/DR please go for your smear tests, it is uncomfortable at first but over quickly and a necessity to detect if something is wrong in your cervix. 😊