Pap smear for HPV in third trimester safe?

Question

Is it safe to get a Pap smear in the third trimester to test for HPV? I've never had a positive Pap smear (to my knowledge at least) but I always have this lingering fear that one day I might...even though I've been with my husband for a decade. I just wouldn't want to give birth with active HPV. 
I had a negative pap in August of last year and got pregnant in November, but my doctor wouldn't do another pap because he said mine was performed just a few months before getting pregnant so that was fine. 
Can anyone help ease my mind? Maybe I will see about getting a Pap before giving birth to be safe...

Answer

It’s not safe this late & even if you did have HPV you can still deliver a baby with no issues vaginally. If you had vaginal Herpes HSV1/2 that was active (with a breakout) you would need a C Section.

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It wouldn’t matter anyways you can still deliver vaginally. I have hpv and being pregnant made me have the warts pop up (they were gone for yrs) all they look like is a super tiny bump i have 2 so i told my OB cuz she was giving me a pap that day. they were so small she said she wouldn’t of noticed it if i didn’t point it out. I ask if i can get anything for it she said no it’s not safe to and baby will be fine and i can still deliver vaginally.

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No, you don't need a pap smear. Plus, even if you have HPV they won't give you medicine for it and they won't give you a c-section because of it. They don't do ANYTHING different if you have HPV. I was positive with my son, and I freaked out, and she said it wasn't a big deal at all. Got a pap after he was born and my HPV is now gone. It usually goes away by age 25. :)

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no it's not safe

Pap smear for HPV in third trimester safe?

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