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So I was talking to my SIL about finding out I'm pregnant. She seems to be very worried about me getting a papsmear, because she said that she miscarried after having her papsmear at her first appointment & she has talked to other women who had the same thing happen. In my state they will not allow me to have a papsmear until I'm 21. I just turned 21 May 5th & I just became pregnant so I haven't been able to get one already. I've called everywhere in my area, no one will do anything further then a breast exam that I've already had last year. So now I'm worried because I've never been able to have one & im sure they'll want to give me one. Does papsmears really cause miscarriages?? Has this happened to any of you ladies?

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A pap is a normal part of an initial pregnancy exam, if you're due for one. They'll also take swabs and blood for STI testing and a few other things.

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I doubt it. I had a Pap smear at 8 weeks pregnant and also had a colposcopy, which is like a Pap smear kind of but they look at your cervix with a microscope for abnormal cells, I had that done at 14 weeks.
And my daughter went full term, 39 weeks & 5 days. 
A lot of early pregnancies end in miscarriage so it's probably just a coincidence. Don't worry girl 😊

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I don't want to scare you, but I have a friend who swears she miscarried after a pap test. My doctor told me when I was pregnant that because I've had no abnormal paps, we would wait until after I had the baby to do one. You CAN refuse any test that makes you worry or feel uncomfortable- it is NOT medically necessary to do this test while pregnant. Do some research and do what's right for you! Best of luck :)

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I've heard this theory before but I don't think there's any medical evidence to back it up, it's just anecdotal. I had my very first pap smear ever at my first prenatal appointment and I had no problems. The doctor actually told me I might spot and I never did. Just keep calm, relax and get it over with. Don't stress over it too much.

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I voted yes but wanted to write a response to clarify.  I had a pap smear at my 1st appointment with my doctor. We saw the baby 10 days before and was measuring 5 weeks 6 days. The next ultrasound the baby had grown to 7 weeks 2 days and had a strong heartbeat. I went in 2 weeks later because I had an uneasy feeling and found out that the baby had not progressed any further and still measured 7 weeks 2 days. So, I did have a pap smear and I did miscarry within a day or so after.  With that said, I know plenty of people who had pap smears while pregnant.  My best friend got pregnant when she was 19 and had never been to obgyn before so she had her pap smear at one of her first appointments.  Her son is now 9 years old. I think it's one of those correlation doesn't equal causation things. Just because we got pap smears and had miscarriages doesn't mean the pap smear caused it.  Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see how having part of your cervix swabbed would harm the baby in any way.

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I had a pap with all 3 of my pregnancy at the very beginning. The second pregnancy I had an abnormal pap and had to have another test done. All my pregnancies turned out fine. With pregnancy #4 I didn't have a pap at the first appointment and I had a miscarriage.p

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Pap test a smear test ?

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