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Re: GENERAL: How to make Pelvic exam/pap smear less painful From: Pat Sonnenstuhl (anonymous@obgyn.net) Mon, 5 May 2008 09:01:52 -0500 (CDT) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Brittany: "Re: HPVCINIII: 2nd Leep for CIN III" Previous message: anonymous@obgyn.net: "GENERAL: Low progesterone levels" In reply to: Christina: "GENERAL: How to make Pelvic exam/pap smear less painful" Next in thread: Ann: "Re: GENERAL: How to make Pelvic exam/pap smear less painful" Reply: Ann: "Re: GENERAL: How to make Pelvic exam/pap smear less painful" Reply: grateful mom: "Re: GENERAL: How to make Pelvic exam/pap smear less painful" I am sorry this was such an uncomfortable experience for you. It doesn't need to be, and shouldn't have been. With a gentle and caring provider it shouldn't be a problem. Because you aren't sexually active, things are a bit trickier. What you need to do is find a clinic that will not require the exam and get your pills. It seems rather odd to require an exam if you aren't sexually active. Search around for someone who can assist you. And, then, get an RX for a year instead of just three months. I also have found many nurse practitioners, who do pelvic exams all the time (a woman's health NP)usually do a more comfortable exam, and that is their intention. I did many first pelvics on women who weren't sexually active, and they were very comfortable for them. So, it is possible. But >after my horrible, painful experience I went straight back to my dorm, >took a shower, curled up in bed and didn't get up for the rest of the >day. Its been over a year(i've been off of my birth control for a few >months because of the fact that I need another exam before I can get >them) and I am tired with dealing with my super heavy, long periods. I >am still not sexually active(I've never been been sexually active) so I >have no doubt that my next exam will hurt just as much as the first one. >Is there anything that can be done to make the exams less painful? -- Pat Sonnenstuhl, CNM, CPPI, CHt Peace on Earth Begins with Birth Birth Counseling and Fertility Therapy http://home.comcast.net/~prebirthhealth/birthcounseling.htm Hypnosis for Healing http://home.comcast.net/~prebirthhealth/hypnosisforhealing.htm Peaceful Birthing http://www.peacefulbirthing.org Next message: Brittany: "Re: HPVCINIII: 2nd Leep for CIN III" Previous message: anonymous@obgyn.net: "GENERAL: Low progesterone levels" In reply to: Christina: "GENERAL: How to make Pelvic exam/pap smear less painful" Next in thread: Ann: "Re: GENERAL: How to make Pelvic exam/pap smear less painful" Reply: Ann: "Re: GENERAL: How to make Pelvic exam/pap smear less painful" Reply: grateful mom: "Re: GENERAL: How to make Pelvic exam/pap smear less painful"

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