My gp wanted me to have one done a couple of weeks ago as I was overdue, but my ob advised her to wait until my 6 week check up. The 6 week check up seems to be the normal response from most people and gps etc...
My gp wanted me to have one done a couple of weeks ago as I was overdue, but my ob advised her to wait until my 6 week check up. The 6 week check up seems to be the normal response from most people and gps etc...
However, at 6 weeks post-partum there is also an increased false positive rate because there are changes that naturally occur during pregnancy that may be diagnosed as pre-cancerous changes even though they disappear again without any treatment. I won't be having mine til 6 months or more pp for this reason.
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