{"id":10029,"date":"2020-05-01T09:45:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T09:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/?p=10029"},"modified":"2020-05-01T09:46:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T09:46:01","slug":"preparing-for-a-smear-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/?p=10029","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for a Smear Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DoctorsSurgery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1670\" src=\"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DoctorsSurgery-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DoctorsSurgery-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DoctorsSurgery-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DoctorsSurgery-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DoctorsSurgery-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DoctorsSurgery.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We are publishing some useful tips which may encourage you to attend your appointment and make it easier and more comfortable to have your smear test.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">You may be worried about having your smear test if you experience menopausal symptoms such as vaginal dryness or soreness, lichens sclerosis, vaginal tightness, vulval or vaginal pain or you may have had a less than pleasant experience during a previous smear test.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Firstly, if you have any concerns or worries, ask to speak to the practice nurse or your GP and let them know how you feel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can download our advice in full <a href=\"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Tips-when-going-for-your-smear-test-Menopause-Support9729.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are publishing some useful tips which may encourage you to attend your appointment and make it easier and more comfortable to have your smear test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10029"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10032,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10029\/revisions\/10032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}