yes it hurts alot,, I remeber waking up and crying telling Joseph and nurse that my gina hurt,, ugh,, just take the pain meda after and a few days off from work,, good luck

I have them every six months. The first one was fine. It is just uncomfortable because you are in the stirrups for a long time with the speculum in. I went back to work that day. It was all good.
The second one was harder, not the actual biopsy itself. But I was crampy that day and the substance that she put in to stop the bleeding really irritated me. My vagina felt like sand paper for a week and it just took a really long time like 8 days for all of the dried blood etc to come out.
So not painful, but uncomfortable. I take advil ahead of time and usually keep taking it for a day or so. I take a ton of Vitamin C and folic acid which she said makes your blood harder to clot. Next time I will lay off the vitamins and eat a lot of broccoli (vitamin K).

I had one about 4 years ago. From what I can remember it wasn't too bad. My ob/gyn gave me a vicidin and a valium to take before. I had to get a LEEP procedure done shortly after because my biopsy was positive for cancerous cells, and that was the painful part.
Good luck and I hope everything is negative!

yes and it does hurt some. I would ask the Dr. for something to take before hand (xanax or something) to ease the pain a bit. Also, wait a while before getting up after the procedure. I ended up getting up to quick and passed out in the recpetion area of the dr. s office. Good luck!

I had a few of them. They were a bit uncomfortable, but not the worst pain I ever felt.
I needed to be cauterized after one and that was painful! Well I was asleep for it, but the healing was very uncomfortable.

You will be okay and before you know it, it will be a thing of the past.

There is some bleeding and they say it feels like really bad cramps but i dont have bad cramps so to me it hurt alot. It really only last a couple minutes though and you have period cramps for a few hours afterwards. Not enough not to do it though . knowing is worth it so go ahead take something for pain and do it.

I had one a few years ago and from what I can remember mine didn't hurt at all! It was uncomfortable because you are in the stirrups for a longer time than a pap, but i don't think i took anything before and maybe just advil after. they cotorized (i don't know hoe to spell that) after, so i didn't even bleed. Good luck

Hi-i am a big baby as well. I had one earlier this year, and I hate to upset u, but it does hurt like hell. But only for a couple of minutes. I tried not to cry but the tears just rolled down my face. Just a bit of advice tho, did your OB ask you if you charted and if so when your temp spikes (indicating u ovulated)? I ask b/c after I had a whole slew of tests, a very good book I have said most of them are a big waste of time unless they are performed on the right day. They day is strictly dependent on the day you OV especially the CB. OBs like to put everyone in that 14 day OV cycle and that's how they determine when to perform the test. If u OV on day 10 or day 20, then the test is useless. The book i was referring to is called taking charge of your fertility by Toni Weschler. What an eye opener. I wish I had gotten it b4 my OB sent me for every test under the sun. Good luck

I have a friend that had this done. Just FYI, for all you ladies that had biopsies, when she was giving birth to her son, she had to have a c-section because her cervix had scar tissue and could not dilate. She laid in labor for 24 hours before they determined the reason she was not dilating and that she was probably not going to. It would have been much easier to know this and to schedule a c-section. Just a little something to throw out there to think about, when the time comes to bring our babies into the world.

I had one several years ago. It was uncomfortable, but didn't hurt. I took an Aleve prior to having it done. I would suggest taking an over the counter pain reliever about 30 minutes before, or ask the doctor to give you something. They will usually give you something mild, but will take the edge off. May God bless you and keep you safe during this time!

nicoleh- That's kinda scary. my doc kows I chart, says it's useless, but knows. and as a matter of fact I use the tcoyf program, but I don't have the book. my doc is not making sure I ovulate (most months/cycles I don't) I don't want to have this done and have it be useless... thank you I am going to question him about that definately... Thank you all for your input. I don't feel better really but it's good to have some kind of idea what I'm facing.

humm interesting that your OB already is aware you don't always OV. I was told the purpose of the test is to confirm that u have ovulated. If he already knows u don't i can't image what he's looking for.

from what I understand he is checking cancerous cells. I really do't understand a lot of these things they do I just want to be a mommy!!!

Mine really hurt - but it was quick so it only hurt for a split second.