feel a bit bad posting this after reading such sad news about natalie never personal messaged her but really shocked me to read about what had happened to her and so quickly, i feel so sorry for her poor husband and family.
the reason i was posting was that i've just booked for a smear test(yipee!)and my husband and i are kind of trying for a baby that might sound a bit vague but after having a missed miscarriage in nov 06 and then having a pretty crap 07 we decided to wait a while and have only been trying a couple of months. we decided to start trying again but not in an 'at it like rabbits' way because i just really don't want to focus too much on it and make myself miserable every month when nothing happens.
anyway i don't suppose i'm making much sense but basically even though i don't know if i'm likely to be pregnant yet i'm a bit scared of having smear incase it could cause any probs if i was pregnant, in other words whether it could cause a miscarriage, i know i'm probably over reacting but i can't help it any advice would be grately appreciated.(sorry for waffling)
laura x x

as far as i know, my midwife said to me that they only don't do smear tests during pregnancy because even in the early stages your cervix is very different and they wouldn't get an accurate result. Hope this helps! Don't worry about waffling, you should see me when i get going! ha ha. I just had a m/c 5 weeks ago and am not ttc again yet but am hoping that when we do i'll be able to keep my cool cos really don't want it to rule my life.

take care and fingers crossed you get your BFP very soon x

i appreciate your reply as any info a great help i know i'm probably being paraniod and worrying about it for nothing, but could't forgive myself if i had the smear and somthing did happen, i'm gonna go to the appointment and tell nurse my thoughts and see what she says even though i might not be pregnant yet.
even though we haven't been trying like mad i kind of realised today that i want nothing more than a baby of my own a friend just had a baby and over christmas spent alot of time with another friend and her little girl and the little girl kept coming to me and wanting to sit on my knee etc and i just thought this is what i want every day, so i think even though like i said i don't want to make it big thing trying i do want to perhaps try a bit more than we have been.
anyway hope your looking after yourself and getting the love and support you need from family and friends.
take care and fingers crossed to us all on here that very soon we'll be going on the expecting forums!!
love laura x