Young Milton Keynes woman shares remarkable video of her cervical smear test to encourage others to have one

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A young Milton Keynes woman has shared a remarkable video of her cervical smear test in order to encourage others to have one and potentially save lives.

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00:03 that's just a little bit afterwards so this is the brush so what i'm looking

00:08 for is the opening of your cervix when i can see that i'll pop this brush in

00:13 it's soft it's not sharp it'll feel like having your teeth brushed on the inside

00:17 that's really the method right okay it shouldn't hurt sometimes it can be a

00:23 little bit uncomfortable but you're always in control

00:25 yeah so if at any point you want me to stop just say stop okay come straight out

00:30 so i'm just gonna wait for it

00:34 i don't need to move this pillow up for you

00:40 that's all right

00:43 sorry

00:47 and i'm quite tall yeah we do right so if you pop your heels up to

00:54 your bottom and your ankles go together

00:57 perfect and then just relax your knees as wide as they'll go

01:01 i'm ready yeah so do some nice deep breaths for me in through the nose

01:08 and then out through the mouth perfect keep your

01:11 mouth nice and relaxed as well okay so i'm just going to part you know that's

01:16 just me

01:18 that's Becky i'm just going in now well done

01:21 so try and keep that pelvis nice and relaxed for me okay

01:26 that's perfect i'm just going to open the spectrum really slowly

01:30 so do that deep breathing oh lovely your cervix is right there

01:34 that brush is just turning now

01:37 i'm coming out and that's a smear

01:47 there we go and pop that down so there's a little bit of tissue for you just

01:52 there if you need it you can pop it in the wiping bin

01:55 and then i'll talk you through the results well that's all there is to it

02:00 thank you

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