Attending a routine cervical screening can be incredibly daunting and uncomfortable for women, and the anxiety might have set in from the moment the letter arrived through your front door.
But the appointments are so important for detecting any abnormal changes within the cells in your cervix, which could eventually become cancer.
Gynaecologist Dr Susanna Unsworth spoke to The Mirror about cervical screenings and shared her top advice for making them a more comfortable experience.
