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