Ladies, What do you usually wear to your pap smear / smear test appointment ?

Ladies, What do you usually wear to your pap smear / smear test appointment ? How far are you usually asked to strip down for it and what are you allowed to keep on during it. Are you normally asked to change into a gown or not ? Did you have a Plastic or metal speculum used during the smear ?

When I had my first NHS cervical smear I was 25 and for my second one I was 28. When I went for those I just wore a short skirt and a thong and actually I took my skirt off too before pulling my thong down. That was just what I did, I am sure most ladies just lift their skirts up but I thought it was easier to just take it off. On the first time the nurse gave me so little time to get ready that I was just pulling my thong down when she came around the curtain. lol I just kept my t-shirts and bra on, I did not bother with the paper cover I was offered either, I did not think it was needed. They used plastic speculums that were very creaky and I always feel like I might break one because I am strong down there, my husband says so.

Since then I go private to a gynecologist and with him I strip everything off and wear a gown because it it is really an exam and not just a smear test. I always just wear a t-shirt, tight jeans and a thong, that is what I wear and it does not matter really because it will all come off anyway. He uses plastic speculums too but last time he said maybe they will be going back to the metal ones.

I'm in the US so it's everything off and put on a gown, opening in the front. I'll wear something that's nice but loose and easy to get on and off since it's coming off anyway. I don't wear date night undies but I wear nicer ones. My doctor uses metal specula. I've had others that used the disposable ones. They may be hygienic but I don't thing they're environmentally sound.

When I have one done it is part of my gyn exam so everything comes off and I'm given a gown. I will wear some loose fitting gym pants with white cotton panties, my bra and a sweater that are all easy to take off. I think anytime I've had to go into the doctor I've always had to strip down if there was going to be anything below the waist involved and always a paper gown.

Ladies, What do you usually wear to your pap smear / smear test appointment ? How far are you usually asked to strip down for it and what are you allowed to keep on during it. Are you normally asked to change into a gown or not ? Did you have a Plastic or metal speculum used during the smear ?

I usually wear whatever clothes for the day that I will be having after the examination which is usually business casual with some really vanilla underwear and bra. I'm usually told to take it all off and get into a gown for my examination because it involves more than just a pap smear. The doctors I've been to use the metal speculums and they are usually the Graves or Cusco or Collins style. I ask for the HPV test in addition to the PAP smear and the doctors have no problem making that happen. I have an upcoming appointment this year and my sex life has changed so I will ask if this needs to be done more frequently.

I wear what ever I want most jeans and a tee shirt or shorts and a tee shirt. I have always stripped down and put on a gown open in the front. I left my socks on but that was it. I think they use a metal speculum from just feeling the cold. My husband has also told me it was metal.

My wife always wears a dress. At her office, the only ask for waist down and then to just unhook the bra so she leaves the dress on and then just takes her underwear off and unhooks the bra.

The breast exam is a little more awkaward because the whole dress has to be lifted but thats just what she prefers.

Then we go home and make sure to use the lube that was used up 😉

For a smear test usually I'll think about it beforehand and wear something easy to get out of, loose fitting trousers, or maybe a skirt. It kind of depends if I'm going straight home after or if maybe I have somewhere else to go. Underwear will be something plain and comfortable, very boring.

It's strip from the waist down, usually they place a paper sheet over my lower half, not really sure why.

Last time was my first metal speculum, before that it was always plastic, but apparently they're now thinking of the environment. It was less comfortable with a metal one.

I think things are really different regarding smear tests here in the UK as opposed to in the US. Here the smear test is performed by a nurse and is usually done on its own without any other examinations at the same appointment so we are seldom asked to strip off completely or put a gown on but a few nurses I've encountered have had different ideas as to how much or how little is a suitable amount of clothing to wear during the test.

I almost always had my exams after school/uni/work. So I would just wear my regular every day clothes. Usually jeans or leggings and a t-shirt. Sometimes a dress or skirt during the summer.

The first smear tests I wore skirts, but I've also worn leggings, the nurse at our surgery has been there for as long as I can remember so it's all very relaxed, and after having kids nothing seems as private anymore😊 So I don't really have any issues or embarrassment stripping off❤️