Hi everyone, I'm new here. I haven't been diagnosed but I'm so worried and wondered if anyone else had been through similar.
I'm 35, I had a baby by emergency c-section at the end of August. At about 20 weeks pregnant, I randomly started bleeding while I was on holiday in Spain and went to the hospital and was told I had a 2mm polyp which was likely causing the bleeding as the gynaecologist couldn't see any other reason for it. This continued on and off throughout the rest of the pregnancy. I had my cervix looked at when I got home and the doctor agreed it looked like a polyp but wouldn't do anything about it because I was pregnant.
Now that I've had the baby, I went to see a private gynaecologist last week because I'm in the UK and I didn't want to wait in the NHS queue. This gynaecologist said it's not a polyp, and it's not 2mm. It looks like a "fluid filled growth" which is about 1-2cm and it's not a nabothian cyst either. She said it looks like there could be a polyp behind it. She doesn't know what it is hut has referred me for a colposcopy which I'm having done on Friday.
I had my last smear test in November 2020 which was HPV negative so I'd be due another one really soon. I'm making myself sick worrying about this. What are the chances that it's cancer when I was HPV negative in 2020? Should I be asking for anything else other than a colposcopy?
If you've read all this, thank you 
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Hi Emma27 and welcome to our group.
Congratulations on your new baby-I’m sorry you’ve got this worry to deal with as a new mum.
It would seem quite usual to be referred for a colposcopy on the basis of your visit to the gynaecologist as a first step to finding out more. This will allow the cervix to be examined more closely, and it is possible that samples could be taken of this growth to be examined in the lab and determine what it is. Until you’ve had the colposcopy, no-one could guess what it might be.
You don’t need to ask at this point for any other testing-what happens next will be guided by what is seen at the colposcopy. I can understand that you are worrying about the possibility that this could be cancer but it’s much too early to speculate on that, and hopefully there is a much less serious explanation.
Being hpv negative 5 years ago is unfortunately not a guarantee that you couldn’t have cancer now, and not all cervical cancer is caused by hpv but please try not to rush ahead with those kind of thoughts. You might find out more on Friday at the colposcopy, but if any samples are taken for analysis then there would be a wait for those results. Things might be quicker in the private sector, though I’ve only used the NHS so I don’t have any personal experience of private treatment.
It’s horrible not having answers yet, but you are being seen quickly and I hope you’ll come back and let us know how you get on. Fingers crossed there’s a simple explanation for you.
Sarah xx
