Editing Pap test (section)

===Pregnancy===
Pap tests can usually be performed during pregnancy up to at least 24 weeks of [[Gestational age (obstetrics)|gestational age]].<ref name=victoria>[http://www.papscreen.org.au/forwomen/whoshouldhavepaptests/pregnantwomen PapScreen Victoria > Pregnant women] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201225635/http://www.papscreen.org.au/forwomen/whoshouldhavepaptests/pregnantwomen |date=2014-02-01 }} from Cancer Council Victoria 2014</ref> Pap tests during pregnancy have not been associated with increased risk of [[miscarriage]].<ref name="victoria" /> An inflammatory component is commonly seen on Pap smears from pregnant women<ref>[http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/35304/1_ftp.pdf?sequence=1] {{cite journal |author=Michael CW |year=1999 |title=The Papanicolaou Smear and the Obstetric Patient: A Simple Test with Great Benefits |journal=Diagnostic Cytopathology |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=1–3 |doi=10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199907)21:1<1::AID-DC1>3.0.CO;2-0 |pmid=10405797 |s2cid=1367319 |hdl-access=free |hdl=2027.42/35304}}</ref> and does not appear to be a risk for subsequent [[preterm birth]].<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Lanouette JM, Puder KS, Berry SM, Bryant DR, Dombrowski MP | title = Is inflammation on Papanicolaou smear a risk factor for preterm delivery? | journal = Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy | volume = 12 | issue = 4 | pages = 244–247 | year = 1997 | pmid = 9354886 | doi=10.1159/000264477}}</ref>

After childbirth, it is recommended to wait 12 weeks before taking a Pap test because inflammation of the cervix caused by the birth interferes with test interpretation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.papscreen.org.au/forwomen/whoshouldhavepaptests/pregnantwomen |title=Pregnant women |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=papscreen.org |publisher=[[Cancer Council Victoria]] |access-date=2015-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108193521/http://www.papscreen.org.au/forwomen/whoshouldhavepaptests/pregnantwomen |archive-date=2015-01-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>