The ACOG recommends starting at 21 years-old or when you start having sex. Then, every 5 years until you turn 30. Upon turning 30, they recommend every 3 years. That is their official position on pap exams but ob/gyns are varied in opinion.https://twitter.com/bonafidesage/status/952029103988846592 …
But if you’re not checking on a regular basis, you would be sitting there with that until the next check up. That thinking bothers me because checking does not hurt. Catching it early > Like how they tell people to get tested every year or bi annually for hiv.