Hello, I went for my smear test yesterday and the nurse could not see my cervix and apparently I was bleeding heavily on 'first touch', my smear is overdue I will be honest. She asked me alot of questions about bleeding during periods, discharge, and then said she need to do me a referral to hospital, who actually phoned me already this morning with an appointment. I have been bleeding since I came back from my smear appointment and have back pain, is this anything to worry about. Obviously I am stressing out as she took so long trying to find my cervix and said she couldn't preform the smear test and without sounding rude I could feel her wiping blood away from me but the strange thing was I couldn't feel blood coming out of me. I just really wondered if this kind of thing is normal or if I should be worried? Many thanks for taking the time to read this. X I am 44yrs old and in perimenopause. I was also meant to be having the coil fitted at the same time but she couldn't do that either. I was mid cycle of my period and have no had sex for over a year. If any of that info helps x