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Test results show Chlamydia

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babymilkmama · 05/04/2017 09:21

Good morning,

We have been ttc for almost two years and have started all the tests etc to try and find out more about why we haven't had a baby. My first dc was conceived without even trying three years ago and so we were a bit disappointed as to why we are struggling.

My gp has just called me to say one of my blood results has shown evidence of a previous chlamydia infection and I'm booked in for swabs next week. I'm absolutely devastated and don't know how I'm going to tell my DH! I've never had any symptoms of an sti so must have had it for years and years. It's been five years since I slept with anyone except my husband and it must have caused some massive damage 😢 he's going to hate me and think I'm disgusting. The gp said not all chlamydia is sexually transmitted but looking online it says it is. I don't know what I'm going to say or do 😬

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babymilkmama · 06/04/2017 10:23

I don't know if I was tested during pregnancy. The last time I was certain was 2010. Sorry about your MC xx

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ForeverHopeful21 · 06/04/2017 10:18

When I had my first booking in appointment with the midwife back in February she said that only women under 25 years old are now checked for STI's as part of tests done during pregnancy. I'm not sure if this is a recent change, but I was told that I wouldn't be checked as I'm 32.
I've since miscarried, but just thought I'd let you all know what I was told x

babymilkmama · 06/04/2017 10:05

Sorry @dizzy199 I posted too soon.

I'll wait till Monday for the tests and then hopefully by this time next week the results should be back. If it's positive I'll obviously have to say something to DH but if it's negative then I can just deal with it by myself and not worry anyone.

Thank you again for your support. I think this post has gone off topic with my relationships with both my DH and DC being brought into question. There has been some support from a lot of people though and professionals on here. Hopefully it's something like they say and just antibodies due to an old infection or non sti strain. I honestly have never been treated for an sti and if I had it wouldn't have come as a surprise to me.

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babymilkmama · 06/04/2017 10:00

@dizzy199 thank you for your reply. I don't think for a moment it's DH who is the source of this as he's someone who won't even use public toilets for fear of germs and any minor deviation from 100% healthy in him he has to get checked out so if he had chlamydia symptoms he would have been straight to the dr.

My DC has never been ill before really so this is his first experience of antibiotics. He's had the odd cold but it's always a 24hr thing and this has been since Saturday now. We saw a dr on Saturday afternoon but she just dismissed us as it's only a 5min slot.

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Dizzy199 · 06/04/2017 08:29

I'm not sure why people are still adamant that op's dh has given her an STI when not one, but two, professionals have clearly given explanations as to why that isn't necessarily the case.

Op i understand why you are worried about telling dh, it's not only that you are ill, which would worry him, it's that he may be too. No one likes to give or receive bad news!

Do listen to your doctor and the 2 professionals on here though, it is possible that it is a non sti strain or that you had and got rid of it years ago. It could even have been a chest infection - I've never been tested to see what strain of nasty is causing a chest infection.

As for ds contracting it, you say he is on antibiotics now? So hopefully they would deal with it in the very unlikely event that he has contracted it from you.

Wait for your results, then you can tell dh the accurate situation rather than panic him about it when there may be no need. Or tell him you may have 'an infection' if you want to explain why you are worried and upset.

babymilkmama · 06/04/2017 08:11

@fritzdonovan yours was a longer answer so I allowed more time.

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babymilkmama · 06/04/2017 08:10

@fritzdonovan it's a way for schools to save money. If they use a supply agency they pay costs to them and often a full day pay when there's not always a full day cover needed. I am paid by teaching hour like a cover supervisor but we are called supply bank now. If I get a full day I get paid that full day but if not I won't. The dept I am qualified in has a vacancy coming up in September and I will then be on salary like a normal teacher. I will have a timetable and classes and have marking planning and all the other responsibility.

As I said above my DS is going to be fine now. He's on antibiotics that work for him and he'll be back to being himself in no time. I was already home with him because he was poorly but we had to go back to the GP because he was being so sick and I had I had no control over his temperature. As a precaution they sent us to the PDU to help because he has had febrile seizures in the past.

I have said it's a strange relationship by other people's standards because I think we have a lot of ways of doing things that aren't as common these days. As for saying my son being bf at two is unusual though is not. 2 is the very minimum recommendation for weaning and I know a lot of people who bf their children at 2,3,4 and beyond. He's still very little and times like this needs that extra help in immunity and comfort.

As to me passing on chlamydia to my son that's only what I have read online since because it says that it's passed on during pregnancy and birth. That's why a lot of people are tested for it. It just seems odd that neither myself or my partner have symptoms and IF dc did get it then neither does he.

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FritzDonovan · 06/04/2017 08:01

Sorry if my questions have offended you OP. As you answered posters either side of me I can only assume you didn't want to address my q for some reason

babymilkmama · 06/04/2017 07:53

@picklemepopcorn he will be fine, thank you for wishing him well. He was at the drs Tuesday night with tonsillitis and they gave him antibiotics. Unfortunately he had a bad reaction to them and was being violently sick and just wretching constantly and his temperature was uncontrollable. They sent us to the hospital to get him sorted because he has history of febrile seizures and they just wanted to be safe. He's fine now though. This morning his temp is down to 38.8 (it was 41.4 at its worst yesterday).

I think my relationship with DH is quite old fashioned. He grew up in a family where his parents had traditional roles. I grew up with parents that both worked and spent most of my time at my grandparents who taught me what my mum did was wrong and she should be looking after the children. I became a teacher like my grandma because I loved the idea of it and when I started my teaching practice I loved it. It fits well with my personality and home life so that's a win win for when my DS starts school full time in January. I personally don't think it's an awful relationship I have with DH I just think he likes the traditional set up and I am fine with it. It was difficult for him for me to go back to work and he would have rather I stayed home till our DC started school. The thought of giving him this news is awful. If it was the other way around I'd be asking questions as to what he had been doing!

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babymilkmama · 06/04/2017 07:38

@titaniascloset why is it weird? Because I didn't know I had something that might be preventing me have children?

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picklemepopcorn · 06/04/2017 07:34

I hope your DS is better soon, and that you have time to come to grips with your diagnosis before talking to DH about it.

You seem to both have quite old fashioned attitudes by today's expectations. (Not a criticism). How did you meet?

FritzDonovan · 06/04/2017 05:29

Fantastic if I get a full day... not so great if I'm there all day and teach one lesson! I won't be a contracted subject teacher until September when space becomes available
What an odd system. Having also worked as supply I can honestly say this is not how it worked for me, and I m not sure I understand how it will be any different as a 'contracted subject teacher' because there is now 'space available '?? You are not contracted as a subject teacher now? This is in the UK, right?
I hope your ds is okay - it sounds like you got called in at rather short notice. (Assuming he was at childcare and you got called out of work.)
You're right about having an unusual life/relationship though (I think you said this earlier). Still bf at 2 is unusual, isn't it.
I'm not a doctor, but if you did have chlamydia when pregnant (with no symptoms) does this automatically mean the baby would have it, because I know that doesn't happen with everything...

TitaniasCloset · 06/04/2017 03:59

This thread is really weird. I don't believe it.

babymilkmama · 06/04/2017 03:25

@fritzdonovan due to leaving my previous teaching job to have a baby I have gone back as a supply bank teacher so I literally get paid by the hours I teach. Fantastic if I get a full day... not so great if I'm there all day and teach one lesson! I won't be a contracted subject teacher until September when space becomes available. So yes I work 8.40-2.50 (we have two lunch breaks of 20mins so we can finish early and avoid the next school finishing time at 3.20 because it causes problems).

No DH didn't take the day off because he works an hour away and had got the train yesterday. At the time we were sent to the hospital my first priority was to get home and sorted to get to the hospital rather than wait for his meeting to finish and then contact him before I left. I left him a message explaining what was happening and he called me as soon as he was finished. As I had the car he had no quick way to us and I said I would be fine. Which we were. Plus when my son is ill all he wants is me and like night times just tells everyone else, including his dad, to go away and cries till I get him. Not his fault just I'm the one with the milk and no one else (and no at 2yrs on I can't express because it's the comfort he needs more than the nutrition).

@toobloodytired I have never had treatment for chlamydia. I'd assume I'd have to physically be tested and know I was taking it. It's why I am shocked I have these blood results. The gp said as I have nothing on my medical history about being diagnosed or treated for an sti she can't say how long I have had it. She's waiting till my test results on Monday come back before doing anything as it's only an antibody test and not able to show the presence of an actual active infection. IF there's evidence of a current infection she will treat me then. However that would mean all three of us would need treating I'd guess because my son will have it too

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Toobloodytired · 06/04/2017 01:07

If your blood test is showing "antibodies" then it means you have been treated for it in the past.

Your body won't get rid of it without treatment.

FritzDonovan · 06/04/2017 00:48

DC has been in hospital all day so I've not had time to process what I'm going to say.
Oh dear, you have got a lot going on Sad. Was that a day off work for you or did dh step up and help out?

FritzDonovan · 06/04/2017 00:39

He's secretive about everything. I don't know what he earns, what relationships he's had, what his job involves. My job is housewife, mother and 9-3 teacher for 38 weeks a year!
You continue to sound unhealthily blinkered OP. And in my experience, no teaching job is 9-3. Meetings before and after school plus marking and prep...you must have a good one here Hmm

babymilkmama · 05/04/2017 22:36

We fell in love instantly. The day I met him I fell in love. We got together in December and first slept together in the march. Due to a court case in April we didn't sleep together again and I found out I was pregnant the end of that month. We then moved in quickly and the baby was here before we knew it.

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fabulous01 · 05/04/2017 22:21

This is a very common test for IVF clinic in Athens. Google hidden c test SERUM clinic. All very normal and common according to them and for some the treatment leads to pregnancy

Patriciathestripper1 · 05/04/2017 22:21

How did you manage to meet fall in love and have a baby without knowing anything about each other?

babymilkmama · 05/04/2017 22:14

What?! We'd only been together just over a year when we had the baby and only slept together twice in that time. He's a strict lights off man and locks the door in the shower so I've not seen him without his pants on either.

It's only because I've been breastfeeding 27mths that he's seen me topless and even then I'm discreet these days because of other family members who disagree with me feeding.

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Patriciathestripper1 · 05/04/2017 22:06

Confused 'traumatised because it's the first time he's seen down there' Confused
Sorry op but I'm starting not to believe this thread...

babymilkmama · 05/04/2017 21:31

Our relationship isn't like loads of others I'll admit. We sort of got rushed into a serous relationship after knowing each other four months and falling pregnant. It's fine and we got married but he probably wasn't quite ready for it all. He's a brilliant dad and supported my decision to go back to work even though no one else did. He struggles with it though as DC only wants him for playing and when the sun goes down treats DH like the devil and won't let him near either of us.

I know he earns enough as he can afford treats, shopping trips, we've just been approved for a £300l mortgage, he drives a new car etc. He's just not sure why I need to know what he earns.

DC has been in hospital all day so I've not had time to process what I'm going to say. I'm going to wait till Monday and ask for the results to be called through to me as soon as they come back. I'm not sure how to tell him either way.

As to me thinking sti's are a bit dirty I guess it's the way I was brought up. I used to get tested regularly as I struggled with finding a contraception that worked and they did a test each time I had a new pill or injection. Every time was clear till I stopped after being told I wouldn't ever have children in 2011. Then I did have a baby and I guess I didn't think about it. This test has made me worry so much about how I must have caught it in the last six years and don't know how. The odds of all three of us all having it with no symptoms must be massive but it's DC I feel sorry for most.

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hiimmumma · 05/04/2017 17:48

I'm with rebel, sorry OP but the relationship dosent sound 100% healthy. Red flags all over your posts. The 'good boy' description is one I have heard before about men whom have turned out to be quite the opposite.

You shouldn't be worried about telling him. He should be the one person you can tell without fear of judgment.

And it's kinda rude to associate chlamydia with uncleanliness or being dirty.
Why does sleeping around make you dirty? And why the association anyway? Only takes 1 encounter to contract an STI.
Would you say the same about a common cold? Cold sore? Or HIV? Where's the line of what you think makes someone 'dirty?' What about cervical cancer resulting from hpv?

Also, and this is irrelevant to your original Q, but if you don't know what he does or what he earns how do you know that your family is financially secure? Just weird that you have never had a conversation about how much money you have available as a family. Even for booking holidays or maybe when you have to move house?
He must either be so rich that money is no object or he earns so little that he is trying to hide it from you. Or he doesn't value for your role in the family at all and treats you like an employee. Why is your job house wife and mum AND you have a full time job as a teacher? Are his jobs also house husband and dad?
Do you have any say in what happens to your family?

And poor him struggling to get over YOUR labour (which by the sounds of it was awful, I'm so sorry) he needs to suck that up and get over himself to support you.

Sounds like from PP that you don't need to worry at very least until Monday and I really hope for you that the test is all clear and it's just an old virus that has long since cleared.
But regardless you should be able to discuss with your DH without fear or worry.

babymilkmama · 05/04/2017 17:25

@rebelrogue I don't understand why.

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