to feel worried? (STI exposure in child)

[TheApprenticeAdult]

Split up with ex while pregnant.

At first smear after birth, I asked for full sti screening for peace of mind. He swore he'd not slept with anyone else while we were still sleeping together but he'd just proven he was a liar in his affair so I wanted to reassure myself.

Result came back positive for chlamydia. I know I got it from him as we were together years & before we slept together unprotected we both had full screening & were clear.

Anyway, I got treated, no idea how long I'd had it but it unlikely to have more children so put any long term effects to the back of my mind.

That was about 10 yrs ago.

I came across an article v recently about chlamydia passing from mother to child in birth canal. I had a natural birth. What's the chances my daughter could have been carrying this for years??

I feel sick but am I overreacting? Or could she have had this for 10 yrs & at risk of infertility?

I can't understand why no one discussed this with my at the time as I was very recently post-birth which would've been on my notes plus spoken about in the appts as I was still quite emotional through that period about what had happened.

All I can see online is about babies potentially developing eye or lung infections, which she didn't have, but isn't this something that people can have for yrs which no symptoms??

Any medics who can give better info? Much appreciated.

She would have had symptoms as a newborn. My eldest had infected eyes from it from a few days old (thanks ex) and drops cleared it up quickly. A single dose of antibiotics cleared mine up.

I guess my firsr worry or query is, do they all have symptoms? If it had passed to her, would she definitely have had an eye of lung infection, or could she have been symptomless like adults can be?

Then if she had it & was symptomless, will she still have it? And could / would it have done her damage??

OP if you are at all concerned ring your GP and ask them for a phone consult to discuss.

If there is anything to be concerned about I'm sure they would happily test her.

Yes I will raise it with gp. I guess I'm just trying to process & prepare myself for worst case plus be armed with what to ask and expect as I'm feeling like she should've been tested when my result came back positive but it wasn't offered & I didn't know to ask.

Just wanted to post an update incase anyone in a similar situation comes across thread.
Spoke to my GP, who organised STI urine tests for both my DC so the kids were shielded from the reason / test vs if a swab was taken instead.

Results took about a week to come back.

Both negative.

Phew! Good result OP

Unbelievably so. It's a bigger relief than I have the vocab for.

The GP only caution was how to put my younger child's test through without it triggering safeguarding / SS, due to her age it usually flags up as possible sexual activity in a young child. I mean, it's absolutely right that's in place as a default response but I'm very glad my GP was savvy to it & went to lengths to ensure relevant people were given her assurance there were no concerns. Cos I've not obvs told my children why I asked them for a pee sample, I just said it was to gather routine benchmark levels for them for various waste components. Again, mentioning that incase that helps anyone too!