Hi there I really need some advice so can someone please help me! I feel embarrassed even to say this but I really need help. To give you an understanding of my current situation I need to go into a little detail about my history. I am 28 and my partner and I have been ttc for over a year. I have started blood tests and they have all come back fine so far! When I was 20 I went to the doctors because I was experiencing discharge. The doc took swabs and it came back positive with Chlamydia. This really confused me as the partner I was with and still am with tested negative so it was never really confirmed that I def had it but we were both treated anyway. Prior to my current partner I had only ever been with one other person and at the time never thought that I may have picked it up from him. Anyway as time has gone on and we are ttc I have been researching why it may not happen and chlamydia kept cropping up as a potential problem. I then decided to contact my ex partner to see if he had ever been diagnosed with it and to my horror he had. We split in 2003, he was diagnosed in 2004 but never got in touch to tell me and I got tested in 2006 therefore meaning I could have had it for 2 year or more! I told my doctor this and she said it could have caused damage to my tubes! To say I am devastated and angry is an understatement! If he had told me he had it I could have got treated right away! My question is has anyone else had this STD and had problem conceiving? Should I be as worried as I am! I feel sick thinking about it and so confused not knowing the damage it may have caused. Please help!!
FIRST OFF THIS IS LONG BUT I HOPE HELPFUL FOR YOU!!
I wish I could give you the personal advice you need, BUT I did research for you ( im sure you have done the same) on BABYEXPERT and I wanted to post this just for reference of what I learned and post some good news too!! Im sorry in advance for your partner never telling you... thats horrible and would have been better if he said it earlier on...
NOTE HERE GIRL: YOU ARE NOT A STATISTIC!! i know what this says... but miracles happen all the time and you may be fine... you need to perservere!! you can get that BFP!!!!!!!
im here for you!!
also you have ( MAYBE) an STI not an STD so chylamidia is an infection not a disease!! thats even better news!!
Seventy per cent of infected females, and 50% of infected males have no symptoms at all. This is why so few people seek treatment, and why the spread of the disease has been so rampant. Early symptoms relate to infection of the urethra in men (penile discharge or discomfort on passing urine), and infection of the urethra or cervix in women.
The 30% of women that do experience symptoms may notice cystitis-like symptoms or a slight increase in vaginal discharge. Bleeding between periods, bleeding after intercourse, or discomfort during intercourse may arise if the cervix becomes very inflamed. Recent figures from the Department of Health show a dramatic rise in the number of cases diagnosed.
How does it affect fertility?
If left untreated, the infection can lie dormant for several months before travelling through the cervix to infect the fallopian tubes, leading to Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID). This can cause symptoms such as low abdominal pain, fever and painful sex. However, many women have a less acute inflammation that produces few if any symptoms. If untreated, PID can lead to blockage of the fallopian tubes and subsequent infertility.
Chlamydia is now the commonest cause of PID, which is thought to affect more than 165,000 women a year. It is estimated that 25% of all cases of infertility are due to chlamydia infection.
Approximately 10% of all women who contract chlamydia will become infertile as a result of PID. This equates to 30,000 women a year becoming infertile.
The peak age for chlamydia infection in women is between 16 and 19 years.
What's the treatment?
It is important that chlamydia is diagnosed and treated before PID develops. Genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics are the best-equipped places for making an accurate diagnosis. Infection in males is diagnosed from a urethral swab, and infection in females is diagnosed from a cervical swab and a urethral swab. Once diagnosed, the infection is very effectively treated with antibiotics, which the GUM clinic can provide.
I joined this site a few weeks ago full of excitement about the fact that I had come off the pill and was officially ttc. Then I bought some ovulation sticks from Boots and they had a 3 for 2 offer and something in my head made me buy a chlamydia test as the 'free' item. Anyway long story short, it came back positive and my husband went to his GP and also tested positive (to top it off this happened two days before our honeymoon!!).
I'm really worried because it is likely that I have had this infection for a long time (like 8 years) without knowing it and know that the longer you have it the more likely you are to become infertile as a result. I want checked for Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) but the GP says I should wait until I have been ttc for a year. I'm also worried about ectopic pregnancy if I do ttc. As a result we haven't had sex since we tested which is nearly a month now, despite taking all the antibiotics.
I really need to hear some positive stories about people who have conceived despite having chlamydia for a long time, or having PID. Everything I read on the net is so negative and I'm getting quite distressed by it all
Hi ladies,
I think I can help! I had it all through my first pregnancy without knowing, it was only after my daughter was born and I kept bleeding for months that I was sent for a test and it came back positive. I have no idea how long I had it before I conceived but I fell pregnant within a month and our daughter is absolutely fine!
Hope this helps,
If you have any more q's about it just ask!
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