possible dumb question...

danienross

so i have a doctor's appointment tomorrow.  they'll be doing an internal and the GBS test.  i remember that before yearly paps you are not supposed to have sex a couple of days before the appointment.  does the same rule apply to an internal?  possible tmi - its been at least six weeks since hubby and i have had sex and with my contractions getting stronger every day, we're afraid to keep putting it off (even though i know it will really hurt) because i could go into labor any time which would automatically add another six weeks.  hubby doesn't deserve to be deprived that long even if it means a lot of pain for me.  i was hoping to try tonight and was wondering if it would interfere with tomorrow's appointment.

PunkyBooster

danienross:

hubby doesn't deserve to be deprived that long even if it means a lot of pain for me.

WTF?

So blow him. Or give him a hand job. You can do things together that don't include painful intercourse.

uluvfranke

If you think you are bad enough off that if you have sex you could go in to labor, is it more unfair for your H to wait a few more weeks, or more unfair for you baby  to be here early and have possible complications? YOU are pregnant. Do what is best for the baby. Wait and ask your dr tomorrow.

CinemaGoddess

PunkyBooster:

danienross:

hubby doesn't deserve to be deprived that long even if it means a lot of pain for me.

WTF?

So blow him. Or give him a hand job. You can do things together that don't include painful intercourse.

Or give him a bottle of KY, some kleenex and some porn. 

danienross

i'm not really worried about it sending me into labor.  i'm worried about it messing with the test tomorrow the same way it interferes with the results of a pap.

and sex has always hurt, even prepregnancy.  i have a medical condition that makes intercourse painful.  hubby and i would never ever have sex if i didn't sacrifice every once in a while.

but thank you for your opinions.

SpartanChick88

cinema_goddess:

PunkyBooster:

danienross:

hubby doesn't deserve to be deprived that long even if it means a lot of pain for me.

WTF?

So blow him. Or give him a hand job. You can do things together that don't include painful intercourse.

Or give him a bottle of KY, some kleenex and some porn. 

Agreed!!!  If your DH can't respect the fact that you are carrying his child and some things are uncomfortable for you right now then he needs a good smack upside the head!

danienross

Kredd88:

cinema_goddess:

PunkyBooster:

danienross:

hubby doesn't deserve to be deprived that long even if it means a lot of pain for me.

WTF?

So blow him. Or give him a hand job. You can do things together that don't include painful intercourse.

Or give him a bottle of KY, some kleenex and some porn. 

Agreed!!!  If your DH can't respect the fact that you are carrying his child and some things are uncomfortable for you right now then he needs a good smack upside the head!

my husband has been very respectful our entire relationship.  sex has always been painful for me.  i have a medical condition that i was being treated for prepregnancy that makes intercourse painful, always.  i've never had the luxury of experiencing pain free sex.  that is something we deal with and it causes enough strain as it is.  i see no problem in dealing with the pain every once in a while to keep that part of our relationship in tact.

SpartanChick88

danienross:

Kredd88:

cinema_goddess:

PunkyBooster:

danienross:

hubby doesn't deserve to be deprived that long even if it means a lot of pain for me.

WTF?

So blow him. Or give him a hand job. You can do things together that don't include painful intercourse.

Or give him a bottle of KY, some kleenex and some porn. 

Agreed!!!  If your DH can't respect the fact that you are carrying his child and some things are uncomfortable for you right now then he needs a good smack upside the head!

my husband has been very respectful our entire relationship.  sex has always been painful for me.  i have a medical condition that i was being treated for prepregnancy that makes intercourse painful, always.  i've never had the luxury of experiencing pain free sex.  that is something we deal with and it causes enough strain as it is.  i see no problem in dealing with the pain every once in a while to keep that part of our relationship in tact.

You might want to make sure you are specific in all aspects of your questions when posting them here.  Had you said that from the beginning you might have gotten some answers to your question instead of us believing you to be some sad beaten down wife whose husband could care less about your health and the health of your unborn child as long as he gets laid.

PunkyBooster

danienross:

i'm not really worried about it sending me into labor.  i'm worried about it messing with the test tomorrow the same way it interferes with the results of a pap.

and sex has always hurt, even prepregnancy.  i have a medical condition that makes intercourse painful.  hubby and i would never ever have sex if i didn't sacrifice every once in a while.

but thank you for your opinions.

You should have said that in the beginning. Your OP does not allude to this at all. 

danienross

Kredd88:

danienross:

Kredd88:

cinema_goddess:

PunkyBooster:

danienross:

hubby doesn't deserve to be deprived that long even if it means a lot of pain for me.

WTF?

So blow him. Or give him a hand job. You can do things together that don't include painful intercourse.

Or give him a bottle of KY, some kleenex and some porn. 

Agreed!!!  If your DH can't respect the fact that you are carrying his child and some things are uncomfortable for you right now then he needs a good smack upside the head!

my husband has been very respectful our entire relationship.  sex has always been painful for me.  i have a medical condition that i was being treated for prepregnancy that makes intercourse painful, always.  i've never had the luxury of experiencing pain free sex.  that is something we deal with and it causes enough strain as it is.  i see no problem in dealing with the pain every once in a while to keep that part of our relationship in tact.

You might want to make sure you are specific in all aspects of your questions when posting them here.  Had you said that from the beginning you might have gotten some answers to your question instead of us believing you to be some sad beaten down wife whose husband could care less about your health and the health of your unborn child as long as he gets laid.

understandable.  thank you for your concern and opinion.  i have mentioned in it previous posts but i guess redundancy never hurts.  my question, in simplest terms, is will sex interfere with my internal or GBS test tomorrow?  i know it can interfere with a pap and didn't know if the same rules applied to all vaginal exams.

SpartanChick88

danienross:

understandable.  thank you for your concern and opinion.  i have mentioned in it previous posts but i guess redundancy never hurts.  my question, in simplest terms, is will sex interfere with my internal or GBS test tomorrow?  i know it can interfere with a pap and didn't know if the same rules applied to all vaginal exams.

One never knows... GBS is a funny creature and is present in almost all people often colonizing in the resproductive tract.   If your husband has it present and there are traces left behind, the test will pick that up.  If it's been 6 weeks, what's one more day?  Better safe than unneccessarily hooked up to IVs

SpartanChick88

danienross:

understandable.  thank you for your concern and opinion.  i have mentioned in it previous posts but i guess redundancy never hurts.  my question, in simplest terms, is will sex interfere with my internal or GBS test tomorrow?  i know it can interfere with a pap and didn't know if the same rules applied to all vaginal exams.

One never knows... GBS is a funny creature and is present in almost all people often colonizing in the resproductive tract.   If your husband has it present and there are traces left behind, the test will pick that up.  If it's been 6 weeks, what's one more day?  Better safe than unneccessarily hooked up to IVs

brittlandk

I can understand the whole not wanting to allow too much time to elapse. Sex isn't always about getting off, and there is no substitute... even if it's not physically pleasurable, as in OP's case, it fulfills an emotional/spiritual need.

OP, I've never heard anything about not having sex before internals, and it shouldn't interfere with a GBS test at all (it's just a swab to see if certain bacteria are present), but if you're not sure, call your doctor's office. I'm betting you'll get a green light.

Kitiara5512

danienross:

i'm not really worried about it sending me into labor.  i'm worried about it messing with the test tomorrow the same way it interferes with the results of a pap.

and sex has always hurt, even prepregnancy.  i have a medical condition that makes intercourse painful.  hubby and i would never ever have sex if i didn't sacrifice every once in a while.

but thank you for your opinions.

Nah, shouldnt affect the test any, its just a quick swab on the outside of both orifices, so it wont be affected by any residual ... stuff, whether it be KY or semen or the lube from condoms.

brittlandk

Kredd88:

One never knows... GBS is a funny creature and is present in almost all people often colonizing in the resproductive tract.   If your husband has it present and there are traces left behind, the test will pick that up.  If it's been 6 weeks, what's one more day?  Better safe than unneccessarily hooked up to IVs

This doesn't really make sense. If husband has it, he will have already transmitted it to her, then she will test positive... so she should be treated with antibiotics. And if he somehow just became GBS positive, then he would transmit it to her whether they had sex before or after the test, and she should still receive antibiotics. In your scenario of waiting, she'd risk exposure to GBS after potentially testing negative. (Which I also think is ridiculous... no doctor says "You're GBS negative, so quit having sex in case your husband infects you with it.")

And I recall a statistic that somewhere between 10-30% of pregnant women test GBS positive. It's not uncommon, but not quite the same as "almost all people". 

SpartanChick88

brittlandk:

Kredd88:

One never knows... GBS is a funny creature and is present in almost all people often colonizing in the resproductive tract.   If your husband has it present and there are traces left behind, the test will pick that up.  If it's been 6 weeks, what's one more day?  Better safe than unneccessarily hooked up to IVs

This doesn't really make sense. If husband has it, he will have already transmitted it to her, then she will test positive... so she should be treated with antibiotics. And if he somehow just became GBS positive, then he would transmit it to her whether they had sex before or after the test, and she should still receive antibiotics. In your scenario of waiting, she'd risk exposure to GBS after potentially testing negative. (Which I also think is ridiculous... no doctor says "You're GBS negative, so quit having sex in case your husband infects you with it.")

And I recall a statistic that somewhere between 10-30% of pregnant women test GBS positive. It's not uncommon, but not quite the same as "almost all people". 

You only test positive when it colonizes.  GBS is always present, but when it colonizes it becomes a problem

xoashleigh4ox

PunkyBooster:

danienross:

hubby doesn't deserve to be deprived that long even if it means a lot of pain for me.

WTF?

So blow him. Or give him a hand job. You can do things together that don't include painful intercourse.

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