So I got all my requisitions for tests and blood work today and the chlamydia and gonnorhea tests are both via urine - not a vaginal exam. Is this not the case in the US?
I get it, and I get the point of it being your body your choice, but they're finding that gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis can be spread through toilet seat contaminations now. I asked my OB and she said while it's not common, it is possible if someone had it, their urine was on the seat and somehow got into an open spot on you. I squat after sanitizing the seat in public anyway, but yea I'll test just to make sure. And I'm paying for all of my OB/delivery/epidural etc out of pocket
Ummm, I've never heard of STDs being spread through urine. Couldn't find any references online about gonorrhea and chlamydia being spread through urine either.
I there's nothing wrong with getting tested. Everyone has the right to refuse treatment but every doctor has the responsibility to make sure the pregnancy is a healthy one. The doctors see so many situations and I think they just try their best to make sure every mom and baby are well taken care and if there are problems they need to take care so they can deliver a healthy baby.
I just cannot understand why anyone would refuse something like this. I am very much so against risk when it comes to my children. I ask myself the question, "If I do (or don't do) this, and something bad happens, could I live with myself?" If the answer is no, I do the right thing. If my baby was affected by an STD I didn't know I had because I refused a recommended test, I could never live with myself. I have an EXTREMELY low risk of having an STD (committed relationship, short amount of time from last pregnancy, etc) but I will definitely be getting the recommended tests; it's very little work for me with a potential huge impact for my baby. The end.
I just cannot understand why anyone would refuse something like this. I am very much so against risk when it comes to my children. I ask myself the question, "If I do (or don't do) this, and something bad happens, could I live with myself?" If the answer is no, I do the right thing. If my baby was affected by an STD I didn't know I had because I refused a recommended test, I could never live with myself. I have an EXTREMELY low risk of having an STD (committed relationship, short amount of time from last pregnancy, etc) but I will definitely be getting the recommended tests; it's very little work for me with a potential huge impact for my baby. The end.
Original poster here... I'm going to go ahead and admit if it would have been done at my previous appointment where I was already undressed from the waist down because I was given a Pap test, then I wouldn't have minded the additional swabbing for chlamidya and gonnorrea. However, it's turns out that the doc had just plain forgotten to do it. I was told specifically before this appointment that I would not be needing to get undressed from the waist down. I didn't like finding out that it had been forgotten and then told I HAD to have it.
When I was 19, I had a VERY awkward experience at the gyno office. The doctor was only about 25 and blantently hit in me while performing the exam, even during the most personal/invasive parts. This did not make me afraid of doctors, (hey, I'm married to one,) but it did make me less fond of gynological exams. So to me, getting an unnecessary test that requires me to put my legs in stirrups, left a bad taste for me. I decided to decline and hold my ground... Cause I'm in my mid-thirties and very much more assertive than I was at 19!
Note: If anyone is reading this and feeling awkward about exams, please know that my experience was isolated and uncommon. Besides, I've noticed they always have another person in there now when doctors to that kind of thing. And no, I'm not at that same office. Also, I didn't report the guy, simply because I was too young to realize the importance of reporting things
I didn't mention my distaste for this kind of exam in the original post, as I felt it wasn't necessary to express that I felt we should be able to decline unnecessary tests.
@june2016baby It's clearly your choice. I tried to word my comment to say it that way, but maybe it didn't come across. *I* cannot understand it. *I* would never do it. I am sorry that happened to you. I clearly don't see the test as unnecessary, you do. I think a potential compromise, if you do see the test as useful, is to ask if they can do it via urine or blood test.
I had another thought. If your issue is the unnecessary undressing versus the actual test, why not just ask to delay it until the next time they need to do a pelvic exam? There will be more opportunities in this pregnancy for sure.
I had another thought. If your issue is the unnecessary undressing versus the actual test, why not just ask to delay it until the next time they need to do a pelvic exam? There will be more opportunities in this pregnancy for sure.
I feel like my doctor or someone else said some STD's can be and become active during pregnancy, so that's why they test? Or maybe I made this up. #pregnancybrain
Re: Chlamydia and gonorrhea test refusal
When I was 19, I had a VERY awkward experience at the gyno office. The doctor was only about 25 and blantently hit in me while performing the exam, even during the most personal/invasive parts. This did not make me afraid of doctors, (hey, I'm married to one,) but it did make me less fond of gynological exams. So to me, getting an unnecessary test that requires me to put my legs in stirrups, left a bad taste for me. I decided to decline and hold my ground... Cause I'm in my mid-thirties and very much more assertive than I was at 19!
Note: If anyone is reading this and feeling awkward about exams, please know that my experience was isolated and uncommon. Besides, I've noticed they always have another person in there now when doctors to that kind of thing. And no, I'm not at that same office. Also, I didn't report the guy, simply because I was too young to realize the importance of reporting things
I didn't mention my distaste for this kind of exam in the original post, as I felt it wasn't necessary to express that I felt we should be able to decline unnecessary tests.