Is it possible to have Chlamydia after 8years?

[Mel12011207]

I have been married to my husband for 4years, we have been together for almost 6 years now.  We have two children one 3 and one a year.  We recently found out that we are having our third child.  I went in for all the basic pre-natal tests and they said that my Chlamydia test came back positive!  Now My son is a year I had this test done back on 5-8-06 and it was negative and negative for my daughter s well.  My husband and I are happily married and never strayed how could this be possible?  The last person I had had sex with was almost 2 years before my husband.
The doctors have said yes it can be dormant, however not that long.  I hate the implications that one of us has been unfaithful.  Test can be wrong.  I have been re-tested and my husband has also gone in for tests we are waiting the results.  

[informyourself]

Just my two cents - since I just went through this myself.  There are a few strains of chlamydia that can be passed by inhalation.  This can cause the STD to form.  I was a wreck until our specialist explained this very important detail.

Of course, this isn't as common, but it is possible.  It's a shame that relationships can be ruined because this isn't explained to people better.

[auntiejessi]

This isn't true.

There are different forms of chlamydia bacteria, and there is one that can be spread the way you describe.  That would cause pneumonia, though, not a genital infection.

The std test would identify ONLY the type that causes a genital infection, chlamydia trachomatis.  If you had a chlamydia blood test, it doesn't specify which chlamydia bacteria you've had, and it might be the chlamydia pneumoniae bacteria.  Blood tests for chlamydia shouldn't be done as part of an std screening.

If your husband's test is negative, and yours comes back negative, then I would say this is a false positive.  I have nothing scientific to back this up, but some of the false positives I've seen on this board are in pregnant women, so I wonder if that has something to do with your tests.

If yours is positive again, and your husband's is positive, then someone had to be with someone else.

AJ