Ok. I was tested last year (May 2008) for Gonno & Chlamydia at my annual exam, everything came back clean. I started dating my boyfriend right after that exam. I slept with one guy in between without protection. In May of this year (2009) we got pregnant & I was tested again for STD's, everything came back clean. We ended up having a miscarriage
& have not been able to get pregnant since. My boyfriend was tested right when we started dating as well & his came back clean. Neither one of us have been with anyone else...(at least I haven't & he says he hasn't). The joints in one of his hands
has been hurting & progressively getting worse. So yesterday he was looking up arthritis & the causes of it & stumbled upon chlamydia as something that can cause this. Then he kept reading to find out that chlamydia can also cause fertility issues. So now he wants us to get tested because he says it may be the cause of our 2 problems. Is it possible to have had chlamydia for this long & have no symptoms what-so-ever besides the joint pain on him & the miscarriage
, no fevers. I occasionally have discharge with an odor & he says that it burns when he pees after sex (but he said it has been that way since he was 15 every time he has had sex). Are we just over analyzing our issues or could this really be something we've had for this long???
If you had chlamydia, it would have shown up in May when you were pregnant. The chlamydia isn't what causes infertility. It is the scarring in the fallopian tubes when it turns into PID because of it not being treated for so long. So, you can rule that out. Chlamydia does not lay dormant. You can pass it whether or not you have symptoms.
Here is my advice. If you are trying to get pregnant, stop. The stress is probably preventing it from happening more than anything else. Let nature take its course. Many women have miscarriages the first time they get pregnant and have a difficult time due to trying every month then being discouraged because it didn't happen. Relaxing is key when trying to have a baby. Your body is sensitive to stress in many ways and this is one.
Take it from my personal experience. I tried for 8 months to get pregnant with my husband. Finally, we agreed that timing just wasn't right anyway and we just would let it be for the time being. Well, I was pregnant within the next month. It will happen when you least expect it. If by next May, it doesn't happen, then maybe consider fertility testing. But give nature a chance to do it on its own a bit longer.