Is a False Positive for Chlamydia a possibility if you are pregnant?

[skyyblnde]

I have been with my husband since we were 13, that is 11 yrs. He is the only person I have ever had sex with and vice versa. I have been trying to pregnant for the past 4 years so of course they have run NUMEROUS STD tests on me to keep my body healthy. All of them have been negative. My husband and I last had sex in July before he went to California for Army training, and a few weeks later I found out that I was pregnant. Everything should be a happy occasion for us. But, I had a pap and general workup including STD testing so that my pregnancy would be healthy. The text results came back that I had chlamydia. My partner and I have been completely faithful to one another. We were both treated to ensure that if he had it, it would go away. On that same day, before the medicine, he was also tested for STD's. His results came back negative. He did not have chlamydia. I saw the paperwork from the doctor so I know he is not lying. Well, I am 14 weeks pregnant and this has put a lot of stress on my baby, and me, and my faith in my husband, so I started researching the possible causes for this. I came across the fact that a pregnant woman can have a false positive. My doctor refuses to agree with this. I don't know what to do. I have been faithful. My husband has been faithful. In May I tested negative for Chlamydia, but in October (when I was 12 weeks pregnant) I tested positive.
I started to think about some other possibilities...I have a condition called Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. This caused me to have a lot of fertility issues. During the last year I have been on a medicine called MetFormin which I stopped taking about 2 weeks before my positive chlamydia test. Could this possibly have contributed to the false positive?
Any help is greatly appreciated.

[mayflowers]

I think you will have better luck with a regular dr.  I have heard  that being pregnant women will make some tests false positive.  Do you know with test he used?  There are a couple of different versions out there and if he used one of the older versions, that could certainly be the issue.  

[skyyblnde]

Thank you for the info. Some people have been very mean about the situation. I know for a fact that I have had sex with only one person in my life, most people find that unbelievable, and therefore assume that I am lying. I am switching my doctors because I can no longer stand to see the Army doctors. They are all superficial and assume the worst of everyone and the treatment they give their patients is substandard. I now know that there are many women who are pregnant that receive a false positive for chlamydia. Doctors still have yet to look into this scientifically though...but with as many cases as there are you would think they would do that eventually.

[mayflowers]

Hi, I have heard that false positives with chlamydia are an issue with pregnancy.  I think there are a couple of threads on this forum actually.  Maybe do a search???

Being pregnant  will cause a lot of tests to go haywire b/c of the hormone changes. Your body is alot more sensitive to certain tests.  You may actually have a yeast infection (very common and NOT an STD) and that's causing the false positive test.  I'm not a dr. but I could see that happening.

I once had a drug test come back as positive and the strongest drug I take is tylenol and caffine, maybe a glass of wine, so I know what it's like to get positive result on a test that you know should NOT be positive.  I got a re-test that same day and it was negative but boy did I have to fight for that one!  

You say that your husband is in the Army so I am assuming that you are using their medical plan?  Is there anyway you could go to another gyn, even if you have to pay for it?  Maybe try Planned Parenthood and explain the situation.

Whatever it is, I'm sure it will work out fine.  If you feel like it, keep us posted b/c I'm sure there a lot of women in your shoes right now.  All the best! Andrea