I'm 16 weeks pregnant and as a result of my tests at thirteen weeks, the doctor called and told me I tested positive for chlamydia. My last tests for all STD's were taken when I miscarried about 14 months ago, and all was negative. My husband and I have been together for 5 years, day in and day out, literally! We have discussed this many times, but truly, there is no way any cheating would or could have happened. We are both Christians and in a loving relationship. When the doctor delivered the news, we were unable to get in and get retested at the time; moreover, the antibiotics for both of us were called in and all the doctor wanted to do was retest at my next appt. We have never had an STD. We have tried so hard to get pregnant again in this last year while overcoming irregular periods and after losing the first baby to a uterine polyp.
I have not had any symptoms of the disease that I have found online, except for some increase in discharge on some days, but I thought that was common in pregnancy? The dr also stated that it was a DNA probe test (that I did indeed test negative for on two occassions in the prior three years) and that false positives do happen (2/10 + are false).
I read on a post responded to on this forum in 2007 that some tests cause false positives and I would like to know if a DNA probe test would. I am sorry, I do not have the exact name of the test, but will be retested in a week (which is three weeks after treatment for both of us of 1g zithromax) and can find out.
I have read about how pregnant women can test positive (falsely) for chlamydia and would like to know if this might be the case. Also, I was on antibiotics for a respiratory infection when I completed the test and believe it was also causing me a borderline yeast infection at the time, which most antibiotics do for me, but it always clears when I finish the prescription. I normally have no problems with odors, discharge, or burning.