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Prenatal testing--nervous!
Hello:
I am a 27 year old female, married and have just found out I was expecting. As such, I know that an HIV test will be part of the prenatal panel, and I'm a little (or a lot) nervous. When I was 20 and in college (yes, almost 7 years ago) I had an "oops" moment with a fraternity guy. We had vaginal sex and did not use a condom. Thankfully, I didn't get pregnant. I did, however, come down the the flu a few days later. It seems like this flu involved congestion and maybe I even had a positive influenza swab, but I can't really remember. Bottom line: I started wondering/worrying if I could have gotten HIV. This was the only unprotected exposure I ever had. I have absolutely no reason to believe this guy had HIV. In fact, I saw him very recently and he looked just fine. This worry has sort of stayed in the back of my mind on and off and has now re-kindled itself due to the test that I'm sure a test is coming at some point. On a side note, a few years ago I acquired an MRSA infection from the gym that turned into septic arthritis. The Infectious Diseases doctor "ran a ton of tests" all of which looked fine she said, and she declared me healthy. This gave me some comfort as I just thought for sure my perceived HIV would show up in that ordeal. The infection quickly cleared with the appropriate antibiotics. I have had some CBCs since then, all of which are normal. My sed rate and CRP are also normal I know. My question is: if I had been infected seven years ago, would I know by now most likely? Was my risk REALLY low? Like 1 out of 1000 like I see on many posts?? Thanks in advance....
I am a 27 year old female, married and have just found out I was expecting. As such, I know that an HIV test will be part of the prenatal panel, and I'm a little (or a lot) nervous. When I was 20 and in college (yes, almost 7 years ago) I had an "oops" moment with a fraternity guy. We had vaginal sex and did not use a condom. Thankfully, I didn't get pregnant. I did, however, come down the the flu a few days later. It seems like this flu involved congestion and maybe I even had a positive influenza swab, but I can't really remember. Bottom line: I started wondering/worrying if I could have gotten HIV. This was the only unprotected exposure I ever had. I have absolutely no reason to believe this guy had HIV. In fact, I saw him very recently and he looked just fine. This worry has sort of stayed in the back of my mind on and off and has now re-kindled itself due to the test that I'm sure a test is coming at some point. On a side note, a few years ago I acquired an MRSA infection from the gym that turned into septic arthritis. The Infectious Diseases doctor "ran a ton of tests" all of which looked fine she said, and she declared me healthy. This gave me some comfort as I just thought for sure my perceived HIV would show up in that ordeal. The infection quickly cleared with the appropriate antibiotics. I have had some CBCs since then, all of which are normal. My sed rate and CRP are also normal I know. My question is: if I had been infected seven years ago, would I know by now most likely? Was my risk REALLY low? Like 1 out of 1000 like I see on many posts?? Thanks in advance....
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