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Afraid of routine HIV screen
I know that I am being slightly irrational, but it would help to get some backup on that opinion. I am a 27 year old female who is pregnant. This is my second pregnancy. I was in the Army and during my career was tested last right before I got pregnant with my daughter, which was in 2004. Since then I have been with her father, and my current husband whom I am now expecting a child with. We have been together for over 3 years in a very monogamous relationship. My husband is deployed and has had three HIV tests (you must test before going to Iraq) in the last 6 months, all of which were negative. I am in my third month of pregnancy and have just had my first battery of tests, one of which was an HIV screen. My first husband (my daughters father) was not entirely faithful I'm afraid, and I cannot stop thinking that I have HIV. Before I knew I was going to be tested, I never thought about it. I certainly dont believe I have any risk factors. But for some reason this waiting for the results is eating me alive. I havent slept in days. Not sure what Im looking for here, perhaps just some reassurance that I am being irrational and that the chances of being infected are slim, especially because my husband is negative. Any advice would help...pregnancy is exhausting enough without not being able to sleep!!
Understandable. I am a mother too, I can't say that I was as concerned as you, but the fear is always there. But they are there for support. And maybe you should visit the pregnancy forum to talk about it with other moms to be who may be stressing about it as well. And Congratulations.
i actually went through the same thing when i got pregnant with my daughter, i was waiting what seemed like years for the results on that test, i didnt think that i had anything i was just thinking about that test so much that i started to worry about it and then the worry started to turn into panic that led to a bunch of crying, then finally i got the results back and was negative, its just a paranoid fear alot of expecting mothers get.
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