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Another thread got me thinking, how often do you get tested for STDs?
My GYN had me get tested every year when I had my yearly exam from the point I started being sexually active.
I only stopped getting tested after my doctor realized how long DH and I had been monogamous and said the tests weren't necessary.
So how about you?
I got tested at my annual exam until DH and I were monogamous. My gyno was like "are you suuuure?" at the first appt I told her it wasnt necessary anymore haha.
@LGenz: Yeah I told my doctor I'd be happy to be tested but I'd been with my guy for 5 years and she just said... yeah, you don't need it anymore.
I made a point of getting tested as part of my yearly exam once I became sexually active. Even with condoms, you can never be too careful. DH and I both got tested before we started going condom-less.
Before I met my partner once every 6 months, or just after a new relationship. Now I don't bother.
I used to only get tested at my annual but then stopped once DH and I were together. The last time I was tested was when we had been together for about 3 months.
I feel like it just makes so much sense. One small blood test once a year (usually covered by health insurance) just to ensure that all is ok. Especially when some STDs don't show symptoms for years (if every) and can affect fertility so badly.
I'm not sure if I have been tested, never sought out to be tested. I've been with the same person since I lost my Vcard and he has only been with me since we started dating 10 years ago. =)
I got tested at my annual, but then once hubs and I had been monogamous for a few years, I stopped
I was tested before I was with my SO, and once since. We've been monogamous for 5 years now so I don't feel like it's neccessary. It's also not covered by my health insurance.
I was tested every year until my SO and I were monogomous. I no longer am tested due to how long we have been together.
Because there are those nasty invisible hidey STDs, we're still going to get tested every year for a while. You can never be too sure, especially with how rampant high risk HPV is!
Same as many of the PPs. Every year until we were monogamous, and I ensured we were both tested before we slept with each other. I like games, but I dont like playing games with my health or life.
EDIT: I remembered that I was tested 2 years ago at my yearly just to continue to be sure. I probably will every few years just in case. You can never be too sure, especially since I have surgeries every 7ish years.
Well I voted for once a year, but actually I've had more times at the hospital for various complications and they always test me routinely.
http://www.aphroditewomenshealth.com/news/stds.shtml
Why risk it?
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in four teenagers contract a STD, and even more alarming, one in two sexually active people will contract a STD by the age of 25
it’s estimated that one in four people have genital herpes, but up to 90 percent of these people are not aware they even have it
Chlamydia is one of the STDs that can lead to medical complications if left untreated. An estimated 3 million Americans are infected with chlamydia each year, and it’s so common in young women that, by age 30, 50 percent of sexually active women will have had chlamydia at some time.
My husband and I have been monogamous since we were 19 years old. And we each had only had sex with one other person before that (and both of them were virgins as well). I think I got tested once shortly after my husband and I got together but that was a long time ago. My doctor has been telling me for years there's not point for me to do it now.
@hana.schmitt: For sure. The only time I had sex sans condom before DH was with a guy I dated near the end of high school/beginning of college, who cheated on me...and gave me HPV, which didn't even show up on a pap smear until almost three years later. (DH got tested as well and doesn't have it.) You have to be SO careful, especially with HPV. Colpos are not fun. Mine cleared up on its own after I had a colposcopy, but as a result, I had cervical dysplasia for a without even knowing it--there were no other symptoms.
@Mrs Grape: Same thing happened to me, even though we used a condom! HPV can transfer through any bodily fluid - including sweat!!! Luckily mine showed up quick and my body killed it before I needed a procedure (but the coloscopy...ow...not fun!...and go body!!!) I'm free and clear of it now, but it was an absolute nightmare. Luckily it was a few years before I met my FI. Before we started officially being together and forgoing extra protection (I'm on the pill) we both went to get tested for everything under the sun! I'm going to make sure we keep doing that for years to come, just in case something is incubating evilly in either of us!
I feel like when my husband and I first starting being sexually active I was probably tested once? But never after that, he's the only one I've ever been with and we were monogamous from day one.
Just FYI its now called STI's, for Sexually Transmitted Infections. Check it out: http://www.who.int/topics/sexually_transmitted_infections/en/
I get tested annually as part of my gyn exam and I will never, EVER stop even when I get married. They will have to kick me out of the lab and I will be asking for one on my death bed, HA. I love FI and he's the greatest and the best and Gods gift and yadda yadda yadda, BUT people go unexpectedly psycho all the time and Im not taking any chances with my health. Since FI is in the medical field he gets tested frequently as well. There is no game playing up in these parts, lol.
I'm not sure I fit in any of these categories. I don't get tested yearly now (beyond paps) because FI & I are in a 100% monogamous relationship. FI was actually my first, so I was not tested then, but I wasn't his first, and he was tested before entering a relationship with me.
At one point we broke up and I was single for a while, and dated and had another relationship. I was very careful to be tested then, and again when FI & I decided to make another go of it - not just immediately, but an initial test and a 6 month test (as sometimes tests take a while to show positive results).
I would have done this no matter what, but I was especially motivated to do so, because it turned out that a man I was seeing was actually a narcissist and a pathological liar. Talk about an "oh my god, what could he have given me?" nightmare. Thankfully, the answer was nothing.
I've only ever been with my husband, and he's only ever been with me. So I laughed when my GYN made me do an STD test once.
I've only ever been tested once.
DH is the only person I've been sexually active with. I had an allergic reaction to yeast infection medication that landed me in the ER about 2 years into our relationship (and being sexually active). The ER wanted to rule out any STDs before agreeing that it was an allergic reaction. The STD screen came back clear and since we had been monogamous for over 2 years and have been monogamous since that test, I've never felt a need to be re-tested.
I voted "Tested once because my doctor made me", but it's not exactly accurate.
I was tested when my ex-husband and I split up, because he was cheating on me and I had no idea who or how many people he had fooled around with.
And then when I switched to my current OB/GYN, it's routine procedure in her office for all new patients to be tested for STDs.
My gyno asked me if I wanted to be tested and have a pap at my first infertility appt. and I told him I've only been with one person who has only been with me and he said I didn't have to. Yay!
I've never been tested. Hubs and I have been together 11 years and have only been with each other, so it's never been necessary.
My doctor test every year from the time you become sexually active until the age of 26. Maybe it's state regulations.
This is interesting... my doctor told me that I will be required to be tested once I turn 21, even though I'm a virgin and so is FI. Seems like other doctors don't feel it's necessary for monogamous relationships?
I have only an annual pap smear and have never actually been tested for STDs. This is because my husband and I didn't have sex until we were married. Which actually was an awkward conversation to have with my new gynocologist.. because she went into great detail describing all the benefits of the HPV vaccine (don't get me wrong - I think it is great that they have that for people who have been sexually active with multiple partners!), then I told her I was in a monogamous marriage and neither of us had any prior sexual partners. She sort of awkwardly stammered, before saying "Oh, you really don't need it then!" lol
If I had previous partners before my husband, I definitely would be tested annually. And I would have gotten the HPV vaccine too.
I got tested every year after I became sexually active. Until DH and I had been together for a few years. My doctor thinks there's always the possibility that DH could be unfaithful so he thinks I should still get tested every year.
After I found out my ex- hysband was cheating on me. And with each of my pregnancies.
Interesting thread! My husband was my first (and we were *quite* monogomous when we became sexually active), so I've never been tested. I think that a lot of your responses may be skewed because most of the people here are in monogomous relationships and probably don't get tested regularly anymore (though many of them probably did get tested when they were sexually active with various partners).
I was not my husband's first, though, and I had him get tested before we became active. I am shocked at how many women I encounter who take an "I'd rather not know" approach to their health when testing is so easy! And the consequences of untreated STD's are so dire!
If you're older than 10, I feel like the GYN automatically assumes that you are sexually active. Fine, but when I tell them I not or a virgin, it would be nice if they would not question my confession! And yes I know, oral and anal are being active :)
I have never asked to be tested, but I think my yearly free " well woman" checkup in my insurance runs all kinds of things. If you are sexually active , I think its a great thing! No need to be in the dark!
I was tested at every injection appointment (or every other one) when I was in my early 20s, but since I got together with my FI I haven't been tested.
I encourage everyone to continue getting tested yearly. As Aubergold said, "people go psycho all the time" I was monogomous in my first marriage, my ex-husband, not so much. He gave me chlamydia and I had no symptoms. I probably had it for 2 years before it was treated. I was never able to have children not exclusively due to this STD but I am sure it did not help!
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