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Where you ever tested for HIV/STDS/AIDS?
I do all the time. I love knowing my status, although I don't really have to worry about it, because me and my boyfriend have been with only eachother for the past 7 years. You still never know. lol I normally get tested every 6 months and pregnancy testing every 3 months when I go get a refill on my birthcontrol.
08/18/2011
Every 3 months. My ex, he had been tested once right before we committed, and then never again. I constantly gave him hell for that. Now, he is out with other girls, and still has not been tested since I threw him out - what a cad.
My grandmother got Hep C from a blood transfusion, and I've known a lot of blood to be spilled in bar fights (which is why I kept trying to send my ex to the clinic) so as far as I see it it's just something to check for. No reason not to!
My grandmother got Hep C from a blood transfusion, and I've known a lot of blood to be spilled in bar fights (which is why I kept trying to send my ex to the clinic) so as far as I see it it's just something to check for. No reason not to!
08/18/2011
I've had tests done at various times. When I had my son they couldn't find my HIV test. They came into the room and said that they had to do a test right then and there, I couldn't deliver without one. (Because the baby will wait??) Ugh. Maybe I should have refused in the hopes that they never gave me Pitocin.
08/20/2011
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Kim, they had NO right to do that. The hospital cannot force you to have an HIV test for any reason. Some forms of HIV testing actually has a high rate of FALSE positives due to pregnancy hormones! Actually, pregnancy is the worst time to get tested for HIV.
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Kim!
I've had tests done at various times. When I had my son they couldn't find my HIV test. They came into the room and said that they had to do a test right then and there, I couldn't deliver without one. (Because the baby will wait??) Ugh.
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I've had tests done at various times. When I had my son they couldn't find my HIV test. They came into the room and said that they had to do a test right then and there, I couldn't deliver without one. (Because the baby will wait??) Ugh. Maybe I should have refused in the hopes that they never gave me Pitocin.
You had every right to refuse the test. They bullied you and I would have raised a stink.
The law cannot even test RAPE SUSPECTS without their consent. They certainly can't test pregnant women. Being a Infant/Maternal nurse I have seen doctors and even nurses try to trick people into testing (so they don't have to use Universal Precautions themselves) and it is illegal and not to mention unethical.
I refused ALL HIV testing during my pregnancies. I was not going to risk them trying to take my kid, or attempt to prevent me from breastfeeding because of a false positive test. I simply said, "No, I refuse this test." That was it.
08/20/2011
I got tested before I went on Depo more than 8 years ago but just last week I was tested again because I'm changing BC and I found out I had a STD (curable, thankfully)
I've only ever had 1 partner and we've been together seriously for those 8 years and he's never cheated on me, I didn't think to ask him if he'd been tested in the very beginning (I guess I just assumed he had) and I got it from him because while I was on the Depo we didn't always use condoms. So it's hid in our systems without any symptoms for nearly a decade.
Everyone should get tested no matter what your situation.
I've only ever had 1 partner and we've been together seriously for those 8 years and he's never cheated on me, I didn't think to ask him if he'd been tested in the very beginning (I guess I just assumed he had) and I got it from him because while I was on the Depo we didn't always use condoms. So it's hid in our systems without any symptoms for nearly a decade.
Everyone should get tested no matter what your situation.
12/15/2011
