STDs & STIs

[Superbandgeek]

So my Bf and I want to get tested for std's before we have sex. We said that we won't have sex until we are the age of consent in our state. My Bf and I are both virgins but we want to be safe. Can someone please explain what they do during a std test? Thank you.

[alegnatm · Accepted solution]

Depending on what you are being tested for doctors will take blood (usually just a poke on your finger) for HIV testing. They can take urine samples where you just pee in a cup, or do "swab" testing where they will Take a cotton swab to the inside of your mouth, vagina (they use what's called a speculum to see inside and will swab the  inside of you, not painful but not exactly comfortable either), or inside of his urethra.

I understand the need for safety, but if you are not sexually active I don't really see the need for an STD check. 

[starryphoenix]

I was tested during a gynecological exam.

In the method I did, after the exam, cells are swabbed into a test tube from the vagina using a little stick. They are then sent to a lab for test results and the results are sent via your doctor's office.

[flamingoccm]

It doesn't really make sense for you to go get tested for STDs if you've never had sex.

[Superbandgeek]

Thank you all for the responses. I was curious on how that really works and was wanting to know if you needed blood work. The only reason that I thought of getting tested even though we are both virgins is because one of all the stories I heard in school.

[flamingoccm]

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Superbandgeek wrote:

Thank you all for the responses. I was curious on how that really works and was wanting to know if you needed blood work. The only reason that I thought of getting tested even though we are both virgins is because one of all the stories I heard in school.

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Purely out of curiosity--What stories are you talking about?

[alegnatm]

I am assuming that these stories you heard are about people that are sexually active, which doesn't apply to you anyways.