Am I required to disclose this information before having sex?

I don't have to imagine child birth without medication. I've done it 4 times already. It's nothing. As a matter of fact, I did the last one on my living room floor without medical professionals. I found the kidney infection I had to be 1000 times worse than a natural child birth.

So you experience a little discomfort during childbirth at least you have the option of being heavily medicated and can see it coming. Being kicked in the jimmy can come out of nowhere and that sudden flash of pain is instantly dehabiliting. I'm pretty sure that even during childbirth, my wife, numb from the waist down from drugs, could have the fortitude to hop her ass out of the stirrups and kick my ass if I started flirting with the nurses. On the other hand, it would take an act of God to get me out of the fetal position shortly after being racked.

Do you think she'll ever be ready?

I've read some of the replies here but not all of them.

HPV can be serious. I know, I ended up with cervical cancer because of it.

When I found out I was pregnant with my last child, my pap came back abnormal. I have had to go for a pap every THREE months for the past FOUR year. I had a colposcopy every 3 months, even through my pregnancy. I had my daughter in Oct. 2003 and in Jan. 2005 it had advanced from dysplasia to cancer (very early stage.) I had a LEEP, which was HORRIBLE. The procedure itself wasn't painful to me. I was awake the entire time and had it done in my GYN's office. It was the lidocaine injected into my cervix before that did me in. It made my heart race SO bad I felt like I was having a heart attack. That sent me into a panic attack and caused me to hyperventilate.

I had some light cramping for a few days after but nothing major. For me, the worst part was the lidocaine injections before.

It has been almost 2.5 years since the LEEP and I still receive paps every 3 months. Thankfully, they've all been normal since I had the LEEP. But, I already dicussed with my GYN that if one ever comes back abnormal again I'm not messing around with another LEEP. It'll be a hysterectomy for me since I'm done having kids. BTW, it's definitely possible to get pregnant and carry a baby to term if you have HPV, I did. It's also possible to have cervical biopsies while pregnant, I did every 3 months for the entire 9 months. And, it's possible to have a baby after having a LEEP and happens quite often.

I would bet my bank account that there's A LOT more women on this board that have HPV that aren't willing to admit it or don't know they have it. I have never shown any signs of having HPV other than the abnormal cervical cells.

I have two daughters and they'll both receive the vaccination again HPV when they're old enough.

Lastly, HPV can hit anyone. I'm far from a slut. Shit, I haven't even had sex in well over a year. And for the record, since having my LEEP, my GYN tells me all the time how pretty my cervix looks So, there's nothing visible even there.

Oh, one more thing. I don't know if it's different depending on what doctor you see, but my GYN told me they don't even test for HPV unless you've had an abnormal pap. So, those of you that have said you know for sure you don't have it, you might want to make sure your GYN even tests for it routinely. It's my understanding a lot of doctor's don't test for HPV unless there's a reason to (abnormal pap.) And, you can still have HPV and have a normal pap, depending on how long you've had HPV.

I don't have to imagine child birth without medication. I've done it 4 times already. It's nothing. As a matter of fact, I did the last one on my living room floor without medical professionals. I found the kidney infection I had to be 1000 times worse than a natural child birth.

Thanks for sharing your story.

I just want to add one more thing. It seems a lot of people like pointing the blame at the woman, but just remember, women don't get this from sitting on a toilet seat. It takes two to tango so both genders are equally responsible. However, it's the woman that receives the stigma associated with HPV.

Kidney infections will take you to your knees, I know this, I have them often enough
It's also not fun to have a clamp placed on one's cervix while wide awake
Not sure the men here really understand the sheer number of medical procedure's women endure, in the name of healthiness and or sickness or disease

I know a lot of people have said that their colposcopies were painful. Mine never were. But, HOLY SMOKES, that LEEP made me feel like I was going to die right there. You know, not so many years ago they did the LEEP's while you were knocked out. I can now understand why. Lidocaine is EVIL

Eh? Guys experience no stigmatism from HPV?? How do you figure?

Women apparently have a test.... guys don't have a test unless they break out in warts.

I went to a Dr and asked to be tested even though I didn't have any signs... the doctor laughed and asked "why?"

My colposcopy was bad... I definitely felt him snipping into my cervix... and I had cramps for a day or so... but when they froze the spots off I couldn't hardly walk. I was in sooo much pain! I don't even want to know what LEEP is like.

According to the website that slickchik gave us the link to:


At the moment, there is no test approved to detect HPV in men.