Can your sexually active past (STDs) reduce your chances of being parents ?

Chlamydia and gonorrhoea can potentially hurt your future fertility, regardless of your gender. They can cause scarring and damage to the fallopian tubes. Sexually transmitted diseases can lead to tubal scarring, ectopic pregnancy, other reproductive problems, and ultimately infertility if left untreated. If a mother has sexually transmitted disease, it is possible for the fetus or newborn to be infected. Some sexually transmitted diseases, including chlamydia, gonorrhoea, genital herpes, and cytomegalovirus can be passed from mother to infant during delivery when the infant passes through an infected birth canal. A few sexually transmitted diseases, including syphilis, HIV, and CMV, can infect a fetus before birth during the pregnancy.

If your past STD is either Chlamydia or Gonorrhea then YES, sadly it does affect your fertility regardless of gender. There are a lot of possible effects that past STDS can have on your chances of conceiving. This is why it’s so important to get tested if you’re at risk for STDS and get treated ASAP if you do have one. The sooner you can treat and cure chlamydia or gonorrhea, the less likely they are to cause damage to your reproductive organs or hamper your chances of conceiving a child in the future.

WOW!!! You should be more careful with your personal life!!! STDs can definitely affect your chance of having kids, not to mention that STDs can be passed on to your child too. If treatable, you should treat it before having kids, if not better not to have kids at all. You can adopt but you need to be careful you do not pass it on to your kids by accident too.

I would think so, as they may cause problems for you and your spouse in the future. STDs such as AIDS and HIV can be transmitted to your kids. You could try adopting if you both want to be parents :)