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Herpes while pregnant

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dee10433
dee10433

hey guys, its been a while but i had believed to be exposed to herpes a little over a year ago i was told it was bv so i always went that. fast forward to today, im 8 months pregnant and getting ready to give birth so of course the responsible thing to do was to ask the doctor for a herpes test, well the blood test came back negative for both HSV 1 & 2, my question is, is it safe to say im clear from the virus being that possible exposure happened over a year ago?

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  • susan17426
    susan17426 dee10433

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    Yes! If you have an out break, the will give you AntiVirals that will help so it wont spread to the baby if you dont have it i wouldnt worry anything about it! GOOD LUCK!!

    • dee10433
      dee10433 susan17426

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      so being that its been over a year since possible exposure, a negative blood test should be accurate at this point correct? because if i did have it the antibodies wouldve shown up in my blood work ? im sure i wouldve had antibodies by now ?

    • susan17426
      susan17426 dee10433

      Posted

      right you would have been showing by now with it being so long ago... only newly infected doesnt show on a blood test.

    • dee10433
      dee10433 susan17426

      Edited

      wow thank you, i cant beileve i went over a year with thinking i have a disease that i dont have. i literally want to cry tears of joy, now its time to get to the bottom of whats really going on downstairs. diagnosing myself was the stupidest thing ever.

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