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So my s/o just found out from the hospital she tested positive for herpes, this is after receiving a notice from planned parenthood that she had not tested positive (she was tested at each location.) Naturally she is extremely devastated, what is concerning too is to my knowledge I do not have herpes, Ive never had an outbreak, and I trust her in regards to her being with anyone. Im scared I'm an asymptomatic carrier, and that I could have given it to her (I'm scheduling a doctor's appt on Monday) because I would not want to give anything to anyone. 

She is terrified and convinced that she cannot be a mother, and she wants to leave me out of a desire to protect me from contracting, and not being able to have children, I told her repeatedly that I would love her no matter what and we will figure it out together. I just want to help her.

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Any advice anyone has would be wonderful, I'm trying to keep her reminded that she is loved and appreciated no matter what, but she is devastated for the time being. 

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Hi Hopingtohelp.  The first thing I would like to say is I hope that all those members on here a) read your post and b) find a partner like you!  Addressing your situation, I think the best thing you could do first up is to get your lady to have a good look at this website and read all the posts from newly diagnosed people and the advice that is being given to them.  There really is a wealth of information and support here which both of you will derive huge benefit from.  Certainly herpes isn't much fun for a lot of people, but after the initial shock and fear have passed and you learn what it really means to have herpes from a lot of people who have it, you come to accept the situation and learn to live quite happily and normally with it.  Many people here have lived with herpes for many years - I was diagnosed around 35 years ago!  There are antiviral treatments available, pills and topical creams, which can often prevent an outbreak altogether, or at least significantly reduce the severity.

Certainly your lady can still be a mother!  I don't know how many here have children, but I certainly do :).  As I had an outbreak at the time, my child was delivered by c-section, but I think a normal birth is ok otherwise.

It's a very scary time when you are first diagnosed and it sometimes feels like your whole world has been turned upside down.  Your lady is very lucky in that she is in a very supportive and loving relationship, and this will help her enormously.  So, together, and armed with all the information you can gather from here and elsewhere, I feel sure things will settle down soon emotionally and I truly wish you both a very happy future! 

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Hi Hopingtohelp

I echo Oldgals comment that you sound like a great partner and I am sure you will help her through.

It is useful to find out if she has HSV1 or 2 and is there a possibility maybe that you have had a cold sore in the past and she could have got HSV1 genitally from that?

There is tons of information on this site and people who will help you both so it would be good to advise her to come along and get more support. Oh and there would be very few babies being born if women with HSV were not able to have them :)

Take care

Lucy

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Thank you so much for the responses! I'm trying to make sure she knows she is loved and I've shown her your replies, basically trying to get her to realize that she is not alone in this.  At the end of the day im just so worried about her emotional well being right now, I'll try to get her to read through the site, but I don't want to push anything while shes still pretty emotionally drained.

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On Saturday, April 01, 2017 at 3:42 AM, Hopingtohelp said:

Thank you so much for the responses! I'm trying to make sure she knows she is loved and I've shown her your replies, basically trying to get her to realize that she is not alone in this.  At the end of the day im just so worried about her emotional well being right now, I'll try to get her to read through the site, but I don't want to push anything while shes still pretty emotionally drained.

It would be beneficial for you to get tested as you are doing then you know how to proceed.  She needs to know the risk is very low. She can take meds and condims is 1%.  If she has not had symptoms this also reduces risk. But above it is important to understand which type she has because HSV 1 genital is much lower risk than HSV 2.  It does just take time and she does need to just educate yourself about it so that she will see that there is nothing she cannot do because she has herpes. 

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