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Today I had an appointment with my OBGYN to check on the placement of my Mirena that was put in 6 weeks after I had my son. I started having symptoms four days ago and was relieved to already have an appointment scheduled. I had already self-diagnosed but I was relieved that I would know for sure soon enough. I'm the type of person to really delay things and hope that they will resolve on their own so in that respect, it is good that I had to face it right away. 

I was really upset when I found out, I kept it together with the doctor but I cried in the car for a long time before I could drive home. All this was happening over my lunch break and I was dreading going back to work. I told my last sexual partner immediately so that he would get tested and not pass this on to anyone else. I don't think he thinks he gave it to me, but they test you for multiple STD's multiple times throughout your pregnancy to make sure that you can't pass anything on to your baby during a vaginal birth, so I'm positive that he did.

I'm not even that worried about finding a man that will love me (yes I am), but my biggest fear right now is somehow passing it on to my son and having more kids in the future. I need to do lots of research to ensure that I can keep my baby safe.

My doctor prescribed valacyclovir that I am supposed to take twice a day for seven days. I hope this will give me some relief. I am so glad that I am still able to breastfeed and I hope that I will be able to pull it together and get back to normal soon. I think once my symptoms start to subside I will be able to get out of my head a little bit. I also hope my outbreak starts to heal up because I've got a 31 mile bike ride with my dad coming up in the middle of June and I haven't been able to ride my bike because of pregnancy, but I was cleared for exercise six weeks post partum and started riding pretty regular last week, which from what I read between the first exposure a week ago and the bike riding that is what probably triggered the first outbreak.

Another reason I am upset is because it could have been easily avoided if I had just told him to go home instead of allowing him to stay the night. I was already really drunk and I don't make good decisions when I'm drunk. That's why I have my son now. 

So here's the facts, I am a single mom to a three month old baby, and now I have herpes. I'm ready to catch a break, someone show me the light at the end of the tunnel.

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Is this just a visual diagnosis at this stage? 

When the swab comes back and if it is positive, check that it has been properly typed, don't just accept it if they tell you it is HSV-2.

Do not fear for your son, you will not pass a genital infection to him.

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4 minutes ago, WilsoInAus said:

Is this just a visual diagnosis at this stage? 

When the swab comes back and if it is positive, check that it has been properly typed, don't just accept it if they tell you it is HSV-2.

Do not fear for your son, you will not pass a genital infection to him.

How do I check that it is properly typed? Blood test?

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If it was a PCR/NAAT test then the type is determined accurately by DNA sequence.

If it was a culture, then a culture itself cannot tell type, they need to perform an immunofluorescence test. This means they put a few drops of HSV-1 antibodies at one end and HSV-2 antibodies at the other and see which one colours the most.

If they have not applied the immunofluorescence test (which they can of they still have the sample!) then yes you will need to have a blood test at 12 weeks to determine type.

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