Need some advice and support as I dont want to tell my family about this as I am so ashamed and dont want to worry anyone but I have a painful sore down below which i noticed yesturday and so I went to my health clinic and he told me I have cold sores down below and said i need to start on these meds right away which i have now. He said he doesn't need to culture swab me becsuse according to the system i came in last year for the same reason and swab came back positive
& Yes I did have this sore before for the first time when i was 3 weeks pregnant last year july. I went to clinic who said the same thing and swabbed me and said it was positive. But if im honest i was so embarrased i didn't tell anyone apart from my partner who said he didn't have it and it must just be a cyst or bacterial infection from pregnancy stress related and most likely dont have this hsv2. And where i didn't have another sore till now i completly forgot about it and disregarded it and didn't mention to my midwife or anything. Now I'm 37 weekss with an outbreak i don't know what to do. I have no health problems and planned on doing a vaginal birth in the pool. i feel that has all been taken away from me. Man who gave me meds said i was irresponsible for hiding this from the midwife and that I may have left things to late to do a vaginal birth now. After this tablets i will need to start on suppressive but question is let's say it heals up within a week n I go into labour at week 40+ can I not just do vaginal birth. I'm so scared of passing anything onto baby but also scared of a c section and then having to tell my family. I feel so guilty i put baby at risk but rrally i was indenial at the time. Am I only 1 in this position. I pray my labour is seriously delayed:(