HSV2 during week 37!!

[Aaliyahali]

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:(

Talk to your midwife ASAP. They'll be best person to talk this through with.

Yes, I called and have an appointment with them tomorrow.

In our hospital as long as it's not your first infection you can have a vaginal birth. Dont panic but do talk to the midwife

I'm not sure why you would have disregarded the original diagnosis from your healthcare professional just because your partner dismissed it - also if that was your first outbreak I would be questioning where it has come from. He sounds like he has given it to you and wanted to avoid that confrontation. Has he been tested?

Also if you do have to have a c section that doesn't mean you have to tell your family why, that's your business and there are many many other reasons it could be for

I was in denial as crazy as it sounds. N I am aware he has given it to me but I will deal with him after as I don't want to stress now. Only test is a blood test which isn't routinely offered if you show no symtoms of sores which he hasn't. But ill get him to do a blood test as his still saying he hasnt got it. Need to recover asap as I really don't want a c section . You'd think you could just cover the sore with something during labour but I don't think it works like that. It's only a 1cm x 1cm sore so not that large.

I just want to know if anyone was in similar situation and had a healthy baby

Plenty of people have had healthy babies following this. As I explained it's a bigger concern if it's the first outbreak

Sorry should say If she can't have her bloods taken the baby will have to have blood taken at birth

My first outbreak was when i was 3 weeks pregnant so hopefully i developed enough antibodies and can do a normal vaginal birth if this heals in next week or so . I will see what the midwife tells me tomorrow

So sorry wrong thread ignored me no one needs bloods!