Genital herpes and pregnancy

[Courtney10891]

hi guys,
i have herpes now for 6 years. during my first pregnancy i had a handful of outbreaks in the beginning but they luckily stopped and i was able to have a vaginal birth. this is my second pregnancy now and its different. i had no outbreaks until i turned 27 weeks. i got an outbreak that went and then a couple days later another would pop up and so on. im now freaking out. why is this happening? should i push for a c section? im going on antivirals from 36 weeks but what if they dont stop me getting outbreaks? anybody have any advice? all the feelings i had when first diagnosed have come flooding back x

Have a talk to your doctor or midwife about your worries. AFAIK if you are on antiretrovirals on the run up to birth then the likelihood of you having an active sore in a place that is dangerous to baby is quite low. If when you go into labour they thought it was a problem then they'd do a section. Or, maybe if you speak to them and they are concerned they might plan one. But I think you probably can afford to relax a bit and just have the chats with them.

Herpes is very common so don't worry. People just don't talk about it.

Thank you for your reply!! I think I'm stressing so much because I seem to be getting a lot of outbreaks this pregnancy unlike my last pregnancy. I have been told That if I have an outbreak at the time they won't give me a c section I will still have a natural birth and that the chance of him contracting it is 3% but to me that's still a chance. I would never ever forgive myself if something happened. Definitely need to talk to my midwife but I'm in London and trust me it's not easy getting in contact with your midwife. Xxx