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As long as you are on a preventative the chances that you will spread this on to someone else are slim. My partner has not contracted it. I have not had an outbreak in a very long time, but like I said, the longer you have the virus the fewer outbreaks you have. So, I have not had an outbreak for probably over a year and I have only been back on Valcyclovir for the past couple of months. I'm glad your ex was sympathetic and understanding. For me, it was very difficult to deal with and I am just thankful that I had friends to help me through it. Good luck to you!View Thread

Aside from that, initially I had a TON of outbreaks that would last for a very long time until my doctor put me on Valtrex. I guess the longer you have it the better it gets because as time went on, the outbreaks occurred less. The Valtrex helped quite a bit but it's very expensive if you don't have insurance. I then went on Acyclovir and I believe that worked just as well. The outbreaks started only coming about with stress, so I stopped taking it every day and only took something when I could feel an outbreak coming on, which wasn't very often.
Your doc knows you have HSV2 so they will monitor this throughout your pregnancy. It's very simple though since you can take Valtrex and Acyclovir while you are pregnant. If you are not already taking a preventative then they will just make sure that you are taking one from weeks 36-40. This is to prevent any outbreaks, but if you still happen to have an outbreak during labor they will make you get a c-section to prevent you from passing this on to your baby. So that's what they did for me, I was on Valcyclovir from week 36 and I did not pass it on to my baby
No worries, I know it's very tough in the beginning but it gets easier, I promise. It's very hard to accept, but once you do you'll be fine. Unfortunately, there is not a cure but thankfully there a lot of things that help us along the way.View Thread
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