hannahandherpes

Just like HSV, HPV could be in your body for years before you actually have a diagnosis. I was diagnosed with HSV-1 genitally 3 years ago and HPV just two weeks ago. These things won’t kill you. Though they can be an inconvenience as well as painful at times — you’re going to be okay. There is life and sex after a diagnosis, I promise. You can still have healthy children! Be sure to disclose ALL information to your doctor — they’ll know the best way to go about it and give you your options. Again, these STD’s are so common. You aren’t the first woman who will have babies and HSV/HPV and I can say confidently, you won’t be the last!

I have HSV-1 genitally too! Let’s answer a few of your questions. Though you can’t know for sure where you got it from, you most likely got it from oral sex. You can shed the disease even without any open sores so he could have had a cold sore, but he could not have. You can pass it to a man who gives you oral. I doubt the waxing had any effect on your contracting the virus. I can promise there’s life and sex after your diagnosis. You’d be surprised how many people actually have HSV (most don’t even realize it).

I was diagnosed with HSV-1 genitally about 3 years ago. I feel you on wanting to be smooth down there. I don’t wax but I do shave! Once you become better at identifying a breakout vs. say razor burn you’ll feel less panic. I suggest making note of how you feel and what’s going on down there if you think a break out might be coming on. Understanding your prodrome symptoms is so important! (Is there tingling, itching, etc.?) For me, my lymph nodes always swell up 1-2 days prior to actually feeling an outbreak. I don’t want to speak for everyone, but at least for me, shaving doesn’t trigger any breakouts. Don’t forget that HSV “wakes up” when your immune system is attacked not necessarily because you get a cut or a scratch some place on your body.