[New partner has herpes - love some nitty gritty advice]

You can ask for a STD panel AND a HSV1 and HSV 2 antibody test. (IgG and IgM). I asked for it and it came back VERY accurate. I feel the information out their trys to discourage you from getting it done. I don't agree. 

[Did anyone else on suppressive treatment never get Covid?]

Thats great to hear. 

 

 

[Too much information to sift through, trying to understand]

First of all....thank you everyone for writing in and supporting me and others. I am here to do the same. I recommend getting both the HSV 1 IgG and IgM anitbody test and the HSV2 IgG and IgM antibody test within 5 days of a breakout or initial case. Just ask for it!! It is really worth knowing. ASAP. Seven days after symptoms started....I got a blood test.... I was positive HSV 2 IgM only....with negative HSV2 Ig G.............which means this was my very first outbreak and had never had it before.  ...My doctor stated that and said my boyfriend passed it to me (based on his HSV 2 IgG ....which meant he had longer).  It was very revealing and coincided with my clinical (the visual assessment) . My boyfriend got the same test and he was positive HSV 2 IgG. That means he had it first. Mine was a really strong first outbreak of HSV2!!!!!!!!  He didn't know it and I believed him. It is a psychological and physical condition. Many things to handle for the first time. I wish all of you the best and hang in there and hope for healing and tolerance to move forward. 

[Did anyone else on suppressive treatment never get Covid?]

You owe it to your baby to get a Covid vaccine. You will have alot to do when the baby comes and you don't want to have long Covid. Covid is dangerous for mother and baby.