Daisy1980

Hello, I'm a 37 year old women who was diagnosed 3 weeks ago with Hsv1 and 2. I'm having a hard time coping with it because I was always careful with my health and body. Finding out that I have herpes was very hard for me cause I never thought I would ever have herpes. What was weird for me is that I never had any symptoms, and how I ended up going to the doctor was because I had a small lesion in my urethral opening thinking it was from waxing. So, when I went to see the doctor she had me do some blood work and a swab just to make sure she wasn't wrong on the diagnosis. When I received my results I was in shocked because I never thought I would have to go through this. A lot of thoughts started coming into my head that I thought, "I'm never going to have a partner because of herpes, or never have kids." Well my doctor said that I can have a normal life but I have to be more careful. So, what I'm confused is how am I going to tell my future partner that I have herpes or am I ever going to be able to get pregnant, even though I know it is possible I'm still scared. 1. Can my partner get herpes if he doesn't use condom? or is it only if I have an outbreaks?

Hello everyone!! I'm 37 years old and new to this site and also would like to have some type of support that is dealing with HSV1 and HSV2. I was diagnose with herpes 3 weeks ago and I'm having a hard time accepting that I have herpes. a lot of thoughts come to mind like I wont be able to have a healthy relationship and also I'm afraid to tell my future partner because I'm afraid to get rejected. I'm very upset with my self because I was always careful with my health and body and finding out that I was diagnose with herpes, I felt very disappointed with my self.