Herpes Carrier?

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I found out I have oral herpes? Or carry it? Is what my doctor told me she said I carry the virus? I'm so confused what does that mean? I've never had any mouth blisters or whatever so this is a shock to me. I don't have oral sex so she told me I could have gotten it from sharing a drink from someone. I'm so confused and scared. I carry the virus... What. Anyone else have this? I'm so scared because I'm pregnant does this mean I should not kiss my baby? I won't anyway now

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I have three right now 😔and have been worried about the same, all of the articles say obviously dont kiss at all if you have a active coldsore and then dont kiss face and hands if you dont I'm gonna tell people I dont want them kissing the baby too x

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It's what causes cold sores.  It is fine for you to kiss your baby. If you have a cold sore and don't want to pass it on, don't kiss while you have one but honestly, they'll probably get it from someone else they kiss when they're older or your parents who gave it to you.  You're fine. It's benign, just annoying when you're stressed.

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Most of the population is a carrier of the hsv1 virus. Most people don’t ever have symptoms! I used to get cold sores on my mouth as a kid and haven’t in probably 20 years but I know that means I’m a carrier of the virus. I’m a little nervous this pregnancy because of all the stories online recently about babies contracting it, but I’ve had two children already and they were perfectly fine. Just bring your concerns to your doctors, all should be ok!

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I never kiss my son on the lips because I get cold sores very often. They are triggered by citrus and stress most of the time.
I don’t want my son to deal with what I have since I was a toddler. So I choose not to kiss his lips, just his cute little cheeks and he’s 2 1/2 and hasn’t ever had an active outbreak so far
Since you don’t have outbreaks it probably would be okay

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Hubby and I both have it. We've only ever had sex with each other. He got it from me, I got it from sharing a drink with my mom, who also has it. It's very common and not life-threatening for adults. Just make sure not to kiss baby if you have any sores, or pick at them and touch anything.

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Yeah almost everyone in the world carries the herpes simplex virus.

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I do. I never had my own breakouts, unless my husband had an active sore and accidentally kissed me and gave me one. Now that I’m pregnant, I’ve had two back to back cold sores due to the new stress my body is taking on. I don’t know exactly what I’m going to do when baby is here because they come on very fast and at random times. I want to kiss my baby but I’m also very nervous about spreading to virus to he/she.  I wish I had a better answer for you :(

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