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I'm pregnant and tested equivocal for genital herpes should I be worried?

In my past I've had 3 partners and they all said they have tested negative before we had any sex at all. My current boyfriend is one of the 3 and he said he got tested last year and came out negative as well. We've been sexually active  for 6 months and now I'm pregnant. When my obgyn did my blood work and told me my results she said everything was fine except for the genital herpes test it came out equivocal. I didn't panic because she said it could be negative or positive and that we would just retest in a few weeks. Ive never had any signs for it and neither has my boyfriend. My boyfriend will get tested tomorrow and find out if he's positive or negative in a week or two.  Does this normally happen in test results? If his results are a clear positive is it more likely he gave them to me? Is there anything that can happen to my baby if I do turn out positive?

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Ok thank you for answering! I feel a little better and not freaking out so much since the doctor didn't explain much to me at all. I will keep you posted about my future results and my boyfriends results as well.
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With no symptoms, equivocal results are almost always negative. About 10% of test results are equivocal or falsely positive so not uncommon at all.

Even if you positive (which I doubt) this will present no real issues to the baby. About 10% or more of births are to women with genital herpes.
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