Herpes Contraction Rate

[Jfree343]

I was recently reading a question you answered where you said a monogomous couple where one partner is infected and the other is not that has unprotected sex 3 times a week has a contraction rate for the unifected partner of 3% a year. This seems very low. Now let me explain my situation. I was seeing someone who had herpes and did not tell me until after I gave him oral and he gave me oral as well ( I am female ). I started a new relationship and was having constant intercourse for three weeks when I found out. We stopped having intercouse when i thought i had a yeast infection but now I am not sure if it is a yeast infection or the first breakout. The oral sex with the infected person was 2 months ago and my new boyfriend and I just stopped having sex last week when I thought I had an infection. If I contracted the disease is it possible to transmit the disease one month after contraction.

[gracefromHHP]

I'm not sure if you are talking about oral herpes in the infected partner or genital herpes?

If it's genital herpes - then his performing oral sex on you was not a risk at all.  If that person also has oral herpes then it would be a small risk.  Have you ever had a cold sore yourself?  Have you ever had a herpes blood test yourself? How about your current partner - were they tested for herpes and shared their results with you?

grace