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never being tested

Hi, I have never been tested for hiv in my life and I have had a lot of unprotected sex before I met my current girlfriend. Since she been with me, she has been tested like 5 times and she is negative. She is 8 months pregnant and she get tested all the time.
I got scared about hiv after reading things from this website and now I can't sleep.
I have leg joint pain over a year and half and I know it's a major symptom of hiv. Getting tested Tuesday, I just can't sleep. I will die if I had infected her. She already had herpes when we met so I would have thought if I had hiv then she could have easily got the virus. Please give me advice on how hiv joint pains usually last
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Just get your test and you'll know your status.
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I haven't had sex with anyone since I met her over a year ago . I love her and changed my life for her. She got tested first few weeks I met her. Then got tested on her three months scan. She got tested a month after, then a month after again. She still negative . I have stopped having sex with her and she dont understand why. Last times I had sex with her I didn't cum in her .
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Kirstie_MHModerator Feb 06, 2014
We can't tell you what to believe, but we can tell you that our forums aren't a venue for debate over our stance that oral sex carries no risk for HIV.  Our stance will not change unless we receive definitive scientific evidence to the contrary.
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The risk as I've learned is low orally but it is possible. Protected vaginal of course isnt a risk.
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Protected vaginal and unprotected oral doesn't transmit HIV. It is being told on this website many times.
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I know how you feel . I'm going through something similar . From what I've learned you can have it and not know and transmit it to anyone you have sex with . If she's been tested over the past 6 months and you haven't had new partners  over that time its unlikely she's positive. BUT you can still have it and not have given it to her  "YET".
Have you had  sex with anyone else in the past 12 weeks ? Including Oral . If so you need to wait until  12 weeks after your last exposure. Even if it's protected Vaginal and unprotected oral you need to check. My personal experience has me in a problem because of this same mistake.
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You're welcome.
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Okay thanx
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Is it possible? Yes.
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Yeah I am getting tested, just want to find out if it's common to be hiv positive and not pass it to your pregnant girlfriend. I will rather have it but given it to her will kill me
My test is for Tuesday.
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7528778 tn?1394117946
Just get tested after 3 months of your last sexual exposure to know your HIV status... symptoms can't tell whether you have HIV or not.
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