Pregnancy and HSV 2

[Ald1985]

Hi. So I've had STD testing every year and negative, I just had my daughter 14 months ago and was negative for HSV 2 but positive for HSV 1. Well I got pregnant again when she was 9 months, and my results came back positive at 1.05 for HVS 2? My doctor didn't have very many answers for me how it has never come up positive til now, it's just been my hubby and I for like last 5 years....I decided to have him retest me and see if it still comes out low positive at 32 weeks pregnant .. this is taking its toll on me. I have never had any cold sore anywhere or breakout, ever! I ordered a WB but checking to see what results my doctor will give me. Could it be a false positive ? I'm really hoping so!!  

[feelingundone]

Was it an igg or igm test that came back with the low positive? If it's igm then disregard all together. If it's igg then it's very probable it's a low false positive.
These blood tests look for antibodies and not the virus. Think of the number as a confidence number. The higher the number the more confident the test saw the antibodies. Anything less than a 3.5 is suspect for a false positive. At a 1.05 means it saw something but no idea what. Hsv2 tests are much more sensitive than hsv1 tests and cross over with hsv1 antibodies is very common. All in all I am VERY confident you do not have hsv2. Again this is very common and the reason why many std experts don't recommend random testing without symptoms. Unfortunately most Drs are not up to speed on hsv, testing or results analysis. I know why you were tested being pregnant. That being said your Dr should know about false positives.
  I hope this helps