Genital Herpes & Pregnancy?

I am currently 18 weeks pregnant. Can anything happen to the baby if my husband & i have intercorse while having an outbreak? Everything I read is about giving birth with an outbreak, but nothing WHILE pregnant

that depends on if you both have it or not. it is strongly suggested that women do not contract herpes while they are pregnant because it can carry some fatal complications for the baby. however, if you already have it, there is nothing wrong with having sex during an outbreak. the only thing that you might be concerned about is that you cannot deliver vaginally while you are having an outbreak.

when giving birth, do not do it vaginally or the baby can get it all over, give a seesection
As long as the bag the fetus is in is intact your OK. Once that bag is ruptured then your talking about the virus getting to the baby.

As long as your not having an outbreak you can have a vaginal birth.

I know alot of women with Herpes doesn't want to share this info with anyone including their MD's, but if you are having an outbreak in the last couple months PLEASE mention it to your MD.
He can either give you something to rush the virus back into hiding or schedule a C-section.

BTW, Congrads on the new baby.... :)
Your okay. Just dont give birth while having an outbreak
well as a nurse and a woman who had contracted herpes from my husband while i was pregnant nothing can happen to your baby if you have intercourse..the good thing about this is your baby will have antibodies to protect itself from the virus but if you have an active infection at the time of delivery then yes your baby is in danger and doctors will check and if you are having an active infection the doctor will perform a c-section
You need to ask a health care professional
a baby sometime can get genital herpes but
if you tell your doctor he or she will do theirs best
to protected the baby during birth