Has anyone been visually diagnosed that you had this virus and then told after bloodwork and cultures that you don't? I am soooo angry! In my 4th month of pregnancy I felt like I had a yeast infection, it turned into somewhat of a rash, went to the doctors (OB) and seen by the nurse practitioner that examined me and with a loud stern voice said "YEP thats what it is, Herpes." Then when I was on the table called a co worker in to see what "herpes" looks like for other patients so she could diagnose other people. (How devistated and humiliated I was) I cried for weeks, months...,told my husband which was really hard, then was (so I thought) living with this virus until 2 weeks ago. It took a stressful toll on my pregnancy as well as my well being. Then....when I asked the regular doctor to tell me more details of the results he read them and said, "No, I had NEVER been exposed to the virus, 1 or 2". I am livid, happy that I don't, but extremely mad that she has put me through this!! Is there anything one can do about this? They were just so uncompassionate when I'd call with questions and worries etc. Telling me, pregnant women get many many many outbreaks and when the results came in they would have to report it to the board of health etc. I was just totally devistated, now I feel like if I can prevent just one person from having to go through this, thats what I want to do! Anyone experience this? Can anything legal be done? My doctor said he would "lay into her", but I feel like I want to also say something to her! Any advice is greatly appreciated!! What would you do?

I must say that I would have been pretty upset if the doctor called other people in and made an example of my vagina. I would have pulled my leg right out of that stirrup and kicked someone with my bare foot! :jester: Ok... so mabe I'm not that violent, but do think that you should let that OB know that not only was that totally not-cool, but that he/she may need to brush up a little on herpes considering that he/she diagnosed you, had OTHERS come see that OBVIOUS herpes outbreak, and was totally wrong.

Thank you for replying! Yes, I'm pretty angry that someone who is supposed to be a professional can misdiagnose something like this. It would be different if she said "Oh yeah, you have a yeast infection or a cold", something that goes away, but this was soooo stressful for me! Not to mention I took medicine that I didn't have to while pregnant, ya know. After the birth of my child, (in a week), I am finding a new gyn, then I am going to get my medical records from there and see what can be done. I feel the need to go in there and "blast" her too in front of everyone, I do believe she deserves some penalty. God bless everyone. I feel your pain. Just remember my story and maybe get a second opinion, not all health care professionals are accurate 100% of the time. I think we know our own bodies the best. Take care.