 [ Symptoms ] herpes transmission somewhat complicated question i have genital herpes but no outbreaks after the initial one my partner got it from me and has genital outbreaks we are wondering if we are able to spread it to each other in areas where we have not had outbreaks during shedding not active outbreak seems obvious that we could spread it around while there are lesions so we are careful during her outbreaks but the big mystery is  can we spread it to new areas during shedding    thanks a million we have been searching hard for the answer  [ Disease ] if it is only anal and no semen dripped into the vagina it is not possible stds can be transmitted that way but not pregnancy