I had my first cold sore about 3 yrs ago!! I was so annoyed!! I tell Dh that he must have given it to me lol although he has never had one..... I may have caught the virus years earlier but it only surfaced then iykwim? when stressed etc i can get one....but very rarely.

I'm so glad i have had the virus for years and not just contracting it now. That's scary if you were to get one for the first time during pregnancy!!

Keep in mind though people - you can pass the cold sore virus on to a baby when kissing them before you even get symptoms of a cold sore..... called "asymptomatic shedding" have a read about it..... so no babies are really never safe from the virus, noone is!!
Viruses unfortunately will always be a part of society and majority of people have the virus and don't even know they have it because they never get symptoms.

I did lots of reading on HSV1 when i contracted it years ago. Very interesting reading about it!!