HIV - transmittion & scared

[veryscaredmummy]

Hi, now I appreciate this might seem like a very silly question but it is one that is driving me mad and I need some reassurance. I gave birth to my baby girl 5 weeks ago and gained a second degree tear which was stitched. 11 days after her birth I used a public toilet/mother and baby room for a pee. Ever since then I have been scared that what if there was some HIV infected bodily fluid on the seat or toilet paper which when I wiped myself has been transmitted into my tear, as I am not sure at what rate the tear would heal.

I am sure I would have noticed something on the seat, but then again cannot remember. This is really scaring me. My husband keeps reassuring me that there is nothing to worry about and that you cannot catch it from a toilet seat as it cannot survive outside of the body.

I have spoken to my doctor who says that I would need to sit with an open wound on some infected fluid, which I didnt do, but then started stressing that I may have had a cut on the back of my leg I hadnt know about.

I realise some of this is anxiety and I am currently on a course of tablets for anxiety and post natal depression, but I just cannot get past these thoughts. I would like to continue my sexual relationship with my husband, but this is holding me back. Please put this in perspective for me.

[LIZZIE LOU]

hiv is transmitted through...
unprotected vaginal / anal intercourse
sharing iv drug works
mother to child

hiv is NOT transmitted from environmental surfaces or inanimate objects.

you had NO risk.

[crazymi]

Relax, HIV doesnt transmit by this way