2007-01-21 10:39:45 · 15 answers · asked by ariella212001 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
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You CAN still have children but there are risks.
By law, that is one of the tests doctors have to give for every pregnant woman within the first month of pregnancy.
The virus can cross the placenta and in some cases, infants can be born blind, or deaf. In other cases they are born with anencephaly.
anencephalyis a fatal condition in which the baby is born without the larger portion of the brain. There heads are deformed and they die still born or within days after thier birth. this condition may be seen under seen with a sonogram but is sometimes missed.
thats why the test is given to see if someone with herpes was positive for an outbreak within the first month of pregnancy. If its positive, conditions arnt guaranteed but more likely. Believe it or not, anencephalyis fairly common (and can also occur from other conditions of the mother) one out of about every thousand babies have anencephally. And one has about one out of every 500 chance of having a child with this condition that has genital herpes
A c-section may be necessary. MOst likely these deformaties will not happen, its not that common, but it can happen
2007-01-23 07:14:12 · answer #1 · answered by Iris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-06 11:12:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can have children but will require a C-section if you are experiencing an outbreak at the time of delivery. Many obstetricians will err on the side of caution and do a C even if the woman is not having an outbreak when they go in to labor. Roughly 50% of all babies who are born with congenital herpes will die and the remaining 50% will suffer from severe eye and brain damage. The risk of delivering vaginally is just not worth it.
2007-01-21 11:03:01 · answer #5 · answered by chrissy25 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-09-25 02:52:22 · answer #7 · answered by Marrianne 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have had one, and she was fine, and I delivered vaginally, the longer you have it the better, because as long as your baby is delivered at term your antibodies will be passed to your baby, and if they caught it , it would be less severe then in a baby who's mother didn't have the virus long and didn't have as many antibodies built up to pass to baby. The info I received from my Obstetrician, it even if you have an active outbreak at the time of delivery there is still only a 0-3% chance your baby will become infected, and lower if you have no signs of an outbreak. It would be wise to not use fetal scalp monitors, because that could create an opening for the virus to get into baby's brain.
2007-01-21 13:51:20 · answer #8 · answered by Kelly D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. You should of course notify your OB if you have it. This way they can plan alternative delivery methods should you be having an outbreak at the time of delivery. You can pass on herpes to your child if you have a vaginal birth during an outbreak.
2007-01-22 05:19:17 · answer #9 · answered by foxiegixxergurl2004 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes of course. But it is recommended that you have a C-Section because if you birth vaginally then it is very highly likely that you will pass the herpes onto the baby.
2007-01-21 15:09:09 · answer #10 · answered by Tina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋