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if you have hpv and your pregnant...can that affect the baby???

Answer 1

It can, but it's REALLY rare.

If a woman with HPV is having an outbreak of genital warts during delivery the baby can contract the virus as it is coming through the birth canal. This can be avoid with a C-section delivery though. And, if the mother doesn't have an outbreak of genital warts, then it is perfectly fine to have a vaginal birth.

Answer 2

Fertility, Childbirth, and HPV



Will HPV affect my ability to have children?

The virus itself does not affect your ability to conceive or bear children if you are fertile (see the National Cancer Institute’s succinct response on their FAQ here). However, I am aware of one study that found women with HPV were less likely to become pregnant after in vitro fertilization than HPV-negative women (The study is called “HPV may hamper infertility treatment,” but I do not have a link, sorry). Additionally, keep in mind that if you must have procedures done in order to get rid of symptoms like dysplasia, these could complicate pregnancy and childbirth. “Your cervix needs time to heal and rebuild after a surgical procedure,” writes Joel Palefsky, MD., author of the book What your doctor may NOT tell you about HPV and abnormal pap smears. “A cone biopsy or cyrotherapy could lead to cervical stenosis, scarring, or cervical incompetence. These complications are very rare, but if it’s been a year since your procedure and you still haven’t conceived… you may want to see a fertility specialist” (Palefsky 140). If you are already pregnant and are trying to treat HPV, your situation can get trickier still. “Conization [another procedure] has been shown to increase the chance of premature delivery (141). AHRP notes that “The risk of infertility and premature delivery does not appear to be increased with a single LEEP, but may be increased when LEEP is done twice or more for recurrent disease” (Human Papillomavirus and Cervical Cancer par. 17). This is because women who have several LEEPs done may end up with a weaker cervix than those who do not (see also University OB/GYN Associates’ page on the LEEP procedure). Additionally, if you have genital warts, becoming pregnant may cause the warts to grow in size and number (see Virginia Tech’s Patient Information: Genital Warts / Human Papillomavirus and ASHA’s Genital Warts: Questions and Answers par. 9). Dr. Palefsky also advises: “Keep in mind… that pregnancy does impair your immune system, so be vigilant about watching the progress of your pap” (141).





Can I give HPV to my baby at birth?

Vertical transmission, as it’s called, is possible, but not common. Babies can develop warts in their throat from HPV types 6 and 11, which are the most common wart-causing HPV strains. According to the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, if a woman has not had any HPV symptoms in six months or longer, transmission to the baby is less and less likely (Medical FAQs on the Natural History of HPV par. 9). ASCCP also adds that the estimated risk of the child developing laryngeal papillomatosis, or Recurring Respiratory Papillomatosis (as it is called), varies from 1/40 to 1/2000 children delivered to an infected woman, and that a c-section is not recommended solely because of the presence of genital warts (Medical FAQs about Treatment of HPV par. 34; see also ASHA’s Genital Warts: Questions and Answers par. 9). Apparently mothers do spread HPV to their babies more often than this. According to Dr. Palefsky, “Several studies show that this happens quite often. However, it appears to cause few, if any, problems. Although HPVs can be found on the skin of newborns for several days after birth, in almost all cases, it becomes undetectable thereafter. The babies show no signs of disease and, in fact, show no evidence that they were ever truly infected. More likely the virus was just hanging out for a while on the surface of their skin… without ever truly entering the cells” (HPV and abnormal pap smears 280).





Unfortunately, all of my information seems to deal with low-risk (wart-causing) HPV, and currently I do not have any data regarding vertical transmission of high-risk HPV. You may want to check the studies below, however, for more info.



The following are studies in which HPV DNA was found both orally and on the genitalia of children born to mothers with HPV:

- “High-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in oral and genital mucosa of infants during their first 3 years of life: experience from the Finnish HPV Family Study.”

- “Ano-Genital Warts in Children: Sexual Abuse or Not?”

Both are located on PubMed.

Answer 3

It is possible, with the tearing of the vagina and the bleeding. Personally i think that a baby is the worst STD you can get.

Answer 4

It's really rare. If it did affect pregnancies, half of us wouldn't even be here, right???