HPV question?

Question

Can someone have HPV and successfully have a child?

Answer 1

http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/pregnancy/pregcomplications/1427380.html
The presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) by itself should not affect your ability to get pregnant. But in some cases, having HPV can increase your risk of developing precancerous or cancerous cells in your cervix, which could affect both your fertility and your ability to carry a baby to term.

HPV is unlikely to affect your pregnancy or your baby's health. If you have genital warts, they may grow faster during pregnancy, possibly from the extra vaginal discharge that provides the virus with a moist growing environment, hormonal changes, or changes in your immune system. In most cases the warts won't pose any problems for you or your baby.

It's possible for you to pass the virus to your baby, but this doesn't happen very often. Even if your child does contract HPV, he's likely to overcome it on his own without any symptoms or problems.

In the unlikely event that your child gets the type of HPV that causes genital warts, he may develop warts on his vocal cords and other areas sometime in infancy or childhood. This condition, called recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, is very serious, but fortunately it's also rare.

Answer 2

The short answer is "yes."

The long answer:
First, it depends on if the mother's infection is active or latent. Is she currently having an outbreak, or has it been years?

Also, babies' immune systems are weird. At first they have their mother's immune system, but after about six months they develop their own. So, the baby may be born with the virus, but then clear it as it develops its own immune system (this same thing is often seen in babies of HIV positive mothers).

Plus, I believe there are medicines the mother can take during pregnancy/birth to reduce the likelihood of transmission of the HPV.

But yes, someone with HPV can most definitely have a child.

Answer 3

5 years ago I had severe dysplasia due to HPV. It took 2 LEEP procedures to cure it but I now have a 2 1/2 year old son and am 9 weeks pregnant with number 2. So, yes, it can happen!

Answer 4

HPV on its own is unlikely to make you miscarry. If it has proceeded to a precancerous condition, this is a different story.

Also although you won't miscarry because of HPV, the baby may have it.

Answer 5

Absolutely!

If a woman has genital warts during delivery though there is a chance (VERY small) that she can pass it to her baby during birth.

MILLIONS of women have HPV or have had it at some point in their life and have had perfectly healthy beautiful babies!

Answer 6

I didnt even know I had it until I was pregnant, they said i could have gotten it from my mother at birth, turns out my sis has it too. My child seems fine and Im preg with No 2 and no sign of the precancerous cells that were once there.

Answer 7

As long as you don't have warts present you can have a successful vaginal delivery. It will not affect the baby.