Having Herpes When You’re Pregnant
Posted on Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007 at 3:27 AMThese are questions that were sent in to me that I felt would work well to be asked and answered right here on my blog. This way people that are asking the same questions will find this particular set and see what it is I had to say about it.
1. We are talking about becoming pregnant, but I feel quite unhappy with herpes and pregnancy. I would really want to deliver my baby in a natural way, but am afraid it will have to be an operational birth. You wrote on your site about taking medication (aciclovir?) 6 weeks before the baby is due to make sure there won’t be any outbreaks. My question is, isn’t this medication harmful for the baby in the belly and can you give breast feeding with this medication? Did you investigate this before you used the medication?
Yes, when I was pregnant with #2 and #3 I chose to go on suppressive therapy 6 weeks before my due dates. I took 500 mg of Valtrex twice daily in order to keep from having an outbreak during labor and delivery. I have been researching herpes and situations with herpes since about 1995 so I think I’m in pretty good hands as far as the decisions I have made with regard to this STD and what I feel is best for me and for my kiddos. Valtrex is not harmful to the fetus as far as I can tell as there haven’t been any reports if it causing any problems during pregnancy. And as far as I can tell it’s totally safe to take while you are breast feeding. There isn’t any evidence out there that states otherwise so for me the benefits of using it far outweighed the risks. I only took the medication if I felt that I needed to. As long as I wasn’t having an outbreak I did not take the medication while I was pregnant. I have known women that were on suppressive therapy while they were pregnant with Acyclovir.
2. Also I’d like to know if you ever tried Dynamiclear and if so what was your experience?
I have a bottle of Dynamiclear sitting right here on my desk. If I do wind up with an outbreak any time soon I will most certainly give it a try and let y’all know how it worked out for me.
