Comments on: Herpes Simplex and Pregnancy http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/herpes-simplex-and-pregnancy/ Enjoying safer sex one condom at a time Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:03:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Angela http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/herpes-simplex-and-pregnancy/comment-page-1/#comment-29456 Angela Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:11:13 +0000 http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/herpes-simplex-and-pregnancy/#comment-29456 @latonya burks, Yes.. it's no likely that a pregnant Mom with herpes will transmit herpes to her baby while the baby is inside of her. Women with herpes share their antibodies with their babies and if they wind up breastfeeding will continue to share their antibodies up to a point. Having herpes and then becoming pregnant is not severe at all so long as everybody involved is aware of the status and the partner is tested too. Most women can go on suppressive therapy during the last 6 weeks of pregnancy in order to suppress the virus so that a vaginal delivery can be done. Even at that stage antibodies are shared. And no, the Herpes Simplex Virus that we are talking about... there are TWO "types" HSV-1 and HSV-2. As a healthcare professional you should know better than to come on here and scare the bejeebies out of everybody. @latonya burks, Yes.. it’s no likely that a pregnant Mom with herpes will transmit herpes to her baby while the baby is inside of her. Women with herpes share their antibodies with their babies and if they wind up breastfeeding will continue to share their antibodies up to a point.

Having herpes and then becoming pregnant is not severe at all so long as everybody involved is aware of the status and the partner is tested too. Most women can go on suppressive therapy during the last 6 weeks of pregnancy in order to suppress the virus so that a vaginal delivery can be done. Even at that stage antibodies are shared. And no, the Herpes Simplex Virus that we are talking about… there are TWO “types” HSV-1 and HSV-2. As a healthcare professional you should know better than to come on here and scare the bejeebies out of everybody.

]]> By: latonya burks http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/herpes-simplex-and-pregnancy/comment-page-1/#comment-29451 latonya burks Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:55:19 +0000 http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/herpes-simplex-and-pregnancy/#comment-29451 Just to let you know as a medical professinal it is DEFINANTLY possible to transmit herpes to your baby in utero. There is a 1 in 300,000 chance. This is also the most severe for of the disease!!! Other than in utero there are three "types" of the disease. 1. SEM (skin, eye, mouth), 2. CNS 3. Disseminated. Just to let you know as a medical professinal it is DEFINANTLY possible to transmit herpes to your baby in utero. There is a 1 in 300,000 chance. This is also the most severe for of the disease!!! Other than in utero there are three “types” of the disease. 1. SEM (skin, eye, mouth), 2. CNS 3. Disseminated.

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