STD's and the harm to babies..?

STD's and the harm to babies..?If the parents of an unborn child have sexually transmitted diseases, wont the child be born with them? I know a couple, where the expectant mother has HPV, (genital warts) and the father has Hepatitis C. As far as I know, now that they have transfused body fluids, the expectant mother now also has Hep. C. My question is will the baby be born with the diseases and is there a vaccine once he/she is born to cure it? Does the mother now also have Hep.? And will the baby have hep. and HPV for the rest of it's life?

jenn a
only your doctor can answer this so please ask them we arent trained to answer this kind of question

mominohio
there is a higher chance the baby will be born with Hep C because it can be passed. There is no cure yet for most of the Hepititis's. There are so many you can even begin to imagine how much time it would take to find a cure for all of them. Pamala Anderson has hep C. As for the warts, when ever a mom has something like that they do a c-section to lower the risk to baby. My moms friend had to have 2 c-sections because of that. Some drs won't even deliver a baby vaginally if a mother has a coldsore because that is caused by the herpes virus.

Doodlestuff
Since I've never had these, I searched out valid info for you. Here you go. In both cases, it is possible for the mother to transfer the STD to the child. Only the doctor can answer stuff specific to your situation.

http://www.cdc.gov/Ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/c/faq.htm
http://www.pregnancy-info.net/stds_hpv_pregnancy.html

tameka c
IF your friend has Genital warts it wont spread to the baby but she is going to have to get a laser treatment to remove theme because there's no way the baby can be born with it.

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