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Having A Baby With Herpes. How can you give your baby herpes then. The herpes virus is fragile and dies when it leaves living cells. In the brain the virus causes encephalitis with seizures lethargy brain damage and even death. But close monitoring and extra care needs to be taken to assure the baby does not acquire the infection in utero and or when passing through the birth canal as this could be serious.
But close monitoring and extra care needs to be taken to assure the baby does not acquire the infection in utero and or when passing through the birth canal as this could be serious. Contracting genital herpes during pregnancy is a different story. Can be mild to fatal. The herpes virus is fragile and dies when it leaves living cells. Well in rare cases you can give your baby herpes through the birthing process. In addition if you have an outbreak of genital herpes be sure to wash your hands before touching the baby.
Babies born to mothers with genital herpes can be infected during delivery.
As long as you are not having a herpes outbreak when you go into labor the baby is unlikely to be infected. Talk to your doctor about taking antiviral tablets if you need to prevent outbreaks when you want to conceive. Will My Baby Contract My Herpes. The sexually transmitted disease genital herpes not only can have devastating effects on a woman but if she is pregnant it can profoundly affect her baby. Having genital herpes does not affect fertility or the ability to get pregnant. 1 doctor answer 5 doctors weighed in.