Complication is a common risk that happen during
pregnancy for woman that have genital
herpes. Of course the risk will be depending on several factors such as
your experience on genital herpes attack and pregnancy stage. Even though the complication
may happen but most of pregnant woman can do vaginal birth normally and healthy
baby. If you think that you have this disease during pregnancy period then you
better visit nearest sexual health clinic to do some test and get proper
treatment.
Before talking further about genital herpes risk
during pregnancy then you will need to recognize how this disease can passed
on. In fact, it can pass on through several ways such as sexual intercourse
(vaginal, anal and oral), skin to skin contact or passed by pregnant woman to
the baby through birth process. This type of virus is dangerous and cannot
curable yet since it creates blisters and sores around your genital area. Even
though the sores healed, virus will remain stay in your body and waiting to be activating
again.
Stage of pregnancy risk is depending on when you
get this herpes. If you get it before your pregnancy then you will have lower
risk since you will have the antibodies to the virus. This antibody will
protect your unborn baby. If you get the disease during the first three month
of your pregnancy then you will have small risk. It may lead into miscarriage and
passing the infection to your baby. The highest risk level is if you have it in
your later period of pregnancy. 6 weeks within giving birth is the highest
period of possibility to infect your baby.
When woman get their first genital herpes during
pregnancy then doctor usually will provide antiviral medicine to clean up the
infection before baby get born. Since now, there is no evidence that can show
any risk to use this kind of medication to the baby. If you already have this
disease before and you get attacked more during pregnancy then you will be treated
with acyclovir start from 36 week of pregnancy until the baby born. However, if
you get tortured badly of pain and difficult to pass urine then you will be
admitted to the hospital.
Last action that also commonly suggested to
pregnant woman that have this disease is caesarean section. This procedure will
only be done if the patient already get this disease before and have active
sores when they get labor. Caesarean option is also suggested when you have
this disease for the first time in a late period of pregnancy or around 6 weeks
within giving birth. This method is taking to make sure that the baby will be
safe since there is no contact with any active sores during the birth.
