STDs and Pregnancy

Being infected with an STD during your pregnancy, can put yours and your baby’s health at risk and can sometimes even be life threatening.

Many women have to deal with STDs during their pregnancy.

Whereas some STDS like Chlamydia and gonorrhea can be treated and cured during pregnancy, there is currently no cure for genital herpes or HIV. You can however be treated to help reduce the risk of transmission to your baby. More than 800,000 women in the United States are affected by Genital warts, although it’s not as serious a threat to your child it can cause you a lot of discomfort during your pregnancy. Get relief fast with a good genital warts treatment. Regardless of whether you have been tested before, STD testing early in pregnancy and again closer to your due date is strongly encouraged for all pregnant women.

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