extremely worried

loobo83 · Oct 4th, 2009, 13:43 PM

hey all, i am ten weeks preg and have a coldsore. i never knew this was a prob until someone mentioned it to me today at work. i have now been googling and am extremely worried about my baby being affected. any experiences pls. xxx

Windmills · Oct 4th, 2009, 13:48 PM

I don't know if I'm just stupid but I've always heard it's only a problem if you have a coldsore when you actually have the baby. I think they're only spread through direct contact. I might well be wrong though, that's just what I seem to remember

bluecathy1978 · Oct 4th, 2009, 14:10 PM

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Originally Posted by loobo83

hey all, i am ten weeks preg and have a coldsore. i never knew this was a prob until someone mentioned it to me today at work. i have now been googling and am extremely worried about my baby being affected. any experiences pls. xxx

I tend to suffer with more coldsores when I am pregnant as my immune system is at its lowest when pregnant and I have never been told it can affect the baby. Maybe they are confussed with herpes??

555 · Oct 4th, 2009, 14:19 PM

I had cold sores in my pregnancy with my son and had no problems. I also have had one already this pregnancy. I didn't think anything of it!!! I think as previously mentioned it is because our bodies are a bit run down.

3boys · Oct 4th, 2009, 15:59 PM

I read in a magazine article that there was problems with one woman. But she had the coldsore when the baby was a few days old. But the important thing to remember was that she NEVER in her life had had a coldsore before so she hadn't passed the antibodies on to her baby while she was pregnant so the baby got very sick. So I would say that it is a GOOD thing that you have one now at least you will pass on all the antibodies to your baby. So please don't worry everything is fine!!

franiss · Oct 5th, 2009, 04:22 AM

its only a problem if you have your first coldsore and come into direct contact with baby, seeing as baby not born yet this is not a problem. The one that can be dangerous is herpes, if you have your first outbreak of genital herpes during labour thats dangerous for baby - coldsore on the mouth is no probs hun especially if its not your 1st!
xx

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loobo83 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Scotland UK Posts: 321	extremely worried hey all, i am ten weeks preg and have a coldsore. i never knew this was a prob until someone mentioned it to me today at work. i have now been googling and am extremely worried about my baby being affected. any experiences pls. xxx

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Windmills Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 8,419	I don't know if I'm just stupid but I've always heard it's only a problem if you have a coldsore when you actually have the baby. I think they're only spread through direct contact. I might well be wrong though, that's just what I seem to remember

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555 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: sunderland Posts: 261	I had cold sores in my pregnancy with my son and had no problems. I also have had one already this pregnancy. I didn't think anything of it!!! I think as previously mentioned it is because our bodies are a bit run down.

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Oct 4th, 2009, 15:59 PM	#5
3boys Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ireland Posts: 6,572	I read in a magazine article that there was problems with one woman. But she had the coldsore when the baby was a few days old. But the important thing to remember was that she NEVER in her life had had a coldsore before so she hadn't passed the antibodies on to her baby while she was pregnant so the baby got very sick. So I would say that it is a GOOD thing that you have one now at least you will pass on all the antibodies to your baby. So please don't worry everything is fine!!

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Oct 5th, 2009, 04:22 AM	#6
franiss Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Kent Posts: 672	its only a problem if you have your first coldsore and come into direct contact with baby, seeing as baby not born yet this is not a problem. The one that can be dangerous is herpes, if you have your first outbreak of genital herpes during labour thats dangerous for baby - coldsore on the mouth is no probs hun especially if its not your 1st! xx

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