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Hi, I was diagnosed with hepatitis c in 2010 with genotype 2b and got treated for that. My RNA PCR status is "undetectable " since then with positive anti HCV. Now I am preg with my 1st. I am very much concerned with risks,if any, to my baby more because I cannot discuss this history of mine with my obstetrician due to certain reasons. Although I am living a perfectly healthy life with normal lfts and negative RNA PCR but still what if I am a carrier and can transmit disease to my baby?
Desperately helpless and terrified mumm
Desperately helpless and terrified mumm
You do not have hep c there is nothing to tell your doctor
You will always test positive for the antibodies but you do not have hep c so there is no virus to transmit you are not a carrier.
Congrats on being free of hep c and enjoy your life and you new baby!
Lynn
You will always test positive for the antibodies but you do not have hep c so there is no virus to transmit you are not a carrier.
Congrats on being free of hep c and enjoy your life and you new baby!
Lynn
As you are no longer carrying the virus surely it is no longer an issue. I would stop worrying and enjoy the rest of your pregnancy. You are not a carrier and will not pass anything on to your child as you have nothing to pass on!
Are there any precautions needed to be taken whole delivery?? Is it ok if i don't mention it to my obstetrician?
Since you are Undetectable for several years YOU ARE HEP C FREE, or SVR, or cured...you choose the word.
Since you are, there should be no concerns about your little one. EVEN those mothers who have pregnancie, deliver hepc free babies in more than 95% of births, so, again, since you are hepc free I truly believe there is no problem.
The Hep C Anti-bodies will always show Reactive, once you have had the disease. That does not mean that you have the disease, or can pass it on in any way.
Hep-cAntibodies, unlike measles, small pox, etc., do not protect you from reinfection,BUT Reinfection means just that: NEW exposure by blood to blood contact.
If you are really really worried, wait until you child is about 18 months old, and have an anti-body test done on him or her (or them - twins in you family?) (just a little wit to lighten the moment).
I am not a doctor, just someone else who had hepc, but I truly believe you have NOTHING to worry about.
Good luck, great pregnancy and Healthy Mum and Baby!
Blessings,
Pat
Since you are, there should be no concerns about your little one. EVEN those mothers who have pregnancie, deliver hepc free babies in more than 95% of births, so, again, since you are hepc free I truly believe there is no problem.
The Hep C Anti-bodies will always show Reactive, once you have had the disease. That does not mean that you have the disease, or can pass it on in any way.
Hep-cAntibodies, unlike measles, small pox, etc., do not protect you from reinfection,BUT Reinfection means just that: NEW exposure by blood to blood contact.
If you are really really worried, wait until you child is about 18 months old, and have an anti-body test done on him or her (or them - twins in you family?) (just a little wit to lighten the moment).
I am not a doctor, just someone else who had hepc, but I truly believe you have NOTHING to worry about.
Good luck, great pregnancy and Healthy Mum and Baby!
Blessings,
Pat
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