Hep C positive and pregnant

[Bear84970]

Im have hep c and am 13 weeks.. im not an addict or anyrhing so please dont judge me like I am.. im just trying to find other women who have hep c and are either pregnant or already had children while hep positive.. im in a study but they dont have much information for me.. anyone have any input they could give me or things to watch out for, so on and so forth.....

[Livelife777]

Many of us have had children while being Hep C positive.  Fortunately or unfortunately, however you choose to look at it, we had no idea we had this virus.  Your pregnancy will be no different from a non infected mom, and you will have a healthy wonderful baby.
I would like to caution you just in case,  do not treat yourself with the new Hep C meds while pregnant.  Hopefully you have been told this,  as these meds can cause birth defects while pregnant.  
Congragulations and Take Care
...Kim

[candyce1953]

I had hep c for 43 years and just treated and am now cured,I have three children all adults now with children of their own
And known of them have hep c , all have been tested
I am pretty sure it's rare to pass it on

[Bear84970]

Ty for the welcome.. yes im in a hep c study.. when I started goin to my high risk doctor a girl came in and said I could be in a study thats going on to find out the effects of hep c on pregnant woman and their babies once the babies are born.. idk my viral load atm.. its been awhile since ive been to the doc before the pregnancy so they took a bunch of blood a few days ago and ill find out in 2 weeks..

[dontworry_behappy1]

Welcome to the forum.  Your in a study?  What kind? Do you have a viral load?

Many mothers here who have hep C and had children who don't have hep C.
It only effects 5% so you have a 95% chance your child won't have hep C.