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I've had the same partner for almost 4 years now...I also got the gardisol shot 4 years ago..I'm currently 7 months pregnant now..I went to the doc last week and I showed him the small bump that I discovered that was hidden behind one of the inner lips of my vagina .he then told me that it was a wart and that I shouldn't worry about it..that it will go away after I give birth, he also told me that it would not affect the baby during delivery.......I'm do devistated. I've been crying for days not wanting to get out of bed. Before this I was so happy about my pregnancy now I'm falling into a deep depression...I've never had any wart in the past, neither has my partner. Even though its only one and its small I feel like crap right now. How could this juts show up now, we've been so faithful to each other...I feel dirty, ashamed and disgusting. I'm crying right now as I write this. I think about it all day and night..
Thanks for advice guys..I'm trying so hard to keep a smile on my face and not let this get to me but its eating me up inside...just the thought that I will have this for life devistates me..I don't even want to touch my partner because I feel contaminated..I really don't want him to devlop any warts so I keep my distance. I did some research online and the info that I read made me feel worse...I feel so helpless guys and I don't have anyone to talk to. I don't even want to tell me friends of family
Crying has adverse effects on baby, and that wart has little to none effect on you or your baby. Smile is the best make up ... give your baby the best look.
I'm really, really sorry you're going through this. As someone who has dealt with genital warts in the past as well, I know how debilitating they can be.
That said, please do listen do your doctor and understand that the wart (if it indeed was a wart) is really no big deal in the grand scheme of things. Let me first discuss how it likely showed up now...
You mention you were vaccinated with Gardasil about four years ago. This would have protected you from any new infections of HPV types 6, 11, 16, or 18. Strains 6 and 11 are the ones that cause warts. In all likelihood, you were infected with strain 6 or 11 before you were infected, and were an asymptomatic carrier of the virus. When you become pregnant, your immune system becomes somewhat compromised, and they emerge. I'm male, so I don't need to face this problem, but based on all I've read/learned, that is the case. Once you give birth, your immune system will no longer be weakened, and your wart will likely go away and never be heard from again. Warts only show up so long after infection when one's immune system is severely compromised through pregnancy or other serious illness.
Now, the really good news- your doctor is most likely right. Clearly, your immune system was strong enough to fight off the HPV infection from being symptomatic for years. Only when your body is in the process of making another human being (congratulations by the way!) was it so compromised that a single wart emerged. This is actually great news, I think. It suggests to me that once you are fully healthy again, you'll never need to worry about being symptomatic. Of course, I'm not a doctor, but that is my understanding of how the virus works.
All told, just hang in there. Having a genital wart is not the end of the world. Please do be excited for the upcoming birth... it's very exciting! Congratulations once again, and keep the faith that you won't deal with that little wart for too long an extended period of time.
That said, please do listen do your doctor and understand that the wart (if it indeed was a wart) is really no big deal in the grand scheme of things. Let me first discuss how it likely showed up now...
You mention you were vaccinated with Gardasil about four years ago. This would have protected you from any new infections of HPV types 6, 11, 16, or 18. Strains 6 and 11 are the ones that cause warts. In all likelihood, you were infected with strain 6 or 11 before you were infected, and were an asymptomatic carrier of the virus. When you become pregnant, your immune system becomes somewhat compromised, and they emerge. I'm male, so I don't need to face this problem, but based on all I've read/learned, that is the case. Once you give birth, your immune system will no longer be weakened, and your wart will likely go away and never be heard from again. Warts only show up so long after infection when one's immune system is severely compromised through pregnancy or other serious illness.
Now, the really good news- your doctor is most likely right. Clearly, your immune system was strong enough to fight off the HPV infection from being symptomatic for years. Only when your body is in the process of making another human being (congratulations by the way!) was it so compromised that a single wart emerged. This is actually great news, I think. It suggests to me that once you are fully healthy again, you'll never need to worry about being symptomatic. Of course, I'm not a doctor, but that is my understanding of how the virus works.
All told, just hang in there. Having a genital wart is not the end of the world. Please do be excited for the upcoming birth... it's very exciting! Congratulations once again, and keep the faith that you won't deal with that little wart for too long an extended period of time.
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