Ep48: How Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Can Affect Pregnancy and Babies

Birth With Power

Dr. Nicole C. Rankins

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are a common part of life, though many of us are afraid or ashamed to talk about them. In reality, 50% of adults will have an STI at some point in our lives. This includes pregnant women, and there shouldn't be any stigma associated with having an STI.

Having or contracting an STI during pregnancy happens to many people and it's important to know how STIs can affect your pregnancy and your baby. Today I'm running through five common STIs - chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes, and human papillomavirus (HPV) - to talk about the treatment for each.

Treatment for STIs during pregnancy can be a little different than normal treatments, but it's important to catch infections early so that they don't spread to your baby. Many STIs can only reach baby during the actual birth process, but some can cross over the placenta - so it's best to know what your options are early on.

Remember that STIs don't mean anything about your worth - they should just be treated as a health issue that can treated for the benefit of both mom and baby.

In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:

Why we have switched over to the term STI instead of STD
What STI tests you can expect in your first trimester and why we run them
How each of these STIs can affect you during pregnancy
Which of these STIs can affect your baby during pregnancy and which can only be transmitted during birth
How each of these STIs can be treated during pregnancy
Why it's important to get an accurate diagnosis of the phase of Syphilis, herpes, or HPV you are in

Links Mentioned In The Episode

How To Make A Birth Plan That Works - Free Online Class!
The Birth Preparation Course
Ep 46: A Guide to Prenatal Testing and What to Expect from Tests in Each Trimester
The Evidence on: Erythromycin Eye Ointment for Newborns by Rebecca Dekker of Evidence Based Birth
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0:00.0	Warning, this episode contains a more adult subject matter. I'm talking about how sexually
0:06.1	transmitted infections affect pregnancy. Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth
0:16.7	Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Nicole Callaway Rankins, a board certified ABGYN and physician,
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1:20.8	episode of the podcast. This is episode number 48. And as always, I'm glad you're here today. I hope you
1:27.4	are having a wonderful,
1:28.6	wonderful day. All right, in today's episode, I'm talking about something that can be a bit
1:35.0	tough to discuss, and that is how sexually transmitted infections affect pregnancy.
1:42.0	We've gotten away from saying disease disease because that has sort of a stigma
1:46.2	associated to it. So sexually transmitted infections, STIs, and how they affect pregnancy. And this is
1:54.0	hard to talk about because unfortunately there is still a lot of stigma surrounding STIs in our society. They've historically been associated with
2:05.3	promiscuity. However, I just want to say right up front that nothing could be further from the
2:11.2	truth. It only takes one encounter to get infected with an STI, and oftentimes people are asymptomatic. So STIs are actually
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