Does Chicken Pox In A Male Partner Affect A Pregnancy?
Hi I am 27 years old and my wife is 25 years old. We are married for 3 years. We have planned to have a baby and had sex last thursday (17 Mar 2011). I had fever for two days from 18 Mar 2011 night and today i have been diagnosed with chicken pox. In case my wife gets pregnant will this chicken pox affect the baby in any means? Please advise.
Hi , how are you doing? Unfortunately chicken pox is a bad viral infection , which affects baby in early & late pregnancy. First of all your semen report would have deteriorated due to infection. So the number of healthy sperms would have come down, thereby your pregnancy chances are also low. But I would advise you to just relax. I have had lot of experience with pregnancy with chicken-pox.All you need is repeated scans in pregnancy to confirm that there is no abnormality to the baby. Usually there will not be any problem. there could be few musculo-skeltal abnormalities, joint problems. But only follow up is advised to detect them Hope I have been of help to allay your anxiety All the best
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Does Chicken Pox In A Male Partner Affect A Pregnancy?
Hi , how are you doing? Unfortunately chicken pox is a bad viral infection , which affects baby in early & late pregnancy. First of all your semen report would have deteriorated due to infection. So the number of healthy sperms would have come down, thereby your pregnancy chances are also low. But I would advise you to just relax. I have had lot of experience with pregnancy with chicken-pox.All you need is repeated scans in pregnancy to confirm that there is no abnormality to the baby. Usually there will not be any problem. there could be few musculo-skeltal abnormalities, joint problems. But only follow up is advised to detect them Hope I have been of help to allay your anxiety All the best