I Heard that I Can Pass HPV to My Unborn Child. Is This True?

Technically, yes it is true that you can pass HPV to your unborn child. It is believed that an infant can acquire HPV from the skin to skin contact that occurs during the birthing process; because the very nature of childbirth is conducive to the development of skin tears for mother and child, the environment is in many ways ideal for the transmission of the virus.

So what does this mean for you and your child? Usually, not very much. It can result in the transmission of a sexually transmittable strain of the disease, and this may cause some skin lesions like tiny warts on the infant. Or more likely, it will never show at all. Since most strains simply leave the human body and clear up on their own after several months, there is no cause for concern.
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