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Re: Herpes in Pregnancy From: james connerth (babydoc@apex.net) Mon Aug 16 15:36:27 1999 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Herpes in Pregnancy" Previous message: Ronald E. Ainsworth: "Herpes in Pregnancy" Maybe in reply to: Ronald E. Ainsworth: "Herpes in Pregnancy" Next in thread: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Herpes in Pregnancy" hOW OFTEN DOES SHE GET A RECURRENCE-AND CAN SHE TELL?Would really be hard pressed to section w/o lesions and especially recurrent disease and presence of maternal antibodies.This may be one rare situation for viral c&s around 38 weeks in an attempt to reassure pt.With her terrible past experience,however,would go out of way to alleviate maternal anxiety---many do c/s for alot less!!! "Ronald E. Ainsworth" wrote: > I have a new patient whose first pregnancy delivered vaginally and > developed severe CNS disease due to genital herpes. Apparently the CNM > who delivered her "missed" a small herpetic lesion on the vulva and the > only history of lesions was in her partner. The options, as I see them > include: 1)perform the cesarean section as requested, 2) follow her > according to the standard guidelines, with cesarean section only if > there are lesions present at term or 3)place her on antiviral therapy > during the last trimester of pregnancy. At this point she is now > strongly requesting cesarean section. How many would agree to her > request if she maintains her strong convictions, in spite of medical > evidence that it is probably an "unnecessary cesarean section?" > > -- > Ronald E. Ainsworth, MD, FACOG > Paradise, CA, Private Practice 20 yrs. Next message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Herpes in Pregnancy" Previous message: Ronald E. Ainsworth: "Herpes in Pregnancy" Maybe in reply to: Ronald E. Ainsworth: "Herpes in Pregnancy" Next in thread: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Herpes in Pregnancy"

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