Hello anonymous,
The fact is that you could have contracted HPV from your husband and that it remained dormant until your pregnancy. Pregnancy often "reactives" dormant HPV as a result of the depressed immune system normal in pregnancy. You may also have contracted the virus from someone else prior to your husband (if that was the case for you). No one can tell when someone contracted HPV and while he may hypothesize that it was a result of your cheating it is just as likely it was from him or someone else. Because the virus is so contagious only one intimate act can transfer the virus.
One thing which apparently has not been mentioed to you is that HPV has been found in breast milk. Whether you are breastfeeding I don't know and obviously there are benefits to breastfeeding however given the fact that more and more research turns up other cancerous conditions in other areas caused by HPV, it is my opinion that breastfeeding would not be an option.
Low risk HPV causing condyloma which are active at the time of delivery often warrant a C-section to prevent the virus from entering the throat and esophagus of the newborn. This can cause respiratory papillomatosis a condition resulting in recurring warts in the esophagus, throat and require removal. Since not much research that I can find has been done regarding the potential risks of breastfeeding with known positive high risk HPV I think it advisable to avoid it. However you stated you had warts which are caused by low risk strains of HPV typically 6 and 11. Have you ever had an HPV test for the high risk strains? Do you even know if you have high risk HPV? Is your OB aware of all this? When was your last pap test? These are all significant questions in order to fully answer your question. You should also obtain copies of all your test results for your own records. You can message me directly with this information if you like and we can go from there. In any case it is the responsible thing to inform your partner and I think you realize this. The question for you is how and the how is to explain as I stated above that no one can determine when or from whom you got it. He probably has contracted the virus and not shown symptoms as his immune system was able to effectually deal with the virus. That does not mean it could not show up in the future.
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Hello anonymous,
April 20, 2011 - 9:00pmThe fact is that you could have contracted HPV from your husband and that it remained dormant until your pregnancy. Pregnancy often "reactives" dormant HPV as a result of the depressed immune system normal in pregnancy. You may also have contracted the virus from someone else prior to your husband (if that was the case for you). No one can tell when someone contracted HPV and while he may hypothesize that it was a result of your cheating it is just as likely it was from him or someone else. Because the virus is so contagious only one intimate act can transfer the virus.
One thing which apparently has not been mentioed to you is that HPV has been found in breast milk. Whether you are breastfeeding I don't know and obviously there are benefits to breastfeeding however given the fact that more and more research turns up other cancerous conditions in other areas caused by HPV, it is my opinion that breastfeeding would not be an option.
Low risk HPV causing condyloma which are active at the time of delivery often warrant a C-section to prevent the virus from entering the throat and esophagus of the newborn. This can cause respiratory papillomatosis a condition resulting in recurring warts in the esophagus, throat and require removal. Since not much research that I can find has been done regarding the potential risks of breastfeeding with known positive high risk HPV I think it advisable to avoid it. However you stated you had warts which are caused by low risk strains of HPV typically 6 and 11. Have you ever had an HPV test for the high risk strains? Do you even know if you have high risk HPV? Is your OB aware of all this? When was your last pap test? These are all significant questions in order to fully answer your question. You should also obtain copies of all your test results for your own records. You can message me directly with this information if you like and we can go from there. In any case it is the responsible thing to inform your partner and I think you realize this. The question for you is how and the how is to explain as I stated above that no one can determine when or from whom you got it. He probably has contracted the virus and not shown symptoms as his immune system was able to effectually deal with the virus. That does not mean it could not show up in the future.
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