[JesusFreak90]

is here any medical related person who can tell me that a Hepatitis C Infected mother will born an infected Child ? OR the child will be normal???

[mylissa]

Rarely but you to tell the doctor to take the necessary precautions and congratulations

[Halley G]

There is roughly a 1 in 8 chance that the child will develop Hepatitis C, and slightly higher if the mother is also HIV positive. The baby may be infected during either the pregnancy or the birth process, and there is no way to prevent the infection. The baby will be tested at birth for it, and periodically after wards. The mother can breast feed if she wants, there is no evidence that the virus is spread through the breast milk. Children who are infected as developing infants or newborns are otherwise healthy and don't seem to have any problems from the infection. Chances are pretty good that the child will be born free from the infection, although the rate seems high, it is actually fairly rare if the only problem is a Hepatitis C positive mother without other viral or health complications. Actually, the father of the child would be at greater risk from contracting HepC, as it is a sexually transmitted virus, primarily. It can spread through blood contact, but blood supplies used for transfusion are routinely screened to eliminate Hepatitis C blood. Casual blood contact, such as putting a band aid on a cut or scrape would be extremely unlikely to transmit the virus, and has never actually been documented as occurring. The best person to speak to about these concerns would be the doctor taking care of the woman. The doctor would be able to work with the mother to take all the reasonable precautions necessary, and address any concerns you have.

[Cardinals fan]

Both my kids were born after I was infected with hep C although several years before I was diagnosed. Both are healthy.

[Chris.]

There is a <8% chance of perinatal transmission of Hep c . Also, hep c is rarely sexually transmitted. Men having sex with men or "unusual" sexual practices (sticking pins into each other, etc.) have higher probability of sexual transmission, but typical sexual practices have a 1-3% risk of transmission.
I have 2 children who were born after I had hep c; neither has it, nor does my husband.