If you are currently pregnant or planning a future pregnancy, you need to learn about CMV.
- CMV is the most common virus transmitted from mother to unborn child.
- CMV is a common virus with 50% to 85% of adults already exposed by adulthood. However, women who have not yet been exposed are at risk for contracting CMV during pregnancy and giving birth to a child born with congenital CMV.
- Congenital CMV causes deafness, blindness, cerebral palsy, mental and physical disabilities, seizures, and death.
- Infants, toddlers, and children commonly get CMV from their peers and can pass the virus to unsuspecting mothers, daycare workers, teachers, therapists, nurses, or anyone who works with or comes into contact with small children.
- CMV is spread through saliva, urine, tears, blood, mucus, and other bodily fluids.
- CMV can be prevented by practicing good hygiene while pregnant. Handwashing after handling or playing with babies and small children is important, in addition to not sharing utensils or drinks and not kissing babies and small children on the mouth or face.
-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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The Real Story of Congenital CMV"Imagine giving birth to a baby and finding that your baby was exposed to a dangerous virus during pregnancy..."
This virus, Cytomegalovirus (CMV), could have a questionable impact on your child’s development and prognosis and you have no outlook as to what your child’s life and medical situation would be. You were never informed of this virus by your OB/GYN while pregnant and were never told to take any precautionary measures to prevent exposure. You blame yourself for allowing harm to come to your unborn child and you wonder how and where you may have acquired the virus and what you could have done to prevent it. Upon learning that you likely acquired the virus from small children, even possibly your own small children, you blame yourself for not being more careful but you also slightly resent your other children for indirectly harming your newborn...
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