Getting pregnant with Lyme

Hi Jingles!
I'm so sorry that you face these issues. As you likely know, getting pregnant before you heal the infections (while it happens) isn't advised. Yes, it's highly likely that the infections played a role in your past experiences with having children.

But, here is a really good site, with tons of information about just what you are asking about. I would recommend you read through much of it - as I said, there's a ton of information:
/sites.google.com/site/drjoneskids/pregnancy-and-lyme

And, of course, I do want to wish you and your husband a happy and healthy child!!!

Thanks, Traveler! I was symptom free for 8 months so we thought it would be okay to get pregnant. Then right after our miscarriage in March, the symptoms started to return. So, unfortunately, I think that was the case.

Thanks, Pirouette. I would like to see some research on that because I've read conflicting information. It appears that my 4 year old has Lyme, but my two year old doesn't. My two year old was hospitalized at birth for weeks and was on IV antibiotics the entire time. I've always thought that that's why he escaped the Lyme.

Yes - there is controversy --even amongst Lyme professionals-- about sexual and congenital transmission of Lyme, whether or not it can be passed in bodily fluids like breast milk, etc.

Based on my 3 yrs on this forum, learning of all the couples with exact same strains and parents out there w/ fertility trouble and sick children, I think the controversy is obtuse and dangerous.

Here is more info - hope it's helpful:

CONGENITAL TRANSMISSION
www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3855191

BREAST MILK TRANSMISSION
www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3672196&g=3672287#m3672287

SEXUAL TRANSMISSION
www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3855185

"In the study, researchers tested semen samples and vaginal secretions from three groups of patients: control subjects without evidence of Lyme disease, random subjects who tested positive for Lyme disease, and married heterosexual couples engaging in unprotected sex who tested positive for the disease. As expected, all of the control subjects tested negative for Borrelia burgdorferi in semen samples or vaginal secretions. In contrast, all women with Lyme disease tested positive for Borrelia burgdorferi in vaginal secretions, while about half of the men with Lyme disease tested positive for the Lyme spirochete in semen samples. Furthermore, one of the heterosexual couples with Lyme disease showed identical strains of the Lyme spirochete in their genital secretions. The presence of the Lyme spirochete in genital secretions and identical strains in married couples strongly suggests that sexual transmission of the disease occurs,” said Dr. Mayne."
www.onlineprnews.com/news/454866-1390261507-lyme-disease-may-be-sexually-transmitted-study-suggests.html

"The culture of viable Borrelia spirochetes in genital secretions suggests that Lyme disease could be transmitted by intimate contact from person to person."
f1000research.com/articles/3-309/v3

"initial laboratory testing of semen samples provided by male Lyme patients (positive by western blot/PCR in blood) and the male sexual partner of a Lyme infected female patient were positive approximately 40% of the time. PCR recovery of Lyme DNA nucleotide sequences with microscopic confirmation of semen samples yielded positive results in 14/32 Lyme patients (13 male semen samples and 1 vaginal pap). ALL positive semen/vaginal samples in patients with known sexual partners resulted in positive Lyme titers/PCR in their sexual partners. 3/4 positive semen patients had no or unknown sexual partners to be tested."
www.anapsid.org/lyme/bach.html

-p

Thanks, guys. I appreciate your responses.

Mm57553, what is the title of that book?

What's the consensus on only the Male having Lyme? My fiancée and I want to try having kids in the next year, and she is symptom free. I'm treating with antibiotics right now

Thanks, mm.

Hi Joe! Maybe start a new thread on that so that anyone who's already viewed this one will see your question.

Correct, but you can give it to her, and then it can be passed to the child. This is what you need to be concerned with. I too hope that you are healed before that!! And, I hope that she is not infected - that would be the ideal situation.