Parenting Tips and Guide Info

Many women who are diagnosed with hepatitis B are scared pregnant since fear their babies contracted the same virus. No need to worry, by passive and active immunization, infants who born from mothers with hepatitis B virus has very little possibility to be infected this virus.

Hepatitis B virus is usually lodged in the liver that can lead to hardening of the liver or liver cancer leading to death in late treated. The incubation period of hepatitis B virus is 15 to 180 days.

How to get safely pregnant for mother with Hepatitis B

1. Do control before becoming pregnant to know exactly how many viruses and what types of virus, if the virus is active or passive.
2. As gestational age of 6 months, pregnant women are given antiviral drugs must be taken every day. This allows the virus is transmitted to the baby is not too much and that is more secure.
3. Provide passive immunization and active immunization of newborns.

Passive immunization should be given right after the baby is born. This immunization serum contains antibodies (hepatitis B immune globulin or HBIG). The price is quite expensive and serum lasted only 1 month, so it must be supported by active immunization. Active immunization contains an antigen, so that the body itself produces antibodies that can persist longer in the body. Active immunization was given 3 times: after passive immunization, 3 months and 6 months in order to provide maximum protection to the baby.

After birth, the mother also had to return control to monitor the quantity and condition of the virus in the body to know if it can be treated or not. There are some people who recover from hepatitis B in total. This depends on the amount of virus in the body, types of viruses and other factors.

So for those women diagnosed with Hepatitis B which can still be pregnant if diligently to control and consult with physicians and provide protection to their infants through antiviral drugs as well as passive and active immunization.