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Pablito


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Hi Juliet

Welcome to the forum and a very interesting question you pose.

It's not an area I know about so I would go with the advice of a doctor on this one, and pay special heed to some one whose been though this before, like Lisa.

I do know, however, that the HCV virus lives in organs too, not just blood, so it is conceivable (no pun intended) that it could be in the ova; although the risk of transmission must be tiny.

Cinnamon Girl makes a good point.  As soon as you get treatment and achieve SVR that tiny risk becomes almost non-existent.

Pablo



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(I am no expert and may well be wrong; just seemed to me that the ova would pose no risk)

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Juliet17


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But if someone with HCV is is providing only the ova, how is that a risk to the surrogate? HCV lives in blood cells, not egg cells.

Because the surrogate, not the person with HCV, would be the one who undergoes pregnancy and birth, there could be no risk that the child would be infected.

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Cinnamon Girl


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Hello Roy, welcome!

I sympathise with your predicament, this is not an easy question and there`s no easy answer, and you`ll really need to take good medical advice before you go any further. 

I do agree with Lisa that there would be a small chance of passing on the Hep C virus to the surrogate host, and because of that it`s likely to be difficult to find someone who would be willing to put themselves at risk in this way.  

I hope you don`t mind me asking, but are you considering having treatment for your Hep C infection at some point? 

Wishing you all the very best of luck, I do hope it works out for you somehow! 



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Loopy Lisa


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Hi Roy,

 

I went through I.V.F whilst infected and made 10 great embryo's. I also had a 3 person team through out the process. A child specialist in infectious diseases, my gyno, and my hep specialist. In short, yes, there is a low chance of cross infection. Whilst not very often, which people that have had children naturally can state. If the child is infected, then through trauma of birth there is a chance. My stint failed, but I was to take H.I.V medication for my hep infection if I had a live birth to reduce my viral count - Hep C medications are harmful to fetal development, but H.I.V meds reduce Hep C viral count and do not harm the baby. But that would also apply if the baby is infected and the host not....H.I.V medications just before birth and during can reduce chances. But with that in mind, I'm not sure a surrogate would be willing to take that risk, or take heavy anti-virals, especially if they are H.I.V negative like I am. I hope that helps?

 



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Roy


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Hi ! Am new to this forum.

Am female and Have HCV, was wondering if it is OK to implant the embryos from my IVF cycle in a surrogate ?

I make excellent embryos, but implantation is not working for me, can I use surrogate, in this case is there any risk to the surrogate

PLEASE HELP !!

Thanks a lot

 



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