There is often a lot of conjecture about the possible links between genital warts and pregnancy. In particular there is often discussion that is based around the risk that the condition can be passed onto your baby. This article attempts to explain this situation in more detail so you have a better understanding of how genital warts and pregnancy are connected.

A substantial proportion of the population get infected by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and then present with genital warts. Women who become pregnant run a risk of passing on this disease to their baby as it is very contagious. Accordingly, it is recommended that the problem should be treated before the child is due.

The genital warts themselves can even cause problems during pregnancy and have potential to create other health issues. For example, you might find that the warts will grow larger and this can lead to pain or difficulty with urinating. You might also find that, due to changes with your hormones, the growths will be more significant and could even start bleeding. If the warts are located inside the vagina, they also could limit the elasticity of this region which might lead to obstruction or at least a more difficult delivery process.

Obviously genital warts and pregnancy are not a great mix so it is important that you get proper medical attention as soon as possible. The HPV has potential to weaken your natural immune system so this adds increased potential for contracting other infections or viruses. It is not all doom and gloom though and some things need to be kept in perspective. In most cases pregnant women will not pass the condition onto their child. This doesn’t meant that you should ignore the potential problems that can occur. This includes laryngeal papillomatosis which is the name of a condition where babies get infected with warts in their throats. Although this is quite uncommon, it is obviously a very dangerous condition if it happens and it will require quick medical treatment.

For the reasons outlined above you really need to consider ways of treating the condition before it impacts significantly on your health or the health of your unborn child. If you are looking at prevention to make sure that it isn’t an issue for you in the first place, then a good starting point is to make sure that you are not having sex with someone that has HPV. Abstinence is great, but not always realistic, so if you find this difficult in your particular circumstances at least try to be careful with any potential partner. You really need to reduce the potential of getting the disease so consider using condoms as they will provide some protection from potentially getting the infection.

Genital warts are clearly an unpleasant problem to deal with and this applies whether you are pregnant or not. If you are pregnant though, there are even more reasons to take precautions to ensure that you don’t contract the infection in the first place or to make sure that you get proper medical treatment if you do.

Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) appears to be the herb that is most often used to increase milk supply. It is an excellent galactagogue, and has been used as such for centuries.

I recommend it to everyone needing assistance with low milk or even no milk. It is safe and is not a hormone, nor does it contain anything hormonal. You need to look up all that you can on it, but it is safe for both you and the baby. It is given to cows to increase milk production. It can also lower serum cholesterol as well and is used to treat diabetes.

To speed milk production and increase overall milk supply, the key is to remove more milk from the breast and to do this frequently, so that less milk accumulates in the breast between feedings. The more frequently you nurse, the more the message is sent to produce more milk.

It works within about 3-4 days. You’ll see your milk gradually come in and then by 4th day should be all back! Drink 1 cup every couple hours hot or cold for up to 4 days straight. That should produce the desired results.

For anyone with access to any middle eastern influenced food stores, Helba is Fenugreek. So if you want to save some money on Fenugreek and have a more fresh product, go to a middle eastern store and ask for Helba. It super cheap, and looks like little brown seeds, just boil a couple of tablespoon in a tea pot.

Another “nursing supplementer” that you can use in between your pumping sessions to feed your baby that will help him/her recognize you as food again. It is a contraption with a bottle you can put formula or expressed breast milk (once you have some) in, hanging upside down from the front of your bra. Then there are tubes that come out and you tape them to your breast alongside your nipple. When this is installed correctly then when (s)he sucks from you he gets through the tube what is in the bottle. Medela makes them, you can order it from their website, or you may be able to get one at Walgreens. Or you can order it on eBay.

I suggest doing the pumping routine as previously suggested, taking some herbals, like mother’s milk tea, and using the supplementer has the added advantage of stimulating your breasts much more effectively than even a pump.

Trying to conceive fills any women with innumerable anxieties and emotional stress, especially if the trying is coupled with fertility treatments or IVF. Increasingly, physicians are endorsing yoga, combined with the medical treatment. This is to help relieve their stresses, and at the same time, boost their chances at conceiving.

A Harvard research shows a greater number of odds, at least three times more, favoring those whose fertility treatments are boosted by yoga done in sync with the treatments”.

What does yoga have to do with priming up the woman’s body to conceive and get pregnant?

Stress is a given negative that a childless couple has to confront and overcome, or at least live with. Stress can disrupt a woman’s regular cycles so as to cause a hindrance to ovulation in women and sperm production and/or motility for the men. Yoga, thus, serves as emotional release, that enables relief of anxiety and stress, presenting more chances of pregnancy.

Regular performance of yoga can:

1) increase the couple’s development towards each other
2) reinforce and intensify their relationship, and
3) grant them the capacity to jointly deal with the pressure of attempting to conceive a baby.

Yoga courses directed at fertility enhancement assist a woman’s capacity to conceive in other ways. There are postures that are concentrated on enhancing the flow of energy in the second chakra, the “seat of creation,” the area where the reproductive organs are located. Other touch up postures help set up the body for procreation. These help relax the abdominal region, eliminating tension from the area of the ovaries,uterus and fallopian tubes. Postures that are done lying down lengthen that area, letting in more blood to course to the organs of reproduction.

Yoga has some postures that are particularly applicable to women after intercourse that will raise her chances to conceive. Among the popular ones is the “Viparita Kirani” where legs are put up the wall. This guarantees the sperm to stay in the best position for fertilization for as long as can be.

Finally, yoga can correct erratic hormonal levels which may be the reason for the infertility. Some yoga postures enhance the operation of the glands, which are the aids to stabilize hormone levels.

There is no one single report that Yoga, by itself, can promote pregnancy. Although consistent performance of fertility-concentrated poses brings down stress and anxieties at conception attempts.

Integrating fertility-directed Yoga with medical therapy does indeed prime up the body and mind to conceiving and raise chances of conceiving that long-awaited baby.