Is a Mother’s Swine Flu Infection Dangerous to Her Baby in the Womb?
With pregnant women at a higher risk for serious complications from the swine flu, mothers-to-be are wondering if getting the disease could affect the baby they are carrying. Based on limited information from previous seasonal and pandemic influenza data, the virus doesn’t appear to transfer from the mother to fetus very easily, according to an article published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. Still, some studies from early pandemics such as the Asian flu outbreak in 1957 suggest there may be some increased risk for miscarriage, early delivery or neurological defects in babies born to mothers who have serious cases of the flu.
