What kind of birth control methods will prevent the spread of the hepatitis C virus?
If you are worried about the small risk of spreading the virus through sex, you should use latex condoms. Other types of birth control methods, like birth control pills, vasectomy, intrauterine devices (IUD’s), or diaphragms do NOT decrease the risk of spreading the hepatitis C virus. Can my partner get pregnant, and if so, what is the risk that the baby will get hepatitis C? It is possible to get pregnant if you or your partner has hepatitis C. If you are a male with hepatitis C, and your female partner does not have hepatitis C (throughout the entire pregnancy), then there is no chance that the baby will contract the virus from the mother. If you are a pregnant female who already has hepatitis C (or gets hepatitis C at some point during the pregnancy), the chance of passing the virus to your baby is low, less than 5%. The risk becomes greater if the mother has both hepatitis C and HIV. With proper prenatal care, babies born to hepatitis C positive mothers or fathers are usually quite
