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Posted by sarabear (Member # 6530) on :

Got my coinfections test results back from mdl. Sure enough, I have babesia. I knew there was a reason why the amoxicillian wasn't helping...

Does anyone know if babesia can be passed to the baby I am carrying? Could it have been passed to my 14-month-old in utero or via nursing. I know the amoxy I am taking to prevent this baby from getting lyme while I am pregnant doesn't work for babesia.

Any suggestions?

Thanks so much,
sara

Posted by DJP (Member # 5893) on :

Hi Sarabear,
Sorry to hear you have babesia. I guess it's good in some way to know because at least you can get treated for it.

I don't know the answers to your questions, hopefully someone else does.

I was think about you yesterday because I just found out that I tested positive for Lyme and I've been breastfeeding my 11 mos old since her birth.

I'm hoping she is okay and didn't get it from me. I have a call into Dr J to find out what to do. He'll probably want to get her tested.

Does your 14 mos old have Lyme and do you know how she got it?

Thanks,
Deb

Posted by fish (Member # 4096) on :

Hi Sara,

I did read somewhere that lyme, babesia and bartonella can cross the placenta. I will look now and see if I can find it. That's a good question. Be back hopefully soon.

So sorry about the babesia but you're lucky to have found it so quickly. Really is good to know the "whole picture".

Leslie

Posted by fish (Member # 4096) on :

http://www.lymepa.org/Corson_2004_0424_Slides_Handouts.pdf

I don't know how to paste a link here so this is a test. This isn't the first place I've seen the information about co-infections crossing the placenta but this is all I could find today. I've seen this information elsewhere.

If the link works read through to the 2nd or 3rd page...

[This message has been edited by fish (edited 15 February 2005).]

Posted by TheCrimeOfLyme (Member # 4019) on :

Pretty much anything a mother carries can be passed to her babies, lyme disease and its coinfections not excluded.

You have POTS Syndrome, right? I betcha babesia is the cause of it and it will get much much better with treatment.

Posted by sarabear (Member # 6530) on :

Thank you everybody!

I guess it is good news in a way because I highly suspected it, and wanted to know if I should be treated after I have this baby. Now I know.

I have had chronic vertigo and dizziness, lots of blacking out, and severe vision problems for a long time. I don't know if I have POTS, but I have a lot of similar symptoms.

Thanks for the information! I don't believe my 14-month-old, whom I nursed and was untreated while carrying has Lyme. I didn't know what was going on with me when I was pregnant with him, or I would have been treated throughout my pregnancy. He is doing well and is developmentally normal and has only had one or two colds in his life. I am having him tested just in case.

I guess I'll have to wait 6 more months to be treated for the babesia, but I guess after 5 years of it, I can hang in there.

Thanks again,
Sara