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Can a woman with hepatitis c have a healthy baby, or is that unpredictable?
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Yes: Unlike in hepatitis b, transmission of hepatitis c from mother to her newborn baby is fairly low. Breast feeding is allowed as well.
Answered 4/15/2012
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