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If my yeast infection isn't gone by the time i give labor what will happen? :( im 34 weeks pregnant!

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Dr. Mazen Kherallah answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

He may get yeast inf: If you have an infection when you go into labor, though, there's a chance that your newborn will contract it as he passes through the birth canal. If he does, he may develop a yeast infection in his mouth

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Answered 12/11/2016

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