Foot and mouth disease is it dangerous when pregnant?

Normally no risk: There’s normally no risk to the unborn baby, as complications are rare. HFMD is rare in healthy adults, so the risk of infection during pregnancy is also very low. However, during the first three months of pregnancy – in very rare cases, this may result in miscarriage due to the high temperature (fever) in the mother; shortly before you give birth – the infection can be passed on to your baby