Warning: Pregnant Women Can Get STD's

We don't often worry about getting an STD (sexually transmitted disease) when we're pregnant, but the fact is you can contract one if you're not careful and/or not in a committed relationship where both partners are monogamous.

There are 3 ways to prevent yourself from contracting an STD during pregnancy:

Abstain from sex.
Only have sex within a mutually monogamous relationship where you know your partner is clean because he's been tested.
Use condoms when having sex.

STD's can harm your baby by causing the baby to be stillborn, have a low birth weight, or even be born with conjunctivitis, pneumonia, deafness, blindness, hepatitis, meningitis, liver disease and several other problems.

For these reasons it's important to avoid getting STD's when you're pregnant.

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