BV and pregnancy

[mrsbenglish.livejournal.com]

Hi there.

So I am trying to find the risks of having BV at the time of conception. The only thing I have found are some places stating that BV puts a pregnant woman at risk of miscarriage, or second trimester miscarriage, preterm labor and low birth weight. But the way I interpret that is if you have chronic BV throughout those parts of pregnancy.
Do you all think that I am interpreting this correctly?
Or is the study saying that if you have BV at the time of conception that you have an increased risk for these things throughout pregnancy, even if it clears up shortly after conception?

Thanks for any info!

Comments

[jennifer0246.livejournal.com]

I believe that the risks of BV and pregnancy (in terms of miscarriage and loss) have to do with having undetected/untreated/undertreated BV later in pregnancy.

I'm not familiar with risks of BV at conception, though it makes sense to me that the vagina may be less hospitable to sperm during an active infection that changes the vaginas pH, though that's all supposition on my part, I haven't read anything to suggest this.