Wart?

[cobra]

I have noticed what seems to be a genital wart although i cant be sure exactly. I had seen it before but though it was just a growth as it was so minute not worth worrying about. I am heavily pregnant and am worried about it seems to have got a bit bigger makes me think it is not jsut a growth if u c what i mean
Can this be reomoved or is it 2 late
what shoud i do?

Ok, I don't know about treatments while pregnant. They'd probably be ok, as they're just topical.

I also don't know whether the virus can pass to the baby and cause problems? (If so, it must be common, being infected with the virus for genital warts is really common, something like 30% of people in their 20s and 30s.)

But what I can tell you is how to test to see if it's a wart! Apply a small amount of white vinegar to it, just a little bit on a cotton bud. If it is a wart, the bump will come up really really white. It's quite startling and obvious.

(An old partner had really really bad warts. I never caught them, but for years I had to test every bump in that area. I did see a positive result on him, so I am sure what it should look like.)

You must go and see your GP. Genital warts can be passed on to the baby during a vaginal delivery - also they can cause a problem if they are very big (doesn't sound like that will be the case with you). The hormones in your body when you are pregnant can make genital warts grow bigger - this may be why you have noticed it now. You can't use topical wart treatment while pregnant, either.

It may not be a genital wart at all - all kinds of weird stuff goes on when you are pregnant, but please go and get it checked out. Don't be embarrassed to see your GP - genital warts are really, really common.

Crikey nqc!
at your bedtime antics!

(Although of course the topic demands a certain level of seriousness...)

Well, luckily I never had to test that often. And I had a colposcopy ages ago, to check if the warts had appeared on my cervix. Luckily they hadn't.

I was very lucky, really. They were very very slow-growing warts (which is why my ex-DP hadn't noticed them) but very very hard to eradicate.

Two important notes for cobra: Docs use white vinegar to check warts, even in colposcopies, so it is a very reliable check. And it doesn't hurt at all ... it seems like it would, somehow.

Personally, I wouldn't bother with the GP - they're probably going to be unable to do anything there and then - and their reaction may not be what you would hope for. Try a sexual health clinic (possibly easier said than done with the chronic underfunding of genito-urinary services...). At least there they'll have a good idea of what they're looking for / at.

I don't know about cryotherapy whilst pregnant, but you certainly can't use topical 'Warticon'.

I also wouldn't fret too much about the baby catching them. After all - whilst it's not ideal - a lot of people catch cold sores or hand/foot warts from their parents in childhood. (And surely, since warts are caused by a virus, the baby may well have been exposed in utero anyway??)

No, you really do NOT want to pass them on to your baby - it can cause complications such as warts on the baby's voice box. I am not saying this to alarm you, but you do need to get it sorted. I would ring the midwife, presuming you have been seeing one, and she can check it out and advise you on what to do next. If you have no midwife, go to the GU clinic as suggested earlier.