I was recently diagnosed with HPV on my cervix after having been tested for the first time in my life. I have been with the same partner for 10 years, a heavy smoker who likely transmitted the virus to me. We stopped using condoms 2 years ago to try to conceive and ended up doing 6 IVF egg collections last year, while taking prednisolone at times.

Welcome to the Forum  Thanks for your questions.  I'll be glad to comment.  When persons first find that they have HOV there are three main questions that are asked.  Who give this to me, how long have I had it, and what can you do about it.  There are almost never good answers to the 1rst two questions since  over half of women have gotten HPV within a year of having started to have intercourse.  what to do about the 3rd question has a number of answers and is probably best answered by your OB/GYN particularly given that you are in the midst of IVF treatment.  I can assure you however that HPV is not known to have  any meaningful impact on the health of babies born to infected mothers and that the infection is not transmitted at birth in well over 99% of deliveries.  Your prior prednisolone treatments, depending on timing, duration and dose MAY have impacted your likelihood of reactivating HPV but again, this is really something to discuss with your OB/GYN if you have not already.  If you have, what did she/he say?  The bottom line however is that your HPV diagnosis should not cause problems with your pregnancy.

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