CMV is a virus that affects the liver, I had it about 10 years ago and the symptoms are very much like glandular fever. It doesn't have any long-term effect on pg that I know of (but now you've brought it up, I will remember to ask my ob next time - although my baby is perfectly healthy from all accounts). I have heard that most of the population have come into contact with CMV at some stage and have antibodies in their system, and that it affects whether some of your organs can be used for transplant (although maybe this depends on the recipient?).
The only thing I did come across while I was sick was that if you have active CMV and come into contact with pg women it can affect the developing baby in the first trimester, but I only read this in one book and never had any of my drs mention this, so think it's more of a maybe?
They did take a stack of blood from me for various tests - NT, risk of trisomy 21 (downs), trisomies 13 & 18 (not sure what this is), HIV, Rubella immunity, syphillis, blood group, Rh -ve/+ve. My ob ordered these.
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