Can STDs be passed on to your kids?!
Question:
Can STDs be passed on to your kids?
Answers:
STDs are NOT inherited in DNA, like green eyes or curly hair.
But, STDs can be passed from a pregnant woman to the baby before, during, or after the baby's birth. Some STDs (like syphilis) cross the placenta and infect the baby while it is in the uterus (womb). Other STDs (like gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis B, and genital herpes) can be transmitted from the mother to the baby during delivery as the baby passes through the birth canal. HIV can cross the placenta during pregnancy, infect the baby during the birth process, and unlike most other STDs, can infect the baby through breastfeeding.
http://www.cdc.gov/std/stdfact-stds&preg...