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[quote=Anonymous]I can totally understand.  While it's very unlikely that genital herpes would spread from a person with very good hygiene in this manner, if your mom can't reliably wash her hands after touching her genitals, there is a tiny risk of spreading.  I'd ask your doctor if it's something to be very concerned about.  In general, what I'd do is just have the hard and fast rule that everyone who holds the baby has to wash their hands with soap immediately before picking him up.  We had that rule for our preemie and nobody was offended, as long as you make everyone do it.

Personally, my bigger worry was people with oral herpes.  One of my cousins had a cold sore and I had to ask her not to kiss him.  (I told her that we asked everyone not to kiss him.)  And then of course she kissed him -- numerous times -- and said she just forgot.  Luckily (so far) he doesn't seem to have gotten the herpes virus from her, but I finally had to say, "You have an open cold sore on your face.  That's the herpes virus.  I really cannot have you touching his face with an open herpes sore."  I'm sorry that I had to embarrass her that way but I was furious that she kept kissing him even when we asked her not to![/quote]

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