Can you have safe child birth with herpes?

YES you can.

Herpes is very rarely passed to new babies.

The risk of passing herpes on happens when the mother has any signs or symptoms of a genital herpes break out as she goes into delivery.

Doctors like to prescribe antiviral medication (some are safe to take during pregnancy) a few weeks before the baby is due to help prevent break outs.

If there are no signs or symptoms of a break out then the mother is safe to have a natural birth with having very little risk of passing herpes to the baby.

In ordeer to completely eliminate the risk of passing herpes to the baby the mother can have a c-section, but this can be very risky and should be talked over between the mother and her doctor or prenatal care provider.