I know I'm going to hell for posting Paris in this story, but according to some. I'm going there anyway, so kiss my ass! A British mother has come forward to discuss how she accidentally killed her baby daughter – by infecting her with herpes.
Here’s how the BBC is reporting it:
Jennifer Schofield was just 11 days old when she died in November 2006 of multiple organ failure caused by the herpes simplex virus. The newborn was infected by her mother, Ruth Schofield, either through kisses or breastfeeding. "The hardest thing any woman can do is watch her baby die," Schofield told the BBC on Friday.
Jennifer's mother, 35-year-old Ruth Schofield, probably caught the virus late in her pregnancy, the inquest was told. She experienced flu-like symptoms before Jennifer's birth and developed mouth ulcers after the birth.
Although her doctor gave her a mouthwash, the herpes virus was not diagnosed, the BBC said. HSV can be extremely hard to detect, the inquest heard. "If I had known I was suffering from HSV and the risks of being near a newborn baby, then Jennifer could be here today."
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