Women who experience zika symptoms or test positive for the virus should wait at least eight weeks before getting pregnant to avoid risking birth defects associated with the virus.. The most extensive report yet on zika virus and its risk to babies shows that 5 percent of women infected while pregnant go on to have babies with diagnosed birth defects.. Officials say women who travel to zones where zika has been detected should wait at least 28 days to get pregnant to ensure the virus has time to leave the blood stream. if a woman has traveled to.
March 25, 2016 -- couples who are trying to have a baby should wait a few months to get pregnant if either partner has been exposed to the zika virus through travel, the cdc said today. that’s. For men and women without symptoms of zika virus but who had possible exposure to zika from recent travel or sexual contact, cdc recommends healthcare providers advise their patients wait at least 8 weeks after their possible exposure before trying to get pregnant in order to minimize risk.. For example, if a woman is highly motivated to get pregnant and motivated to prevent mosquito bites, there are things you can do to drastically decrease the chance you are going to get zika while.
