Question: My daughter "took a turn for the worse XXXXXXX with her lyme disease earlier this year and became very ill. We now know that instead of her lyme it was morning sickness and she didn't realize she was pregnant until 17 weeks. She's never had a regular period since she's had lyme so she's never connected the dots, so to speak. Now she's half way through her pregnancy and has had a 3-d ultrasound/high level bloodwork, all which is showing the baby is healthy at this point. But the doctors are pretty much refusing to acknowledge the lyme piece of the equation which has me very worried. I look at her and I know she has a hard time clearing toxins from her blood. She's sharing that blood with that baby but if you say that to the OB-GYN they look at you like you have two heads. They honestly have no clue what's going on with the disease that's running wild within her body and I'm frightened for that baby.

Her doctor has told her she has high levels of mold in her blood; she also has high levels of metals; specifically copper. Until we can clear those up, they inhibit the clearing of the spirochechetes . So she shares toxic-laden blood with this unborn baby; we know it but when we try to talk lyme with the OB, they shut us down. Unfortunately, you need an OB to have a baby and this is a high risk pregnancy. Our worry is what will this delivery look like...what will this baby look like as far as sickness and what are we looking at for statistics for survival rates, etc, Downs Syndrome, Still birth. This pregnancy was a real surprise to us all and it has all of us very scared because of the mother's poor blood condition and lyme. Thanks so much for your time. XXXXXXX (a very concerned mom)

Her lyme is chronic; are you saying she should take her regular antibiotic treatment during her pregnancy? If not, what should she be doing?