Do you think I will catch it if......

horseykitty

My son came home with chickenpox and gave it to his siblings - my 6 month old only had one spot though - and to my husband who had never had it as a child. My husband was very poorly for two weeks.

allIcouldwishfor

I have cared for both my children through chicken pox and I haven't had it. I was tested for immunity as I was pregnant with DD when DS caught it, but the tests showed I was not immune. I think it's just the luck of the draw. Hope you don't catch it.

Nicki

LittleTinker wrote: »

And for the other poster who is scaring people about chicken pox and pregnancy...its not so bad....virtually no risk at all. Thats why we dont have vaccines for it as a matter of course.

I'm currently waiting for the results of my blood test to come back as some selfish cow exposed me to it via one of her children, knowing but not warning me that they were infectious, and I'm in early pregnancy.

Depends what you call "not that bad" I suppose. The NHS website says there is a 0.5 to 1% chance if you catch it in early pregnancy of the child being born with significantly impaired vision, learning difficulties or abnormalities to limbs. If you got a blood test back with a 1 in 200 chance of the baby having downs syndrome, most parents would want to go on to have further investigations, so I feel Little Tinker is being quite blase about the risks. Having already had one child with very serious learning difficulties, I'm less than impressed that this baby has been thoughtlessly exposed to any additional risks.

I would second those who are advising you to make everyone that you (or your other children) may come into contact with 15 days after your child's spots appeared that you may be contagious. If you haven't come out in a rask after 15 days of your last infected child's first spots, then you've probably escaped, but you and your children are at your most infectious to others for the 4 days before your spots appear, so you do need to think of others for quite a long period.

mac-n-me

My 3 year old has just recovered from chicken pox, he had more spots than I've ever seen but was fine within himself. Plastered him in a mix of calamine and aquaous cream and doses of piriton.

When he woke up that morning with the spots that was the first knowledge of them I had, prior to that morning he was fine. My main concern was that I was having a bathroom installed and the plumber's wife was pregnant. I rang him immediately to inform him and then called my doctor for her advice. She said that as long as they had both had chicken pox in the past then the risk was negligable. I was hugely relieved I can tell you! He decided to carry on with the job after speaking to their midwife and I just kept my boy out of his way.

pboae

My sis had a very mild case of CP as a child and that caught it full blown as an adult (30 something) she was very very ill with it, and laid up for a couple of weeks. She had spots everywhere too, including in her mouth, throat, etc. Since then she gets an outbreak of shingles a couple of times a year, the spots only come back in patches, but they always come where she had a chicken pox spots IYSWIM. The Dr can't do anything for it, other than offer long term viral suppressants which cause more side effects than the shingles does.

hezza86

Nicki wrote: »

I'm currently waiting for the results of my blood test to come back as some selfish cow exposed me to it via one of her children, knowing but not warning me that they were infectious, and I'm in early pregnancy.

Depends what you call "not that bad" I suppose. The NHS website says there is a 0.5 to 1% chance if you catch it in early pregnancy of the child being born with significantly impaired vision, learning difficulties or abnormalities to limbs. If you got a blood test back with a 1 in 200 chance of the baby having downs syndrome, most parents would want to go on to have further investigations, so I feel Little Tinker is being quite blase about the risks. Having already had one child with very serious learning difficulties, I'm less than impressed that this baby has been thoughtlessly exposed to any additional risks.

I would second those who are advising you to make everyone that you (or your other children) may come into contact with 15 days after your child's spots appeared that you may be contagious. If you haven't come out in a rask after 15 days of your last infected child's first spots, then you've probably escaped, but you and your children are at your most infectious to others for the 4 days before your spots appear, so you do need to think of others for quite a long period.

I hope your tests come back ok Nicki, And Little tinker I didnt say it to scare people and just wanted people to be informed as some say that ignorance is bliss but not like in Nicki's case where there is pregnant women involved. It can be dangerous like you say Nicki and i really am hoping your results come back ok.

provista_2

I got it for the 1st time when I was 32. According to my doctors when I got it there was not 1 other case had been reported for a good few weeks. Was not that ill but had lots of spots.
I caught it again about 4 years later and again not very ill but lots of spots.

modgit

All 3 of my sons have had it and I didn't catch it.

The first time I asked the GP and he said that it was probable that as I was 30 and hadn't had it I was naturally immune. DS1 had it quite badly. DS2 caught it from school (he wasn't around when DS1 had it!) and passed it swiftly 14 days later to DS3 who was only 5 months old and was so bad he nearly had to be admitted for it, it was only the fact that they said it was so much trouble to admit a baby with chickenpox it was easier to do on call and monitor him that way!

I think 14 days seems the incubation time, so I'd watch out for DD then!

1sue23

I am in my 50's and have never had chicken pox ,my brothers and sisters had it as children ,my children have had it ,and so have my grandchildren but I have never had so much as a spot.

marshallka

I had 7 apparently if thats any consolation. Then again my sister had them everywhere including in her mouth.

Is it not shingles as we are older though? Not sure... Same virus I think.