I cant stop thinking

oOKayOo · Aug 16th, 2008, 13:26 PM

I am very very paranoid about meningitis , ella sometimes stares at nothing expressionless and i remember someone saying it was the first sign. She cries alot with a high pitched cry (she is teething and i just thought she isnt dealing with it well) she always seems irritable.

Im driving my self sick and i suffer from awful panic attacks and this really isnt helping me watching her incase she does something that ticks the sypmtoms of meningitis. Am i being sill , i have a gut feeling something is wrong but my OH says She hasnt/doesnt look or act any different...

Am i the only one to feel like this or is there something wrong..?

Sorry if i sound wierd i need to get this out before i go insane.

sam's mum · Aug 16th, 2008, 13:41 PM

You don't sound weird at all

It's unlikely that she won't have any other symptoms at all if she has it though - babies do just stare blankly sometimes, and if you can easily get her attention when she does it, and the high pitched cry doesn't continue when she's picked up I'd try not to worry too much. Although babies won't all show all symptoms, she would probably be uncomfortable most of the time, and would probably have a fever too...I'm sure she's absolutely fine but it's hard not to worry, isn't it?

x

"Babies with meningitis may have a fever, be difficult to wake, may refuse feeds continuously, and have a blank, staring expression. Parents also sometimes notice a high-pitched moan or cry, and that their baby is irritable when picked up."

welshcakes79 · Aug 16th, 2008, 13:48 PM

sweetie you dont sound wierd, your instinct is to protect and nurture carly and ella...
and when ever you think they start to show a symptom of an illness you immediatley thik the worst..
Rhiannon's consultant in SCBU told me this as i was crying myself sick nearly everyday..as to me it was ill babies that were in SCBU and she didnt look ill..
im the same as you but not just meningitis its everything, if she vomits after a feed i watch her like a hawk in case its the start of an illness my family think im crazy but i dont care she means to much to me, im sure you feel the same about your babies

X

oOKayOo · Aug 16th, 2008, 13:51 PM

thanks for replying, im just going out of my mind with worry

she does have a little fever i just put it down to teething. doesnt refuse feeds at all

and she is irritable when picked up, not all the time though. Also she always has a blank face when she looks around? do all babies do that ?
Im drivng my OH up the wall with all these questions.

sam's mum · Aug 16th, 2008, 13:59 PM

Sam used to look around blankly too - not so much any more. I think it's more that they're quite unresponsive with meningitis rather than just expressionless. If you distract her and talk to her does she look at you and smile? x

welshcakes79 · Aug 16th, 2008, 14:00 PM

Rhiannon will clock something and stare blankly at it, and even if you call her name she will not look round at you or take her eyes off hwat she is looking at..its like she is in a trance...

im guessing thats normal as i do it sometimes

is this what Ella's doing hun??

oOKayOo · Aug 16th, 2008, 14:04 PM

if i call her she does turn around and give me a big grin and sometimes stares at me with a blank expression depends what mood she is in i supose. Always resonds though.

Thank you for the replies im feeling so much better, OH saying 'how come you dont feel fine when i say everything is ok'

Now i can enjoy my movie without watching her the whole way through

thanks again girls, lifted alot of worry of my chest

sam's mum · Aug 16th, 2008, 14:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by welshcakes79

im guessing thats normal as i do it sometimes

Me too...

Glad you're worrying a bit less now

x

welshcakes79 · Aug 16th, 2008, 14:15 PM

glad you feel alittle better

that what we're here for XXX

coz · Aug 16th, 2008, 15:22 PM

hiya it might of been me that said this as my baby has just had meningitis allthough it was very obvious something was wrong when he had the blank expression look and i mean it was all he would do and he was drowsie he also had a rash and a temperature and a cold which were my babies first symptoms , sometimes babies do just gaze at things which is what your baby could be doing has your baby allways done this or has it just suddenly happend or is there any other symptoms ? xxx

Aug 16th, 2008, 13:26 PM	#1
oOKayOo Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: South West Posts: 6,226	I cant stop thinking I am very very paranoid about meningitis , ella sometimes stares at nothing expressionless and i remember someone saying it was the first sign. She cries alot with a high pitched cry (she is teething and i just thought she isnt dealing with it well) she always seems irritable. Im driving my self sick and i suffer from awful panic attacks and this really isnt helping me watching her incase she does something that ticks the sypmtoms of meningitis. Am i being sill , i have a gut feeling something is wrong but my OH says She hasnt/doesnt look or act any different... Am i the only one to feel like this or is there something wrong..? Sorry if i sound wierd i need to get this out before i go insane.

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Aug 16th, 2008, 13:41 PM	#2
sam's mum Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 11,404	You don't sound weird at all It's unlikely that she won't have any other symptoms at all if she has it though - babies do just stare blankly sometimes, and if you can easily get her attention when she does it, and the high pitched cry doesn't continue when she's picked up I'd try not to worry too much. Although babies won't all show all symptoms, she would probably be uncomfortable most of the time, and would probably have a fever too...I'm sure she's absolutely fine but it's hard not to worry, isn't it? x "Babies with meningitis may have a fever, be difficult to wake, may refuse feeds continuously, and have a blank, staring expression. Parents also sometimes notice a high-pitched moan or cry, and that their baby is irritable when picked up."

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Aug 16th, 2008, 13:48 PM	#3
welshcakes79 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: south wales Posts: 2,855	sweetie you dont sound wierd, your instinct is to protect and nurture carly and ella... and when ever you think they start to show a symptom of an illness you immediatley thik the worst.. Rhiannon's consultant in SCBU told me this as i was crying myself sick nearly everyday..as to me it was ill babies that were in SCBU and she didnt look ill.. im the same as you but not just meningitis its everything, if she vomits after a feed i watch her like a hawk in case its the start of an illness my family think im crazy but i dont care she means to much to me, im sure you feel the same about your babies X

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Aug 16th, 2008, 13:51 PM	#4
oOKayOo Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: South West Posts: 6,226	thanks for replying, im just going out of my mind with worry she does have a little fever i just put it down to teething. doesnt refuse feeds at all and she is irritable when picked up, not all the time though. Also she always has a blank face when she looks around? do all babies do that ? Im drivng my OH up the wall with all these questions.

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Aug 16th, 2008, 13:59 PM	#5
sam's mum Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 11,404	Sam used to look around blankly too - not so much any more. I think it's more that they're quite unresponsive with meningitis rather than just expressionless. If you distract her and talk to her does she look at you and smile? x

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Aug 16th, 2008, 14:00 PM	#6
welshcakes79 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: south wales Posts: 2,855	Rhiannon will clock something and stare blankly at it, and even if you call her name she will not look round at you or take her eyes off hwat she is looking at..its like she is in a trance... im guessing thats normal as i do it sometimes is this what Ella's doing hun??

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Aug 16th, 2008, 14:04 PM	#7
oOKayOo Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: South West Posts: 6,226	if i call her she does turn around and give me a big grin and sometimes stares at me with a blank expression depends what mood she is in i supose. Always resonds though. Thank you for the replies im feeling so much better, OH saying 'how come you dont feel fine when i say everything is ok' Now i can enjoy my movie without watching her the whole way through thanks again girls, lifted alot of worry of my chest

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Aug 16th, 2008, 14:15 PM	#9
welshcakes79 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: south wales Posts: 2,855	glad you feel alittle better that what we're here for XXX

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Aug 16th, 2008, 15:22 PM	#10
coz Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: West Midlands, England Posts: 3,493	hiya it might of been me that said this as my baby has just had meningitis allthough it was very obvious something was wrong when he had the blank expression look and i mean it was all he would do and he was drowsie he also had a rash and a temperature and a cold which were my babies first symptoms , sometimes babies do just gaze at things which is what your baby could be doing has your baby allways done this or has it just suddenly happend or is there any other symptoms ? xxx

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