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KX · Jan 26th, 2007, 20:49 PM

Just bathing Rebecca with OH, she has loads of lumpy red spots on her back, mum said it looks like chicken pox. I am pregnant, ear;y stage, read up on internet-doesn't look good.

Will it 100% definite affect baby? Limb and neurological abnormalities?

Ahh don't know what to do!

Dionne · Jan 26th, 2007, 20:56 PM

i dont no hun sorry!

i was 13 weeks pregnant round my brother with chicken pox i was told it was fine. i also caught mumps while preg and was told i would be fine.

i remember tyler having chicken pox because i took him the docs and at the same time i confirmed my pregnancy with the doc

ild call nhs direct they are great, ask them about wether or not rebecka needs to see a doc and if your unborn baby is at risk

Dionne · Jan 26th, 2007, 21:10 PM

have you had chicken pox before?

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What should I do if I'm exposed?
If you know you're immune, you don't need to do anything. If you're not sure, or you think that you're not immune, call your healthcare provider and arrange to have a blood test done to confirm your status.

If the blood test shows that you're not immune, your caregiver will probably recommend that you get a shot of VZIG. Getting this shot within 96 hours of being exposed to chicken pox can reduce your chances of a severe infection. It's not known, though, whether the shot does anything to help protect your baby. (Note: This protection lasts only about three weeks, so if you're exposed to chicken pox again more than three weeks after your injection, you'll need another shot.)

KX · Jan 26th, 2007, 21:13 PM

Ive had it before?

beanie · Jan 26th, 2007, 21:15 PM

You should be protected then but I would perhaps phone NHS to make sure. Hope all is ok, and that Rebecca gets better soon.

beanie · Jan 26th, 2007, 21:17 PM

Found this

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Since you had chicken pox as a child, you should in theory be immune and therefore there should be no risk to your unborn baby. But to answer your questions, there is indeed a very small risk in non-immune pregnant women that should they come into contact with chicken pox during their pregnancy and develop the disease, that their unborn baby could be harmed. In theory chicken pox can cause brain damage, failure of limb development, cataracts, other eye problems, skin scarring and growth retardation, or even miscarriage or stillbirth in the baby. The overall risk to the foetus is less than one per cent in the first 12 weeks, up to two per cent between weeks 13-20, and there is a greater risk if the chicken pox occurs in the last third of pregnancy, when neonatal chicken pox can be associated with a mortality rate as high as 30 per cent. Therefore if a pregnant mother comes into contact with chicken pox, if she's had it she can be reassured, but if she's unsure, blood can be taken to test the same day for chicken pox antibodies that, reassuringly, are present in two thirds of mothers who never realized they were already immune. If antibodies are absent however, immunoglobulin can be given to reduce the risks of embryonic infection. Incidentally you would be unable to pass on the virus, but your son could whilst his chicken pox is active and in the blistering stage. Let me just say that in 20 years of medical practice I have never seen a case of neonatal chicken pox, so hopefully this puts it into healthy perspective.

I hope this helps

Dionne · Jan 26th, 2007, 21:27 PM

ps poor you

Rebecka is always keeping you on your toes. when she is poorly she really is poorly not just the sniffles

bless you both

KX · Jan 26th, 2007, 21:29 PM

thankyou both, xxx

Dionne I blame the nursery

Yvonne · Jan 26th, 2007, 21:30 PM

And you can't say she caught it off Jack

I got told by the doctor i saw with jack that if they have had it before (pregnant women) then they SHOULD be ok but keep them away to be on the safe side.

Hope she is ok hun

Tam · Jan 27th, 2007, 14:31 PM

My sister's OH had chicken pox when my sister was pregnant, and she was told all the time the baby is in the womb the baby will be OK, if you have had chicken pox before as you should technically be immune and therefore be protecting the baby........so try not to worry babe, but you should be fine! I hope it clears up for her soon

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