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sore throated welcome for newborn?

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spots · 06/05/2004 06:57

After totally healthy pregnancy am developing scratchy throat which I suspect might be minor infection caught off friend's children. DH has it too. My due date's tomorrow - if I still have it when baby is born does it affect how he & I ought to behave with newborn?? Can't imagine not giving it a hello kiss.... Will dh be able to visit me normally if he's got it?

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frogs · 06/05/2004 07:06

Hi spots -- I had this too, developed sore throat on the morning of my induction, and lost my voice totally by mid-afternoon. Spent labour sucking strepsils...

I wouldn't worry about it -- the baby's been sharing your germs from inside anyway. If you weren't going to bf, it might be worth making a point of doing so, just while the bug lasts. If dh has it, it will be the same bug you had, so again the baby shouldn't be too affected.

My baby didn't get the sore throat -- caught a different cold at 10-days old, off her big brother, but that's another story. Early bugs are meant to be good for the developing immune system, anyway.

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spots · 06/05/2004 17:11

thanks frogs that sounds like common sense to me. Hope your babe has a kickass immune system of her own now. (NB add strepsils to hospital list...)

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binkie · 06/05/2004 17:27

Spots, please do see your gp and check it's just viral. When I was about to have dd (planned section because of complications) dh had a nasty throat - he had it checked out & turned out to be strep infection - wasn't even allowed in the hospital (let alone in theatre with us) until he'd had 24 hours of antibiotics. I am so glad he checked.

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