URGENT! (sort of) Can I go and see my friend and her newborn if dd1 has the pox?

[oliveoil]

I would obviously visit on my own, but would I inadvertantly infect either her dd2 or (horrors) the newborn?

I had planned to be an extra pair of hands for the school run/toddler groups etc so can I still do this?

[spacecadet]

its only a prob if you havent had chickenpox yourself and could be carrying it.

[oliveoil]

see, I can't remember if I have or not.

Balls. She needed my help but mainly I wanted to snuggle her new baby boy .

Don't think I will risk it tbh.

[LIZS]

very unlikely you'd pass it on 3 rd hand unless you are about to develop it yourself.

[Hulababy]

Anyone you can ask if you have had it- parents or family?

[pucca]

This happened to me, my dd was 8 weeks old and i went to visit my SIL in hospital who had just had her little boy, her friend had taken her 3 yo in and my dd ended up with CP (even though she stayed with my mum while i went) me and dh have both had CP when kids, and this must have been passed on through us.So in other words...i wouldn't risk it.

Sorry if all that sounds confusing lol.

[pucca]

Having said that my nephew (newborn) didn't get the CP and he was in the same room as infected child, they have the immunity from the mother i think.