My friend was diagnosed today as having shingles. Blisters came out yesterday. I last saw her, with dd, about 10 days ago. She has a 2 year old and a 14 week old. Iam 34 weeks pregnant and have had chicken pox. DD hasn't.
Do you think it would be paranoid of us to avoid her and her kids until baby born (bearing in mind the baby could be early - term from 3 weeks from now)? Theoretically, her dd could get chicken pox in 10 -14 days time, then pass it on to dd 10 - 14 days after that, by which time I'd be 38/39 weeks pregnant. With 10 -14 day incubation, dd could be contagious when baby is born, and I'd really rather avoid potential for new baby to get chicken pox as a newborn. I'm useless at working these things out - and will really miss my friend in the meantime, but am I being overcautious?
Thanks for any advice!
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Shingles, chicken pox and new baby
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pooka · 25/07/2005 20:02
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