My son (2.5) developed a temp on 13th March, myself and my husband then had a cough/cold type of illness. I lost my sense of smell and taste for a few days and my son developed conjunctivitis. I found I was breathless and my chest hurt for a few days and then it all went away.
We isolated as soon as we realised and thankfully no family members had any symptoms like we did.
I was around 10 weeks pregnant at the time and I’m now 32 weeks (baby is mostly fine but has an enlarged kidney which I’m due to be scanned for soon)
Does this sound like it could have been covid? None of us felt that unwell and certainly no where near needing medical/hospital support.
I would like to book a private bupa antibody test (£65) possibly just to have an answer to my question, to have some reassurance that we did have it and therefore may be at less risk of getting it again and to be able to alert my midwife if there’s a chance the baby may have been affected. I would also feel reassured that I could pass antibodies on to my newborn while breastfeeding.
Would you have the test?
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Serendipper · 08/08/2020 23:35
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