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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To ask for your positive sickness bug avoidance stories and give a spiralling mum some hope!

32 replies

Edenmum2 · 27/01/2026 21:12

Ok. Situation - DD4 sick in the night on Saturday (2-3 times and then again a couple of times on Sunday) recovered quickly. No diarrhoea. Nobody else she was in contact with have got it (and she saw a LOT of people in the days leading up) we are now passed 48 hours since her last bout.

DH is in currently in spare bedroom saying he feels so sick he can’t move. He is, I would say, prone to hyperbole but does look pretty ropey. No sickness yet but seems to be coming.

People I need your stories of hope - I’m completely spiralling, I HATE being sick, I have a heart arrhythmia which being sick triggers and it’s genuinely awful. I had 2 bugs last year and they were both hell.

Any stories of you escaping when multiple people in the household were struck down?? Or maybe one had it bad but the other just a dicky tummy? I’m living in constant anxiety right now and can’t even pinpoint why….i’m just totally and irrationally terrified of them. Feel free to tell me to get a grip.

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Somanylemons · 27/01/2026 21:21

Nasty bug went round nursery, DD was very sick, slept with me in my bed breathing her germs all over me. She was even sick in my hair. My husband caught it but I escaped.

Spent a whole day worried it was coming but it never did.

BeMellowAquaSquid · 27/01/2026 21:21

The second one of my kids or anyone in my house is physically sick I take Buscopan I don’t know if it’s mind over matter but it really helps nausea pass so I can plough through. Spray dettol EVERYTHING wash clothes separately and pray!

Somethingsnapped · 27/01/2026 21:20

Same as PP, I don't seem to catch these things off the children. The one time in ten years that I have, my dh had it very badly (up all night), but I felt mildly queasy, vomited once, then felt pretty much ok. I have had a slightly unsettled stomach a few times, but no vomiting. Chances are, you'll be OK op. I'm sorry you're struggling.

RayKray · 27/01/2026 21:18

I’ve got a bug at the moment I caught from my child, he was sick I haven’t been. And I’ve also looked after vomiting children and not caught it myself. In that situation I wash my hands A LOT.

Edenmum2 · 27/01/2026 21:18

This is all great stuff - thank you! X

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TheYouYouAre · 27/01/2026 21:14

If it helps, I have four children and have only ever caught a bug from them once in the 15 years that I have been a parent. My husband has caught two, that I can remember.

santasbaubles · 27/01/2026 21:14

For some reason I always seem to be immune when the rest of my family get norovirus. I attribute it to good gut health and incessant hand washing. I hope you don’t get it!

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