Please can any health professionals put my mind at rest re chemo and newborn?

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Visiting grandmother next week with our newborn, the same day as she has chemo drip in the morning and staying following day

I know I'm being paranoid but is there any risk at all with her kissing and cuddling DS? I worry so much as he's had some health conditions already but feel like I'm being silly. I know that the drug is excreted in bodily fluids but google sources do say it's ok. How about food prep, cutlery as I'm breastfeeding?

We are also aware there's more likely to be risks to her as no immune system but we have no bugs or illnesses and will be very careful that we're ok before we go

When my Mil was having chemo I asked all those questions and was told as long as you aren't around and bodily fluids you'll be ok. So no sick or bowl movements and it's all good. Not that you'd have your baby near that anyway.

Thank you, but skin to skin contact and kissing all ok?

Yes, chemo patients don't leak poison, it's fine.

Congrats to you and yours! Good luck to MIL and get well soon.

yes it's fine.
radiotherapy would be different, but chemo patients can be around small children without problems. --unless smal dc is a snot factory, that might be a problem for the chemo patient, not the child!

Yes it's fine, Radiotherpay would also be fine- patients don't become radioactive!

Might you be getting confused with radiotherapy? Certain types of radiotherapy involve the patient leaving hospital having been injected with or drunk radioactive material and they are given instructions such as not sharing a bed with a partner or having close contact with children or pregnant women due to risk of radiation exposure.

If there were similar risks for chemotherapy, the hospital would give similar advice, so see if they have given any leaflets to MIL. If not, there's nothing to worry about.

My consultant bought her newborn baby to see me whilst I was having chemo... she asked if I would like to hold him and I was too scared because I had only come off the drip in the last hour or so. She said it was fine and I had a cuddle with her baby! It’s fine!

Thank you, this is great news

There are some rather scaremongering web links out there as with most topics. It's actually my grand mother so DS great!