Would you avoid contact with somebody with flu if you were pregnant?

[Greggers2017]

If you or your partner could avoid visiting somebody with flu whilst you are pregnant would you? Or carry on as normal?

I caught flu at about 8 weeks and it was fairly awful...baby was fine but I was miserable and youre limited in what you can take to help! So yes my vote is avoid!!! :-)

I have the flu when 34 weeks pregnant. Ended up in hospital on a drip. Baby was distressed and they considered delivering early.

Was montitored and kept in hospital.

Yes avoid at all costs!

Yes would definitely avoid if pregnant.

Woild try to avoid even if not pregnant!

Oh goodness absolutely! worse case you can die from flu and you can't even medicate properly!!

If you labour with flu your mw will be wearing protective clothing etc it's a big deal.

Yes, you really shouldn't visit this person until they are feeling better. Of course, if I had flu myself, there is no way that I would expect a pregnant woman and anyone she lives with to visit me.

I take it someone is a little put out with you for not going to see them? You mustn't feel guilty, this isn't just your health at risk.

I am pregnant and work in intensive care. We have some patients with flu at the moment, I've had my flu jab but I try to minimise contact as far as I can. Fortunately my colleagues know I'm pregnant and will usually handle those patients if I ask; if there was an emergency and I was alone I'd have to deal with them but would use full protective clothing, mask etc.

For social purposes, if someone had actual flu I'd avoid, but not if it was just a nasty cold.

Why do you ask?

If I have a choice (one doesn't always, of course), I would avoid contact with a person with flu, pregnant or not! I think it's especially wise for pregnant women to avoid people with flu if they can.

Yes, flu can be really dangerous!

I would avoid someone who just had a cold nevermind flu and I’m not pregnant!

Yes

Flu is really nasty, I'd avoid people with it at any time.

Yes I'd avoid them, of course.

Sorry for the late reply. My MIL has had real flu for over a week and has been in bed all this time but claims she is feeling better but FIL has now come down with it too. She was very upset and quite nasty yesterday when me and DP cancelled our weekly visit due to their illness. She reckons I'm being precious. I also have anxiety which is worse during this pregnancy so I was wanting to know if I was being to precious.

You're not being precious.

I avoid any contagious ill people, pregnant or not. 😷

If she is well enough for visitors, it must be a very mild flu. Stick to your guns.

YANBU

I'll have a fucking word with your MIL.
I was 36 weeks and found myself fighting for my (our) life's. A full week in hospital on oxygen including 3 days in HDU, then in isolation on an Antenatal Ward. Only allowed the SAME two visitors. The MWs were terrified of it spreading round the ward.

@justasking111 she is getting over it now having spent a week in bed. FIL is the one who is poorly with it now. He's in bed. I just did not want to go whilst it is still in the house.

Stick to your guns! There's no way I'd go.

Definitely avoid! I’m currently 19 weeks pregnant and this afternoon have gone from feeling perfectly fine to not being able to get out of bed I feel so awful. Not sure if it’s flu or just some other nasty virus but either way I feel like death, and only being able to take paracetamol, plus these symptoms just multiplying the general pregnancy symptoms (tiredness has become exhaustion, slight back ache is now a entire painful body), combined with worrying about what effect it might have on the baby is just miserable.