To pox or not to pox...

[WildAboutMyPlanet]

To those of you who have DC but didn’t have pox as a child, what did you do?

I haven’t had it and know it can potentially be very dangerous (even deadly) in adulthood...so do I make sure that DC gets it and put myself at risk? But I don’t want DC to then be in the same position, I would rather they were safe and I took the risk to be honest...

Anyone been in the same position?

YABU - Avoid like the plague just in case
YANBU - Go ahead and get itchymy friend!

My DS got chicken pox fairly mildly (covered in spots and miserable for a few days but not terrible) but he ended up also with transient synovitis which is a complication from CP. He was 2 and couldn't walk, at all and screamed in absolute agony every time his leg moved. Imagine nappy changes. It's up there with one if the worst experiences of my life.

I'd put off getting the vaccine as it was going round nursery.

I caught it when 25 weeks pregnant. My half siblings caught it when the youngest was 6 weeks old.

Vaccinate.

Definitely vaccinate. You can vaccinate children from 12mths (but must be 2 weeks apart from MMR vaccine). We paid £65 per injection at Superdrug and you need two.
I'm currently pregnant and will definitely be getting this baby vaccinated too as soon as she turns one.

In my tiny school a whole lot of us got it at the same time. Most fairly mildly except one who died from it.

Chicken pox can be deadly for children to so never deliberately infect them with it.

If i had the option at the time, I would have had mine vaccinated. However, I had some very lovely relatives, show up at New Year with their kids riddled with the pox.

My eldest simultaneously got the pox and scarlet fever. She even had them on the soles of her feet and palms. She was very poorly and nearly ended up in hospital, as she couldn't eat or drink and was in a lot of pain.

Dd2 wasn't too bad but I was still breastfeeding her and I had recently (6 months prior) had the shingles, so gave her some protection.