AIBU to not want our friend to stay with us because of swine flu???

[FearOfThePig]

He is flying from Australia with a stop-over in LA.
We have a 2 week old baby

oh ffs

btw, I have a very strong feeling that I abu, and I feel very about being so neurotic.
He's only staying with us for a night or two

Is he a mexican pig farmer?

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Utterly.

I'm killing myself laughing at your name

< easily pleased >

my best mate arrived back from mexico on Friday-she was there for a month,she came to stay with us on Tuesday night.Have you thought of sealing up your doors in case someone passing in the street sneezes and it flies through your window?
I know having a baby is a nervous time but chill out a bit hon x

or will the flight be picking up mexican pig farmers in LA?

It is normal to be a bit anxious when you have a new baby.

I do think that you are crazy mad overreacting with this though.

yes yabu.

Are you going to be staying at home until this blows over? because you could be passing carriers in the street/in the shops/on the buss you know.

Iagree with MmeLindt to a point. I think it is normal to feel anxious with a new baby. The media hype over the swine flu will be making you feel even more anxious about your precious newborn and I don't knock you for that.

It's up to you what you do. But if having your friend over gives you palpitations then maybe you could just say that you are finding it too difficult to have guests at the moment, without mentioning swine flu. I don't think he would think that was unreasonable. You wouldn't jeapordise your friendship by him viewing you as a new mother loon. You would feel calmer, which with a newborn is essential.

Of course you know that you are being utterly bonkers unreasonable.

It is normal to feel anxious when you have a new baby. When my dh and I returned from travelling(we had been away for a year) my sil refused to see us for a month in case we passed on nasties to her 3 month old baby. Dh was really looking forward to seeing his new niece but couldn't because we were bound to be carrying some tropical disease!

FFS.

My folks are coming from the US next week. In a plane. And going through Amsterdam.

And my dad has a Mexican passport!

I have a 6-month-old baby, too, and a 3-year-old and a 5-year-old.

I save the worry for people who have real reason to be concerned, like people who are immuno-suppressed or have HIV or cancer/chemotherapy or the like.

Sorry but PMSL at "is he a Mexican pig farmer?"

Hate to add to your neuroses (sp?) but Sydney/NSW has just been cited as one of the gateways for the flu - and we have 10's (!) of reportted cases already.

I am currently in Sydney and expecting my mum to stay to help with newborn soon. I am having to sit very firmly on my desire to tell her to stay put - the thought of having anyone in the house who's been through that airport is freakign me out somewhat.. but I do realise it's probably irrational.

If it makes you feel better, they ahve just installed thermal scanners at Sydney airport to find people with abnormally high temperatures presumably?

Anyway, sure I haven't helped, but thought I'd give you an update from down under....

PS I consider a newborn similar to someone immunno-suppressed but maybe that's not true.

Unless he's wearing a sombereo and sneezing, I think you'll probably be OK.

Oh no! Soupdragon made a better joke.. teach me to comment beofre reading the thread.

FotP - herewith www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/airports-to-screen-all-passengers-entering-australia-for-swine-flu -20090430-ao7v.html

looks as if those tested are mostly not infected afterall... I feel better!

and this:

www.smh.com.au/world/only-7-swine-flu-deaths-not-152-says-who-20090429-aml1.html

Hormones make you extemely protective of your baby, it's perfectly natural, they also make you slightly unhinged and any threat to your newborn seems huge. It's normal, but yes a bit bonkers Try not to worry

Love your name too OP!

You are BU but your baby is only 2 wks old and I totally understand why you feel like that.

Every instinct you have is to protect your baby from everything in the world real or perceived. You can't help that. I was (am still) the same no matter how mad it may logically be.

aw, fearofthepig, don't worry, ignore these nasty ladies.
i think you know that you're being a bit unreasonable, but as madamelindt and others have said, it's very hard not to panic when you have such a tiny new scrap in the house. congratulations on your new baby!

I'd say do whatever makes you feel better, tell him it's because you're exhausted and adjusting to life with the new baby if you want to maintain your semblance of non-panicking

I'd be exactly the same. I don't approve of international travel. It's asking for trouble.

'I don't approve of international travel. It's asking for trouble.'

So you never eat anything that's not produced in the UK or Ireland then?

yy I am just very odd expat - i don't believe aeroplanes can stay up.

Ignore me