Newborn chickenpox?

[PainAuChocoless]

Has anyone had their newborn catch chickenpox? I've read mixed things online regarding their risks for catching it.

I had it as a child and BF - DD is 5 weeks old.

My sister caught chickenpox at 2 weeks old, alongside my mother who as the youngest of a big family missed out on catching it. She was bottle fed so wouldn't have had any immunity from breast feeding. The doctor visited every day for a week ( this was the 1960s) as he had never heard of such a young baby catching chickenpox and was concerned, however she was absolutely fine and is still thriving today!!!

Oh, phew, not literally a newborn. The danger period is basically if they catch it just before they're born, by means of the pregnant mum who has never had it catching it. You've had chickenpox so will have passed on some passive immunity via the placenta, and BF. That reduces the odds of the baby getting chickenpox at all, and makes it less severe if they do.