Suspect DD has slapped cheek syndrome and I am pregnant

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Hi,

DD has had a cold for a week. I would expect that by now she should be getting better but since yesterday she has had bright red cheeks.

I have been looking on the internet and am worried she has slapped cheek syndrome.
I am almost 20 weeks pregnant and apparently if I catch it, it can be harmful to the baby.

Does anyone have any experience of this? Is it transmitted like a cold and should I try to keep away while DH looks after her?
Thanks,

This happened to me. DS had slapped cheek and I was about 20 weeks pg.

Coincidently I saw the consultant the next day about another matter. I asked him about it and he seemed unconcerned about it. He said it can be treated if you do catch it however the vast majority of people have had it already and so are already immune.

I did have a blood test to check and I am immune as he predicted. The mw organised it for me.

if it is both cheeks it is possibly not slapped cheek as this is not normally symmetrical.
Both my boys had it and then i caught it and was ill for 3 YEARS until i was given immunoglobulins. If you have the slightest doubt that it is slapped cheek,please see your midwife ASAP as it can cause fatalities in pregnancy. It can be very serious ,so dont delay. It took my doctors 3 years to diagnise what i had.

It all went back to when DS2 was at school and nearly all the children in his class had it.
Are there any other children in his class with it as it is rare just for one child to have it. It is the fifth most contagious childhood disease. Its other name is Parvo virus B19
I hope he hasnt got it

I had the same experience as Cece. The doctors were not overly concerned as he thought I would almost certainly already have it. I took the test and sure enough I did have immunity, even though my mother never recalls me ever having it as a child. Apparently, a lot of children get it with no symptoms at all.

that right ellokitty...some are a bit off colur,some arent even affected and others can be quite poorl for approx 10 days...but it is wrong if doc assumes she has had it. I hadnt had it by the ripe old age of 42.Then it hit me like a ton of bricks

Yes, but the OP makes no reference to any doctor, let alone any assumptions he might make. I don't think you can assume that he will assume anything!

When she phones the Docs / Midwife and informs them, I understand the standard protocol will be to test the mother and take it from there...

Ah, I see you mean my doctor... but he didn't leave it at an assumption - he gave me the test to establish whether I had immunity. No treatment can be given until that is established - as obviously, what needs to be done will vary on the results of the test...?

Once you see a rash on the face, your daughter is no longer contagious, so no need to avoid her. Phone your midwife and ask for a blood test. Most likely it will reassure you. If not, you can have immunoglobulins.

sorry ellokitty...i meant your doctors not the OP's(i wrote the qwrong thing down oops)not being overly concerned...thats what i was worried about...it really is wrong to not be concerned with parvo as everyone hasnt had it....and myself and the others who were very ill with it are concrete evidence of this. We have been to hell and back with it as it has awul problems associated with it(I can only liken it to adults getting chicken pox as an adult and not as a child)

ellokitty i am glsd he gave you the test as conclusive evidence for your sake and babies