What am I supposed to do?

[blvdbrokendreams]

My husband and me have both come down with a cough. And hes got a bit of a temperature so we've arranged to get two tests done tomorrow.. the problem is we have a 3 month old baby and we are running very low on formula. I got paid today so the plan was to nip to asda or tesco like we usually do on payday and top up. Obviously we may not have covid but we are trying to follow the guidance. We have no immediate family in the area and no friends who drive or live this way. No delivery slots at any of the supermarkets. Looked on deliveroo and ubereats and for starters the delivery fee is at least 4 pound, I know its not a lot but when your husband is furloughed again and im on maternity every penny counts but also the milk is an extra four pound. Its 8 pound for cow and gate in the supermarket, 12 pound on the deliveroo supermarkets. Im not here to complain and im not here to start a debate. I just dont know what to do. Me and my husband have food in. But my little girl has hardly any. Please don't slate me for running low on milk. Were leaving payday to payday as it is.

[EveryFlightBeginsWithAFall]

There are some ridiculous people on here. 🙄

[HazeyJaneII]

Glad you're sorted

This does highlight though that it is a really good idea to find out what local help is out there - we have the number of the council wellbeing hub, a Facebook contact support group and a local charity's number on our fridge (and was on my mum's, in case we were ill and isolating)...and have done since the first lockdown, in case we got ill, had to self isolate etc

[HeronLanyon]

Op - hope you and dh are feeling better soon. Lovely if you to take on the dog (sounds
A handful). Ignore all nonsense on here. They don’t know you so it can’t be personal. Just ignore.

[NoGoodPunsLeft]

You definitely did the right thing & you are now fully stocked so won't be in the same position again. Btw, that Mark up from uber eats/deliveroo would be prohibitive to a lot of people.

Hope you both feel better soon

[Doobydoo]

I think you have done the right thing OP( nurse here) with shieldy partner.( so super duper cautious) Do not listen to others being weird!

[blvdbrokendreams]

@Nothowiexpected thank you 🙂

[Nothowiexpected]

blvdbrokendreams don't let them get to you, it's totally understandable what you did, the two posters ranting on about people catching it from your 7 nanoseconds out are just being ridiculous.

[blvdbrokendreams]

UniversalHadIt thank you.

[UniversalHadIt]

Fuuuuuuuuuucking hell.

Some of you lot are lunatics.

We know that a high percentage of people with covid are asymptomatic but still contagious. They will never be tested, they will go to shops. We can assume on this basis that store workers will be exposed to people carrying the virus probably on a fairly regular basis.

One masked, swift, distanced, sanitised visit will not do any more harm than those people do- the OP was probably far more cautious to be honest, so probably less of a risk.

The OP hasn’t killed anyone by going to get milk for her baby, who would have otherwise possibly gone hungry overnight.

[blvdbrokendreams]

@WoodYewBee I put the costs in to give full information. I didnt ask anyone to pay it. Seriously twisting my post. And actually no a lot of people agreed with me. I cant change what's done. As a previous poster said there's no support unless you have the funds for these deliveries. We don't. I asked Facebook for help. Nobody was free till today as I've said numerous times. My neighbours never in. I have nobody living around here. I didnt Bob to the shop for a bar of chocolate and a bottle of pop.

[Glossyrocks]

I work in a hospital and I was thinking where all these elderly people are catching the virus, because surely they arent going many places or getting too close to others. But now I can see where its coming from.

A lot catch it in hospitals, not their corner shops.

[Bollss]

@WoodYewBee

über and delivery were an option

but no....op went on and on about costs.....hence this potentially being a begging thread because most people did not think going out to a shop with symptoms was the right thing to do!!

Or ops biggest concern is not paying literally double for milk when they're struggling. A lot of people have clearly never been in this position and obviously can't imagine it.

[WoodYewBee]

über and delivery were an option

but no....op went on and on about costs.....hence this potentially being a begging thread because most people did not think going out to a shop with symptoms was the right thing to do!!

[BellatrixLestat]

OP stop defending yourself. You don't need to. Some serious nastiness in this thread!

I'd have done the same.

Hope you feel better soon

[DishRanAwayWithTheSpoon]

@Nothowiexpected no you dont.

Yes transmission most likely occurs when theres prolonged close contact, but theres still a risk for shorter periods. The virus doesnt go 'oh look 15 minutes up better jump ship now'. There is also potential for surface transmission and droplet transmission where droplets remain in the air for a period of time.

I work in a hospital and I was thinking where all these elderly people are catching the virus, because surely they arent going many places or getting too close to others. But now I can see where its coming from.

[Sohardtochooseausername]

OP I don’t blame you at all. If the government wants people to stay at home there should be more help for people who have to self isolate. In the Far East where covid is well under control they get supplies for people. There’s no support here.

[blvdbrokendreams]

@DishRanAwayWithTheSpoon yeah it did. My husband was job hunting all day. I had a telephone call with the hv, the gp and a few other personal appointments. And you know general baby and housework stuff. We always go shopping at 7 to 8 ish pm. Only at 7 ish did I notice my husband looked a bit flushed and I realised I'd been coughing on and off. Never thought I'd be justifying my daily life but hey

[SingANewSongChickenTikka]

I honestly can't believe some people think the op should have just gone without milk for her baby.

No one, not one single post, has said that the baby should have gone without milk. Many are saying that there could’ve been other avenues to explore, calling the shop in advance, council COVID support lines etc. Not saying it would’ve been easy, and maybe OP going was the only option, but no one has said a starving baby was the solution here.

[Nothowiexpected]

DishRanAwayWithTheSpoon

Oh fgs, you do know that you need to be close to someone testing positive for around 15 mins to risk passing on Covid? The OP ran in, got milk, paid at self serve till and scooted home again, with a mask on and I'm sure she used hand sanitizer etc. I doubt very much she left a wake of Covid victims behind her.

OP hope you're both ok and test negative xx

[DishRanAwayWithTheSpoon]

The day got away with both of you isolating at home when your baby was about to run out of food?

[Bollss]

[quote WoodYewBee]@TrustTheGeneGenie i can judge if i like.....you can't tell me what to do. begging posts come in all disguises, especially this time of year

but i won't presume they did get the dog before maternity/furlough.[/quote]
How is op begging??

[blvdbrokendreams]

@WoodYewBee just out of curiosity what am I actually begging for? You know I didn't come on here to debate or justify myself but here goes. The dog. My dog died in June this year of a tumour. My inlaws moved house in June also 100 miles away. They had a dog. He knew us. Hes 16 years old. They got a smaller house. The move probably would have killed him. My husband was working at this point. His financial needs are minimal. One bag of food at 4 pound 45 every 3 weeks if you must know.

[mrscampbellblackagain]

@blvdbrokendreams you did the only thing you could although surprised no one has suggested you started lactating again

[blvdbrokendreams]

@Omeara we rang, she said no.

[WoodYewBee]

@TrustTheGeneGenie i can judge if i like.....you can't tell me what to do. begging posts come in all disguises, especially this time of year


but i won't presume they did get the dog before maternity/furlough.