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New parents to be, isolating within home

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oliveroses · 17/01/2021 16:32

Hello, today I received news that I am covid positive after a routine swab ahead of a planned c section tomorrow morning (breech baby). No symptoms, very shocked. After a brief meltdown we have realised that the good news is that this won't affect us as much as some: we have no bubble as parents all live three hours away, we had a big food order arrive this week and another booked for next week. Husband can come to c section and stay on ward for a decent period of time. We feel very lucky.

However, we have been advised that according to guidelines we need to keep away from each other in the home during our ten day period of isolation - ideally I would stay in one room with the door closed so that husband is not exposed. We have done this today since we found out about the result. But what happens when we come home from hospital? Apart from wanting to all be together as a new family I assume I will need his help more than ever with a new baby (we are first time parents) and in recovery from the c section. Does anyone have any advice? I will ask at the hospital tomorrow but I'm not sure how we are to manage this. Thanks in advance x

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bobbojobbo · 17/01/2021 16:37

Honestly, I wouldn't bother.

larrythelizard · 17/01/2021 16:39

Unless your DH is vulnerable in some way I would also not bother!

EsmeeMerlin · 17/01/2021 16:41

You will never be able to do that and presumably with no symptoms you could have had Covid for a couple of days now and presumably haven’t isolated. I am currently Covid positive as is dh but our children have not come down with symptoms and we haven’t been able to isolate from them sadly

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 17/01/2021 16:42

Yeh don’t bother unless he is vulnerable

MoirasRoses · 17/01/2021 16:46

You will 100% need help from husband. So def do not bother!

I don’t know anyone with young children who has followed the isolating from each other rule in their own home.. it’s just too hard with kids. Obviously if any vulnerabilities but otherwise crack on!

FelicityPike · 17/01/2021 16:49

That’s never going to happen!
Forget that.

WankPuffins · 17/01/2021 16:51

You'll need him massively after a section.

Please don't put pressure on yourself to isolate from him. You'll do yourselves more harm than good in the long run.

Layladylay234 · 17/01/2021 16:54

I had a planned c section in May, and honestly,I needed by partner by my side to get in the car,get out of bed,lift the baby etc. It's just not physically possible to do it alone when you've had a c section and you prob risk harming yourself more if you did.

There's also lots of stories about kids/husband's or wives having Covid and the people they live with not getting it so it's not a a certainty.

WankPuffins · 17/01/2021 17:00

And good luck for tommorow!

You'll probably be home sooner than you think. I had a planned section in August. She was born at 10pm abs at 11am the next day, they chucked me out Shock

I've had two previous planned sections so it was a shock to be out so soon. I wasn't even on the ward from recovery long enough to get dressed!

WankPuffins · 17/01/2021 17:11

Also, your thread made me think of my experience. I hope things are quicker now because I had a covid swab the day before my section - I got the results (negative) about 15 mins before I was discharged, as did all the other women in my bay.

I did ask what the hell they would have done now if it was positive seeing as I'd been up and down the ward to use the loo (there were 4 toilets but three were closed due to covid, so it was 25 women to one loo which I thought was bonkers).

The midwife was like "yea, it's stupid. But this is what it's like with the results, it's pointless."

Buzztothemoon · 17/01/2021 17:11

Also if you’ve got no symptoms just remember you could have actually had Covid weeks ago. In general we don’t do repeat tests of people within 3 months of a positive as you can keep return positive results for quite a long time after the actual infection. The tests are quite sensitive to residual fragments of virus.

Twizbe · 17/01/2021 17:11

Right at the start DH and I decided to sink or swim together. We wouldn't isolate from each other within the home. Neither of us are vulnerable.

I'd say the same to you. You'll need his help once baby is here

oliveroses · 17/01/2021 17:17

Thanks so much, this is all very helpful and I'm feeling less panicked now! Just want to get on with it tomorrow at this point!x

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LiJo2015 · 17/01/2021 18:05

Anyone to suggest that you need to isolate after a having a baby and a csection is completely unreasonable. You will need all the physical and paychological support you can get and right now choices are limited. Im so sorry this has happened to you. I really hope you have a healthy and happy birth and covid fucks off from whence it came 😎

I had my baby in lockdown 5 months ago, CS too. You have my complete sympathies.

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