If you are a woman in your 30s and have had covid

[ThreeAnd]

Did you need to go into hospital ?

I have health anxiety and I’m trying to work out if it’s common for women in their 30s to get that ill with covid that they need hospital ?
I’m currently breastfeeding my baby so worry about being separated but my family said I’m worrying over nothing that ‘nobody your age would need hospital !’
Are they right ? I feel quite stressed

My 90 year old grandad sailed through it though. Caught it in hospital whilst in for something else. Grumbled a bit about the food being bland for a few weeks but other than that he wouldn't have even noticed he had it.

I'm 35, had covid just after Christmas. Finally went back to work beginning of March. I developed pneumonia and pleurisy and was pretty damn poorly but managed to keep out of hospital. In all honesty I was borderline and, if we weren't in 'covid times' I probably would have been admitted at least for obs. However I have had pneumonia before, several spontaneous pneumothorax (basically my lung kept collapsing for no reason) and a pretty major lung operation to stop it from collapsing of its own free will so it was kind of a given that if I caught covid it was never going to be simple. I actually feel quite lucky I got off as 'lightly' as I did.
Mostly I just felt very very unwell, total abd utter exhaustion, just wiped out like I've never been before (used to think there was no fatigue like early pregnancy fatigue but this beat it). I'm a single mum with two very lovely small boys and I don't know how we muddled through but we did. I coped mainly by letting go of any and all standards, many evenings we all ended up falling asleep on the sofa together and then waking up at midnight and sleepily herding them up to bed when they were half asleep and far more compliant! Once isolation was over and they were allowed to be looked after other people (single parent bubble) then I slept during the day as well-I believe if you caught covid with a baby under one you'd also be able to have a bubble to support you after the isolation period.

Basically-if you do catch it you probably will be ok. I survived and had a lot of pre existing stuff going on which made it very drawn out but I got through it and importantly didn't go into hospital. Round here they're trying to avoid admissions as much as possible so will send people home with oximeters etc. Good luck OP, I was very worried about logistics before catching it but once I did I found you just give into what's happening and find a way

When mine were babies and I had killer all day migraines I found bouncy chairs and play gyms life savers-maybe it would help ease your fears to look into activities that will keep your little one contained or managed while you're lying on the sofa? And YouTube has loads of Baby Einstein clips and similar-whatever your thoughts on screen time it's not going to harm them to have some while you're poorly and trying to get through the day! Hopefully you won't need any of it but I'm a planner and it helps my anxieties to have many back ups just in case!

@ThreeAnd

Thankyou I feel a bit more reassured now. It’s just been making me so anxious

You should seek support for your health anxiety....in the end that will be more life limiting than Covid would and is likely to get worse without intervention.

Also a woman in my 30s and have asthma and I was ill but nowhere near needing to go to hospital x

I'm 31, overweight, and asthmatic. I tested positive nearly 3 weeks ago and I'm just starting to feel back to normal now. Felt terrible for about a week, couldn't do as much and had to slow down a bit, but it was manageable.

As a woman in her 30s who tested positive on saturday this thread was so reassuring to read

OP, the best to way to see how likely it may be that you end up in hospital with Covid is to look at the actual statistics.

Felt rough for a few days, in bed for 1, fatigued more than anything. I was more ill when I had bronchitis.
DH had it a few months after me. Couldn't smell anything, bit of fatigue, felt a bit unwell but nothing serious.
Neither of us needed any treatment. I never take meds/pain relief unless really needed and I didn't take them then either.

No hospital needed. I was also 32 weeks pregnant when I had it.

Nope. 40, fat, smoke. Had a bad cold and 3 days of no taste/smell. Back to normal within a week.

No I had it milder than any cold I've had . And I'm CEV and never shielded because I didn't want to. I have spent weeks in hospital for something else though so I'd pick covid any day

Had it in January, I'm 35. I was quite anxious at one point because I felt really really awful and had a really painful cough, but I googled fatality rates amongst age groups and was quite reassured by how unlikely it was to have severe symptoms or needing to be admitted to hospital. That's not to say it's impossible, but the odds are really in your favour as a woman in your 30'a. The worst of my symptoms lasted about 4 days and whilst it was unpleasant and painful, I wasn't any worse than if I'd had the flu. But with all the news about it it can be hard to try think straight and not focus on the worst case scenarios.

No I’m 32. I had unpleasant headaches for a week and an awful smell up my nose. I’ve felt much worse from other viruses. I am also overweight.