chicken pox question...

[vmcd28]

Hi
Does anyone know FOR SURE the answer to this?
I had ds2 on Friday, ie he's 4 days old. My friend wants to visit, but her daughter has chicken pox which are still infectious, at the blister spots stage.
Is it AT ALL POSSIBLE for her to pass on her daughter's chicken pox? eg if her daughter has sneezed on her?

I don't mean to sound overly paranoid but there's no way I'm knowingly going to put such a tiny baby at any risk of catching it just yet...

Many thanks x

I don't know for sure, but the baby will also carry your immunity if you are breast feeding. We tried everything to get dd1 to infect ds1 when he was 6 months old, but to no avail, he still carried my immunity.

However if you are the least concerned, she must wait. You have a precious newborn and are allowed to call the shots, you don't need evidence to ask her to wait a week.

And congratulations

your friends dd will still be infectious. Dont let them near!

chickenpox can be very very severe in newborns and your ds would most certainly need hospital treatment.

check out nhs direct website. it will tell you as above.

not worth the risk with a 4 day old! they only have to wait until next week before they are ok to visit.

if the blisters/spots are weepy or broken then no as the infection is in the weepy sores, but usually they say before the spots breakout is when its most contagious but to be honest i just wudnt risk it anyway, give it till they clear up. what is really a couple of weeks away.

Thanks for the replies. I was already 99% sure I was going to ask her to wait but had just wondered if there was a definite answer.
Her daughter would not be coming with her while she was infectious but I'm still not convinced I'd feel comfortable with my friend visiting him if there's any risk at all.

Thanks, folks x