I'm scared my partner will infect my baby

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My partner has developed a cold. We don't think it's COVID as his symptoms are runny nose and sore throat. No temperature or persistent cough. My baby is due on Monday and I'm so worried he will still be sick when the baby is born. It usually takes him two weeks to get over a cold because his diet is terrible. I keep wishing my baby doesn't come for another two weeks lol.
Does anyone have any advice? Should I make him wear a mask if she is born? Im currently going around the house with Dettol to stop me from getting infected

Babies have a well known habit of not arriving on their due date, especially if it's your first! I think colds are most contagious in the first 5 days so I expect he will be on the road to recovery by the time baby arrives. Just make sure he coughs/sneezes/blows his nose into a tissue then gives his hands a good wash.

Are you worried about the baby catching a cold? I had a real stinker towards the end of one of my pregnancies, so bad I remember sitting under a towel over a bowl of boiling water just to be able to breathe properly and reading your post has made me realise that it never once occurred to me to worry that the baby might catch it.

I'm not medical so have no idea if I should have been worried or if it makes a difference if the father has the cold but if you're sure it's not covid I would try not to worry too much.

If you are planning to breast feed, your antibodies will protect the baby in those first few weeks especially, so don’t worry too much. Even if not, chances are your partner won’t be contagious by then anyway, so please don’t panic.

A baby who is born in the winter will be exposed to colds; pandemic or not it’s just the way that it is.

My dd was born during the flu epidemic in 2000. I had some similar worries that baby would catch it. But apparently they are born with some immunity from you and are unlikely to pick up anything in the 1st 3 months.
Hence why a temp in a newborn is treated as a emergency.

Slightly off topic, if he’s planning on being at the birth it may be worth speaking to the unit you’re planning to deliver at (assuming it’s not home) and see what their advice re Covid testing for him is/ whether he’ll be able to join you if he’s still got symptoms.

A friend had flu when she went into labour. She was hallucinating and pretty out of it for a couple of days before the birth and genuinely has no memory of the birth or the first three or four days after.
She was moved in with her mum who looked after both of them. We never considered that the baby might catch it, but we were worried her mum might. Luckily she didn't.

Thank you so much for everyone's advice and words of support. I'm hoping she will arrive once he is on the road to recovery. I'm planning on breastfeeding so fingers crossed that will help with the immunity.
@Greybeardy I actually didn't think of that. I will speak to the midwife and see what she says.
@evrey thank you for sharing your experience. I will try not to worry and be more positive.

Thanks again everyone :)