Is this a coldsore - I kissed my baby and am very worried

[Toadhall44]

Hi everyone,

I'm an anxious mum and today I feel the world on my shoulders.

My dad got a coldsore earlier in the week and as far as I know we didn't kiss on the cheek or anything. But did have close contact and hugged before the coldsore 'burst' and had fully established.

He has had hardly any contact with my toddler and 11 week old baby.

It's made me feel really anxious though and today noticed this on my lip. It's not sore, it dosent feel like anything really. Just a red bump. I think I've had it before but my brain is playing tricks on me.

Today, I've been kissing my 2 month old like usual (before I noticed the 'spot'). And now my anxious brain it's thinking it's a cold sore and that I am going to make my baby dangerously ill from the kisses I have her this morning.

I've never had a coldsore before. I had a vomit bug earlier in the week but other than that feel fine.

Is this a cold sore? And if so, any wise words from anyone about whether I need to worry about my 11 week old baby. Is she older enough now? I've lost a baby in the past so the terror and fear feel very real to me.

(I have therapy and medication for anxiety)

Thanks in advance x

(Sorry for my dry as sin lips!!)

Bless you OP. This doesn’t look like a cold sore to me x

Thank you!

It’s a spot

It looks like a spot to me. I get this type of thing a lot and always worry it’s the start of a cold sore- it never ends up being!

Enjoy your gorgeous little one.

I remember having something worrying on my lips when dd1 was a tiny baby. I was so stressed that I might have a coldsore. I'd had a boyfriend with cold sores many years before, and I was worried that the virus has been dormant in me for all those years.

Anyway, why don't you go and see a pharmacist to check with them?

Thank you everyone!