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Does anyone have any experience of parvo virus in early pregnacy?

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sammysam · 02/04/2009 10:06

Long story short-took dd to GP as thought she had slapped cheek-he said no way without even really considering it-I told him I was worried as I was only 9wks pg. He said it was just a tummy bug. Anyway I still worried and spoke to a different doc who tested my blood and I'v just found out it is positive. Midwife came yesterday to take more blood to send to a specialist lab in bristol. She admitted that she and all the other midwives know nothing about it. So that has left me to google.... Another mnetter on my antinatal thread is in the same position. She is now seeing a consultant and having weekly scans. I am terrified. I just hoped that someone on here might know more or might have had some experience.
Hormones are not helping but it has hit me today and i'm a bit of a state. I know there are far worse things so I feelbad but I am so worried.

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Juwesm · 02/04/2009 11:48

No experience, so just bumping really, but try here for some general info from a reliable source, and worth looking on the Health Protection Agency website too. Best wishes - I'm sure everything will be absolutely fine!

Musukebba · 02/04/2009 14:06

sammysam: are you able to say which of the blood tests are positive, and what for? They should have done IgG and IgM, and if only the IgG was positive that could mean you're actually immune. If IgM is positive then it could possibly mean you have the infection, but even then around 90% of pregnancies are NOT affected.

Incidentally, the 15% miscarriage rate mentioned on the NHS sites is the total risk to the pregnancy; but once you take off the general background risk due to other things, the specific risk of parvovirus on it's own is reduced a little to 9%.

The Bristol virology lab are excellent and should give some very good interpretation of your results.

sammysam · 02/04/2009 14:16

Thank you Juwesm, those links were useful. From what I have read online all the more official stuff is less worrying-it's all the personal stories that are so sad and shocking to read. Really I shouldn't look but since I have been told NOTHING personally I just want to have all the info I can.

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sammysam · 02/04/2009 14:20

Sorry crossed posts-musukebba-I'm not sure-to be honest when I saw the mw I completely forgot to ask anything
Thank you-your info calms me quite a bit-I just can't help being paranoid when pg. Really must try not to worry-especially til I get all the results and manage to talk with someone who knows something about it.....

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