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Live webchat with Dr Dawn Harper this Friday, 4 Sept, at 1pm

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GeraldineMumsnet · 02/09/2009 11:46

Hello, we're kicking off our post-hols webchats by welcoming Dr Dawn Harper this Friday at 1pm.

Dawn's a part-time GP in Gloucestershire and you may well have seen, read or heard her giving medical advice because she's a regular on lots of programmes and in the press.

She's married to another GP, they have three children and in her spare time (she has any?), she's a backing vocalist for a Motown/70s dance band.

She's joining us for a timely chat, sponsored by Kleenex Anti-Viral Tissues, about how to avoid catching colds and flu, and how to prevent them taking out whole families if one of you gets a horrid lurgy.

Because of tight timing, Dawn won't be able to answer advance questions, but we're checking if she can answer any that she doesn't get to during the webchat afterwards.

Hope you can join us.

MNHQ

GeraldineMumsnet · 04/09/2009 12:57

Hi, Dr Dawn Harper will be online shortly to answer any questions you've got about colds and flu, and the best ways to stop them spreading.

carriemumsnet · 04/09/2009 13:16

My dsister is due to give birth to much longed for twins in Oct and has been - understandably - very worried about swine flu during pregnancy and now swine flu once they're born. I remember being obsessed with my precious first born about visitors washing their hands before they touched her (London suddenly seemed so dirty!), but given that they're due in what might be the middle of a flu pandemic are there any other precautions she /her visitors should take to protect the babes (and her) from infection? For example can the virus live on clothes? Just thinking how we always pick up newborns and clutch them to our chests (clucky? moi?)- should we be disinfected/ change first if we've just come off the tube?

Also any particular advice about keeping colds and flu (and swine flu) at bay during last few weeks of pregnancy - should she be avoiding my snotty school-age children?

Thanks

carriemumsnet · 04/09/2009 13:21

I meant more the steady stream of visitors fresh from the tube rather than hospital staff who I'd hope would be relatively sterile. Anything other than hand washing?

GeraldineMumsnet · 04/09/2009 13:53

While Dr Harper's drawing breath after that whistlestop typing marathon, want to say thank you for answering so many questions. Hope you've enjoyed it

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