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Measles outbreak

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kaelaAmumma2b · 15/08/2019 07:20

We are currently in a measles outbreak and I have a 3 month old baby. It's really worrying me. We haven't been going out of the house but I'm currently living with my partners family and today they went and brought him some teething toys at the time I was in the shower and my partner was watching him. They didn't clean the toys or there hands and now I'm worried he maybe at risk. Is this taking it to far ?

Would appreciate your thoughts

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jollyohh · 15/08/2019 07:24

Are you breastfeeding? It will provide some passive immunity.

Toys will be fine assuming they are new? The risk really is if you have an older unvaccinated child or are around unvaccinated children or going to schools etc.

Hope you are ok.

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kaelaAmumma2b · 15/08/2019 07:25

To make more sense. Before passing the toys over to him they never washed the toys or there hands. And I'm worried that it maybe on the items as it can live on surfaces up to 2 hours.

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kaelaAmumma2b · 15/08/2019 07:27

@jollyohh yes i am. The measles outbreak started when I was pregnant and they ran bloods and seen I didn't have any immunity. I have had both MMR shots now , will this still help. Because my midwife (when I had one) informed me that because I wasn't immune baby wouldn't be too

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cranstonmanor · 15/08/2019 07:42

Did you have the vaccine during the last trimester?

cranstonmanor · 15/08/2019 07:42

Because that would help somewhat

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kaelaAmumma2b · 15/08/2019 07:49

@cranstonmanor no , I was advised it was not safe to take during pregnancy because it is a live vaccine. I got my mmr shots 2 days after his birth and then three weeks later. I live in NZ and in my are (central Auckland) there is 51 cases. I have been told by my GP if we keep our hands clean and don't take him out into places such as supermarkets and malls he would be safe and sound. But my anxiety makes me freak out that his lovely grandparents brought him heaps of teething toys and didn't clean there hands or the gifts before giving it to him and of course he chucked it straight into his mouth and apparently measles survives on surfaces for 2 hours.

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cranstonmanor · 15/08/2019 08:14

Well it must have taken some time to buy the toys and take them home, and the chance is small that an infected child would have touched them in the two hours before, so that would make the chance of your child being infected really really small.

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