28 weeks and shingles risk?

[Pillowcase99]

My dds preschool has notified us that they have had a case of chickenpox. Dd has had chickenpox so we're not worried about her, but i'm 28w pregnant and although I've had it as a child, i'm worried about getting shingles. Am i at risk?

Possibly overreacting given that i might not come anywhere near the child in question (they're now at home) but wanted to check if there's a risk during drop off tomorrow.

Thanks in advance

No you aren’t at risk from a chicken pox exposure.

Shingles is reactivation of the virus in your own nervous system so you can’t ‘catch it’.

Thank you munchy, I wasn't sure how the reactivation happened, if it was from internal or external triggers. Now I know! Thanks again

Here's the NHS guidance:

www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/pregnancy/what-are-the-risks-of-shingles-during-pregnancy/

I was looking it up because my gran has shingles and I really want to tell her I'm pregnant in person but wasn't sure if it was safe.

Yep, as PP said you can't catch shingles. Anyone who has had chicken pox could have the virus reactivated and cause shingles.
Causes? Anything, a low immune system, luck of the draw, old age, weakened immune system...
But no, you have no added risk because of this child.

You can't catch shingles from chickenpox, but you can catch chickenpox from shingles. I've had both and when I had shingles I had to avoid my friend who was pregnant until I was recovered (GP advised this). In reality, unless they were touching open sores on your body (my shingles was on my torso so always covered) then there is little risk of infection, but better safe than sorry.