my dh got diagnosed with chicken pox last week so i had to have a blood test to check if i was immune even though i supposedly had it a few years ago anyway 24 hours later doc phones and says i am not immune so he shipped me off to delivery suite to have an injection so i dont catch it (2 injections 1 in each leg and they hurt) 37+3

just phoned GP who said will have to wait and see if it is chickenpox but i have had a blood test in 2005 to test immunity and i am immune so will just have to wait and see if Holly has it

My DD got chickenpox when I was around 25 weeks, doctor did bloods which showed I had some immunity to suggest that I had chickenpox when I was younger, but that I WASN'T immune against getting it again, so they sent me to a hospital in the City miles away where I had a special vaccine made up which was given to me immediately, they told me to stay away from my daughter for a few days (even though her spots were already out) and I had to go again a week later to check my bloods to see if I had caught it.  They did tell me that the most risk would have been less than twelve weeks and the last four weeks and that if you DEFINITELY had chickenpox in the last four weeks, you would be induced, but that's only if you definitely catch it.  So I would see your G.P. as soon as you can.  Don't worry though because as most people have said, if you've had it as a child it is unlikely you will get it again, I'm one of the few who isn't immue.

thankyou soo much!!!!

im going to phone the gp when they open and demand she be seen, cos i might be getting worked up for nothing

Just found this:

Risks to the Baby

Firstly, if the mother has definitely had chicken-pox, there is no risk to the baby or her. In any case, even if she doesn't recall having had chicken pox, it is likely she has antibodies (80% do) from a silent (asymptomatic) infection. So if there's any doubt about it, she should see a doctor for a blood test to check if she's immune.

Risks to the baby are important at the following two times, if mum gets chicken-pox:

1. Before 20 weeks - risk of chicken pox syndrome. This is actually quite rare. Up until 14 weeks the risk is about 0.4%, whereas between 14-20 weeks it is 2%. If a woman has VZ-Ig treatment (see below) after being exposed, the risk is even lower.

2. Mum's rash developing within a week before delivery to a month afterwards. It takes about a week for mum to pass the protective antibodies to the baby, so if born before that time, the babe is at risk of overwhelming infection after birth.

Between 20 weeks and term there is no risk to the baby. The other big risk of chicken pox is to the mother. She is much more likely, during pregnancy, to get a chicken pox pneumonia (10%) which can be very severe (even life-threatening).

When I had dd2 i got a call at the hospital about 12 hours after she was born from my mum to say dd1 looked like she had chickenpox.

Checked with ward adn consultant at the time and was told we couldnt go home for at least 4 days and that dd2 couldnt visit.  Didnt get home for longer in the eventuality and oh what a nightmare but it could have been because dd2 wasnt too well anyway.

Id definately get back on to drs

xxx

if u can hun avoid contact with her... even if uv had it beingin contact with it ul pick it up n jsut fight it off n coz of that theres a risk ur baby can b born wiht it.

get sum1 2 pick her up from nursery n take her 2 docs 2 get it confirmed

x

Tell them its emergency u cant wait that long, or phone back 2 mw and say doc making u wait is that safe.

just phoned hospital and they said i need to go to my gp to get bloods done but GP cant see me til next week

I was told its risky in first few weeks of pregnancy and last few weeks of pregnancy but think its safe if u have had them, i would give your mw a ring now tho and check because if u r unsafe u need to have an injection.

nursery have just phoned and said they think my youngest has chickenpox, she has red spots with white heads on her bits and a couple on her leg, she had the spots on her bits when i took her this morning but they werent on her leg, she is fine in every other aspect, no temp or anything

Will this hurt the LO? my mam said i have had it when i was younger so should i be worried