Guest guest Posted August 25, 2000 Report Share Posted August 25, 2000 So, the chicken pox discussion got me thinking, and I decided to call MY mom and see if I'd ever had the disease (or the vax - as if it'd do any good:-)) The answer was no, no pox or vax for me. I have 2 young daughters - 2 and 5 - who Have never had the disease and are completely un-vaxed for chicken pox, AND I'm 7 months pregnant with kiddo #3. The concern is that my 5 year old starts co-operative preschool in 2 weeks; if she were to be exposed either to a recently vaxed child OR one with the actual disease, what would be the risks to unborn babe and mama (me!)? My midwife happened to drop by this afternoon and seemed relatively unconcerned - her reasoning being that increased immune system function during pregnancy would protect me. This was nice to hear, but I'm still a little worried. Does anyone have experience dealing with pox as an adult? - I'm 26, and hear the disease can be pretty viscous the older you get. Also, it would be next to impossible to " quarantine " myself from new, breast feeding babe IF I were to come down with it; any info on immunity passing through breast milk would be much appreciated! Whew! Hope I haven't confused you all with my rambling..... Thanks in advance, Gretchen ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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