In work yesterday, a guy has come back from 3 weeks off sick for chickenpox as apparently he had a bad case of it (he is from a country where it is less common as a childhood illness). He was talking to me and said that several other guys on our (large) floor (who sit near me) had kids who had it recently, and he wondered if he maybe caught it from work as his own kids did not have it so he reckoned it was here or the gym.
I had a very mild case of CP when I was about 10, you would barely have known I had it. So according to the NHS website I am immune- will this protect my unborn child also or do I need to be concerned about being in an environment where CP is 'doing the rounds'?
I'm not in particularly close contact with the people affected, and I know it doesn't spread as easily as something like the flu.
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Get updates on how your baby develops, your body changes, and what you can expect during each week of your pregnancy by signing up to the Mumsnet Pregnancy Newsletters.
Pregnancy
Do I need to worry about chickenpox?
6 replies
PeppermintInfusion · 23/07/2014 08:54
OP posts:
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.