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Conference moira::parenting_v3

Title:	Parenting
Notice:	READ 1.27 BEFORE WRITING
Moderator:	CSC32::DUBOIS

Created:	Wed May 30 1990
Last Modified:	Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1364
Total number of notes:	23848

944.0. "Exposed to Pox While Pregnant?" by ERLANG::MAHONEY () Tue Jun 04 1991 09:25

    I was wondering if anyone has any information on being exposed to
    chicken pox while pregnant?  I am going to call my Dr. but I wanted
    to see what I could get out of here until I do.
    
    I am 14 weeks pregnant and 2 of my sisters children, whom I have been
    around have come down with the chicken pox.  I had them very severe
    when I was a child and I'm just wondering if I have anything to worry 
    about.
    
    I checked in the other pox notes but didn't find anything relating to 
    this.
    
    Thanks.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
944.1	dont think it's a problem	CSCMA::L_ARCABASCIO		`Tue Jun 04 1991 09:56`	4
	I was very remotely exposed when I was pregnant and called my doctor imediately. He said if I had them as a child it was no problem. I think it becomes a problem if you never had them because you are then at risk to get them.
944.2	Discussed before, as tangents	POWDML::SATOW		`Tue Jun 04 1991 10:07`	9
	See notes 483.5 and following, and notes 584.26 and following. This has been discussed before, but unfortunately, the discussions were tangents on other notes, and there's no reasonable way you could have found it, unless you happened to remember the name of one of the noters who was involved in the discussion. The opinions, even within the medical community seem to vary. Clay
944.3		TPS::JOHNSON	Steven Johnson's Mom	`Tue Jun 04 1991 10:25`	7
	My neice had chicken pox when I was in my 2nd trimester. I called my OB and asked if there was any risk to my baby if I was exposed...(I had chicken pox as a child). She said that the baby would not be in danger, I'm assuming this is because I had already had them. Linda
944.4	OB said not to worry	ERLANG::MAHONEY		`Tue Jun 04 1991 11:17`	8
	Thanks for the replies. I just talked to by OB's office and they said there is absolutely nothing to worry about as long as I had them as a child, which I did severely - I still have scars. They said the immunity is passed onto the fetus in-utero. But they did say to still not have any physical contact with them until they are over them completely. My sister has 4 children so I guess I won't be seeing them for a while up close.