Thanks everyone for thinking of us and I can't tell you how happy I am that I had the swab taken. Like the GP said, most people don't even get tested for WC until the cough comes. I just can't stand that I have to wait and watch him for 3 weeks just waiting....waiting...for it to get him.
Bug's Mum - I'm not sure where he picked it up but there has been an outbreak of WC in our town recently and also I have a family member who was around him and she had a terrible cough but I don't like to say for sure. Either way he was somehow in the vicinity of someone who had it to catch it.
I'm just sick with worry about if he gets the cough and how bad to expect it to be.
In my experience although not with a little baby... i was swabbed and came back positive before i showed any symptoms, i then had antibiotics and never got the cough. the only issue i have had is the first cold since has been a doozy and the cough with it has been terrible, Which i have been told is somewhat normal after WC to suffer bad coughs from common cold due to the damage done to the cillia with in the lungs..
i aslo assume your doctor has put you all on antibiotics not just your DS? as you can still pass the bacteria on.
Well, the bad news, as you are probably aware, is that under six months of age is the danger period for whooping cough infection. That said, it is unusual to catch it before the coughing starts, so there is a chance that the antibiotics will lessen the severity of it.
In addition to what your GP has told you, I would suggest that at this age you would see post-feed vomiting associated with the cough before it became so bad that it caused breathing difficulty. So if you notice bub seems to be commonly coughing and then vomiting after feeds, it may pay to visit your GP or hospital to have him checked out.
Good luck. Looking after babies with whooping cough is rarely much fun, but I hope your little one pulls through it without too many problems. As far as where it came from, whoopig cough usually requires a pertty significant exposure to spread, and for this reason is commonly spread within households and between family members. I would be contacting the family member with the cough and suggesting that they are tested. They may need to go on a course of antibiotics to try and limit the spread of the disease to others.
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no advice, but just wanted to say I hope he doesn't get the cough. Well done on trusting yourself xo
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