I don't have Pertussis (whooping cough) do I?

[widdly]

DS just woke up not long ago with a terrible coughing fit, complete with WHOOP sound. But I gave him some Benadryl and Panadol and he has gone back to sleep with no more coughs so far, fingers crossed it doesnt get any worse, not nice watching your child struggling to breathe between coughs

[~mamaspice~]

Thanks so much for the replies guys. I'm hopeful it's just one of those irritating viruses that seems to be hanging around.

Lulu, would love the recipe for your natural remedy if you're willing to share? Is it diabetes friendly tho? I have GDM

[Lisa]

I had whooping cough last year when I was pregnant with Anelise... it is one of the worst things I have ever had

I don't think what you have is whooping cough but I'm not going to say it's not. My symptoms were non stop coughing with the Whoop when trying to take a breath in... coughing until I vomited... aches all down my sides & in my ribs from coughing so much.

Another thing... my DD1 & DS2 contracted whooping cough and all of my children are fully immunised against whooping cough.

[~mamaspice~]

I had whooping cough last year when I was pregnant with Anelise... it is one of the worst things I have ever had

I don't think what you have is whooping cough but I'm not going to say it's not. My symptoms were non stop coughing with the Whoop when trying to take a breath in... coughing until I vomited... aches all down my sides & in my ribs from coughing so much.

Another thing... my DD1 & DS2 contracted whooping cough and all of my children are fully immunised against whooping cough.

No, mine certainly doesn't seem as serious as what you describe so I'm all good.

[~mamaspice~]

I had whooping cough last year when I was pregnant with Anelise... it is one of the worst things I have ever had

I don't think what you have is whooping cough but I'm not going to say it's not. My symptoms were non stop coughing with the Whoop when trying to take a breath in... coughing until I vomited... aches all down my sides & in my ribs from coughing so much.

Another thing... my DD1 & DS2 contracted whooping cough and all of my children are fully immunised against whooping cough.

Gosh, mine certainly doesn't seem as severe as what you had Lisa. I think I'm in the clear by the sounds of that.

[Shanti]

Hope you feel better soon Mamaspice. It's awful having a persistent cough especially when you're pregnant!! I remember when I was around 25weeks pg with DD that I had a cough that lasted about 2 weeks and would cough ALL the time it was soooo annoying and like you said, no doubt be annoying for bub.....

Rest up.

[mrsmac]

I had whooping cough 2 years ago and it was just a really awful cough. No whoop (the GP said it was because I had been immunised I wouldn't whoop)
I would get tested JIC.

[Schmickers]

Adults don't always whoop because they have much wider airways, so when they draw in a big breath, you don't hear the sound. In children's it's caused by the air whistling because it is being drawin into the airways so quickly. Very little babies often don't whoop either because they just can't breathe in fast enough to cause the sound.

The pertussis vaccine is about 90% effective, and lasts for about 5 years. Unless you have had a booster as an adult, you are probably susceptible to the pertussis virus. And because of it's limited effectiveness, one in 10 children will still have no immunity to it either. That is one of the reasons why we still have regular outbreaks of the disease - even in a perfect world where every child was immunised with no side effects, there would still be 10% of the population who could catch the disease.