thread: DH has Glandular fever - is my baby at risk?

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  1. #1
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    Jan 2007
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    Question DH has Glandular fever - is my baby at risk?

    Hi there,
    DH has recently been diagnosed with GF, and I was wondering if there was any risk to our baby if I happened to contract it?

    TIA

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    Jul 2007
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    Oh no hun, that's terrible news
    DF had glandular early on in our r/ship and he was sick as a dog. Poor mite.
    Not sure if it would harm the baby but go and get yourself tested. Most people contract it as a baby and their parents just never know (my GP told me this as I didn't catch it when anth did).
    If you have the antibodies for it you ahve nothing to worry about.
    Sorry cant help more

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    Dec 2006
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    my bro got GF when SIL was only five weeks pg - they said there was a risk to a first tri fetus, but after that all is ok. hopefully you have the antibodies to help prevent you getting any infection yourself, but just keep an eye on yourself. if you start feeling in anyway under the weather more than you have been with simply being pg, off to the dr straight away! i had gf when i was in year 10 at school, and when i get run down i have a flare up even now - i had a flare early in pg when i just wasn't coping - and the dr said i was fine....