Slap Cheek during pregnancy

[LisaQ]

Hi all,

Here is my experience of the slapped cheek virus, if you are interested -

I was exposed to the parvo virus in my first trimester (I am now 28 weeks pg).

I then had an amnio at 19 weeks pg which confirmed that my baby was definitely infected with the virus. It seems that over 90% of cases of fetal anemia occur within 12 weeks of the fetus being exposured to the virus. So at about 22 weeks they checked my baby's health by listening to the blood flow in the cerebral artery with a doppler. Changes in the blood flow in this artery is one of the early warning signs of fetal anemia. This showed that everything was fine with my baby at 12 weeks past exposure. So it is very unlikely that any harm will come to my baby at this stage. I will probably have one more doppler towards the end just to be on the safe side.

I really feel for anyone who has a scare like this, for me this parvo scare has really added to my stress this pregnancy.

best wishes to everyone, I hope everyone has a good outcome!

Lisa