I went to a birthday party last weekend and held a 2 month old baby for most of the time. I received a call for the Public Department of Health today saying that the baby has now been diagnosed with whooping cough and because I am delivering in 2.5 weeks I need to go to the GP asap and start antibiotics. I have been given a 7 day dose of antibiotics.

Has anyone else been exposed to whooping cough so close to delivering? What happened and were you as stressed as I am? Whooping cough doesn't show symptoms until after 3 weeks from being exposed. Is 7 days antibiotics enough if I was only exposed to it last Saturday?