I'm in a major panic right now, and it could very well be over nothing, but I'm so far from coping at the moment with everything that this is just about tipping me completely over the edge...

Basically we got sent an email at work telling us that "a year 8 student" has been diagnosed with scarlet fever. It was initially thought to be the flu, but they changed their mind, apparently. The thing that freaks me out the most is that they gave no indication of WHO the student was, so I have no idea if this person is in my class or whether I've been exposed or not...

So, does anyone know if scarlet fever can cause problems in pregnancy? How scared should I be with regards to possible exposure? How contagious is it - is it likely to spread through the entire school increasing my risks of exposure?

It's just another stress I don't need on top of the severe anemia (I've just been told I have to take three iron tablets every day) and the potential problems with only having one artery in the umbilical cord...

I'm very much at the point of stop the world, I wanna get off! So far from coping that we're not even in the same dimension at the moment!

BW