thread: risk of chicken pox exposure in pregnancy!!

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    Jan 2009
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    Unhappy risk of chicken pox exposure in pregnancy!!

    Hi:

    I am 36 week pregnant and have a complicated issue. Actually my elder son who is actually immunized with varicella vaccine (at 14 months for chicken pox) got very mild infection. I am also immunized with vaccine; so far no trouble for the baby in womb. My doctor asked me to get ready in 8-10 days (after 37 weeks anytime), it made me so worried as if baby is borne with in 8-10 days would it harm him as my elder son would take time to recover. We met with his doctor who assured that there is no harm for baby born after 8-10 days, though it would be great to isolate my elder son with him for a while which is really not practical. I have also read that despite being immunized sometimes pregnant mothers catch the infection which can be severely distressful for the new borne. Did somebody go through the similar phase, I?m really sad with this episode.
    thanks
    Last edited by ishumom; January 29th, 2009 at 02:08 AM.