PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for March, 1999: Re: Chicken Pox exposure when pregnant

Re: Chicken Pox exposure when pregnant

From: Kelly Shanahan, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 18 Mar 1999 12:59:41 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 16 Mar 1999, KH wrote: >
>I am currently 8 weeks pregnant, and have never had the Chicken Pox. My
>sister's two children both have Chicken Pox, and my question is this -
>how contagious is Chicken Pox? My concern is that I have plans to get
>together with my mom on Sunday, and she looks after the children daily.
>My mom is immune (i.e.: she has had Chicken Pox), is there any way that
>I could contract the condition from my mom, just by the fact that she
>had recently been around two patients with the disease? i.e.: can
>Chicken Pox be transmitted through clothing or any possible method other
>than direct contact with the patients. Your advise would be greatly
>appreciated, as I do not want to put me or my baby at any unecessary
>risk.
>
>--
>Thank you,
>
>Kimberly
>

You cannot contract chickenpox from your mom just because she's been taking care of kids who have it. You can be around your neices/nephews once their last chickenpox lesion has crusted over -- they will no longer be infectious then.

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG S. Lake Tahoe, CA

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