Hand foot and mouth

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mrsturtle Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 02 July 2008 Points: 1472	Post Options Post Reply Quote mrsturtle Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Hand foot and mouth Posted: 20 February 2010 at 9:40pm
	Ok so thanks to my sister who dosent think to tell you before she visits that her child has this Emily now has hand foot and mouth, ive had a wee look on the internet and from what i can see its rare for complications for me unless in the last few weeks which we are not, has anyone else had this while preg?

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mummyofprinces Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 10 February 2008 Location: Hibiscus Coast Points: 8627	Post Options Post Reply Quote mummyofprinces Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 February 2010 at 10:33am
	Yup one of the Jan 09 mummies had this.. I think it was cuppatea from memory.... Im sure she will find this and post more useful info than her name LOL


xLUCKYx Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 30 September 2007 Location: Waitakere Points: 2340	Post Options Post Reply Quote xLUCKYx Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 February 2010 at 11:21am
	My little girl had HF&M while I was pregnant - I actually don't recall even thinking about any complications but alas there were none ;-) It isn't something that adults usually get either - usually only affects pre-school aged children or younger and then they get an immunity.

BuzzyB Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 28 October 2009 Points: 260	Post Options Post Reply Quote BuzzyB Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 February 2010 at 8:54pm
	That's not very considerate of your sister! You'd think she'd no better having been through pregnancy herself! DS had this a while back while a friend of mine was pg and I freaked out and stayed away from her for weeks! I spoke to my dr about it later, bc DS is in creche and I was wondering how to manage the risk of this and 100 other childhood illnesses for me when we were planning #2. He didn't seem to bothered. I think it was only a problem if you caught it and apparently it's really uncommon in adults. So hopefully you'll be ok. MAybe tell your MW, just so she can look out for anything? GL


crafty1 Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 03 July 2008 Points: 1024	Post Options Post Reply Quote crafty1 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 February 2010 at 5:02pm
	My toddler had this recently while i was preg and yep as above it is very, very rare for there to be any complications. So you can relax! You do have to deal with a grumpy child though and isolate yourself from others - that is the pain in the arse bit.


cuppatea Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 05 February 2007 Points: 7798	Post Options Post Reply Quote cuppatea Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 February 2010 at 6:08pm
	Yep I had this whilst pregnant, I was 12 weeks when I got it. My 1 year old didn't even show any symptoms but doc said he prob had it too as children can get it with no symptoms, I however had blisters on my hands and feet and a sore throat (my DH didn't get it either, most likely he had it as a child and was immune, which you might be too). Like you all the info I found said only a problem in last few weeks when you can pass the bug onto newborn. HFM is just a cold virus so it's not really too serious. Rest of my pregnancy went fine and he's now a very healthy nearly 14 month old.

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