Hand foot and mouth
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Topic: Hand foot and mouth
Posted By: mrsturtle
Subject: Hand foot and mouth
Date 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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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 21 February 2010 at 10:33am
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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 -------------   
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Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date 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. |
Posted By: BuzzyB
Date 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 ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: crafty1
Date Posted: 24 February 2010 at 5:02pm
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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. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date 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. |