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Being around someone with mumps
Hi Ladies
Was wondering if any of you know the answer to this question, my neice has the mumps, only found out yesterday. The thing is I was in contact with her on Thursday. Should I be worried, not sure what to do if anything?
Anne-Marie
PS - I'm just coming up for 34 weeks
xxx
Was wondering if any of you know the answer to this question, my neice has the mumps, only found out yesterday. The thing is I was in contact with her on Thursday. Should I be worried, not sure what to do if anything?
Anne-Marie
PS - I'm just coming up for 34 weeks
xxx
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I really dont wanna worry you but get it checked, dont know how or if it will affect you being pregnant in any way x x x
I usually ask the receptionist to ask the doc for their opinion before I waste time making an appointment so try that. If they are worried then they will call you in, otherwise they will call back & say not to worry.
At this stage in your pregnancy though your baby is pretty much fully developed so I wouldn't be too worried as things like this are supposed to be more risky in the early development states of gestation than later on, but no harm checking anyway.
I have a friend with tb who was living with me in the early stages of pregnancy (when I didn't know I was preggers & even had a chest xray at 6 weeks) she has just told me she is infectious again but I haven't seen her for a coupleof months but it got me thinking about all the people we come in contact with daily & all the bugs,germs & diseases people have & you have no way of knowing about. So whenever I think about catching something when someoone tells me there is chicken pox going around, for example, I remind myself that I could have been around people the whole pregnancy who had various things & could have caught anything at any time. Beleive it or not, it puts things back in to prespective.
Its not that dangerous whilst pregnant there is nothing to say it can harm the baby. I am showing signs of having it but its just an infection (like a flu) and it will work is course, nothing I can take for it.
She told me to go up to the hospital so I did and I was put on the monitor for 3 hours!!! Thr baby wasn't moving much and its heart rate was sitting below 140 for about an hour, according to the miwife they like to see it go up and down twice within a 20 min period and it wasn't!!!
Anyway finally after about 5 glasses of freezing cold water the baby decides to wake up and they said I could go home.
They think that seeing as I'm not well the baby will be unwell and thats why it was sleeping or lazy.
Was told nothing to worry about, keep an eye on babies movements and if it slows down then I've to call them.
By the way anyone know the old wifes tale about the heartrate whats it supposed to be if under 140 a boy or girl?
Main thing is your ok, take care & get well soon i hope x x x
I only have my 12wk scan left as my 20 wk one was in bag when it was stolen
I have got a picture of my 20wk scan on my phone, wonder if i can somehow get it from my phone onto a picture?? Oh i do have a pictur of my babys head from his growth scan only his head could fit on as he is getting big!
There are many antibiotics that are safe to take while pregnant!!!!!!