slapped cheek syndrome
I just wanted others to know more about this virus. I work in a childrens nursery and an outbreak of this virus had been doing the rounds. I had read in a magazine that this could be a danger in pregnancy and asked my boss for advice. I then contacted my local maternity ward and my G.P and was advised to stay off work untill they checked blood they had taken from me at 16 weeks ( at this point I was 20 weeks) to see if I had Immunity. Two weeks later my results showed I had no immunity and more blood was taken. This blood result came 10 days later and showed that I had the virus (parvovirus b19) I was scanned the next day to check the baby to see if baby was anemic. I am now having scans every two weeks to check baby now 29 weeks. This has been a very scary time for me and I think more needs to be done to raise awareness. I only knew about the dangers by chance and would hate other mums to suffer due to a lack of knowledge as this can cause miscarrage, Cardiac failure in baby and still born babies. I was lucky to find out and recive extra care and hopefully my baby wont suffer due to this xxxxx
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but i hadnt known about it until checked on internet. im 22 wks now.
hope all goes well
becs xx
I'm scared now! I'm 35 weeks pregnant.
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Thanks for posting this. I work in a primary school that had a case diagnosed last Monday. Unfortunately because of a severe kidney infection and the antibiotics I can only have a blood test done tomorrow.
I think that information about illnessess that can be dangerous in pregnancy should be made available from doctors surgeries and chemists for anyone to pick up and read while ttc.
I knew nothing about slapped cheek till last week.
Thanks again hun.x
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Apparently slapped cheek is more common in the spring time and usually occurs in children under 9 but adults can catch it without seeing any signs or symptoms.
It's scary because once the cheeks do appear it means the virus is already doing the rounds and there's very little you can do about it. I've found parents to be very unhelpful and try to send them back to school early saying the child's mentally healthy so ok to come to school - and the parents are ok to go back to work - oh the cynic that I am!!!
Hopefully though now being more visibly pregnant parents will take the risk more seriously as I was told that it can cause miscarrriages in 2nd trimester and still birth in 3rd.
It really is a scary and worrying and I totally agree that their schould be more info on it readily available especially in the doctors and in nurseries.