STM: Stomach bugs

Bonadl · September 2013

Well DD finally caught the bug going around her daycare. It's her first one. Wondering if those of you who have gone through this have any advice? Or if you all typically catch them or not...DH is out of town Tues-wed and I'm soooo scared....

JayNina · September 2013

I have not been through a stomach bug with DD yet but im sure its coming. Good luck Mama!

jrw526 · September 2013

I caught a stomach bug from one of my students when I was pregnant with DS. I was about 28 weeks and it sucked! Imagine throwing up while being kicked from the inside. Thankfully it was only a 24 hour thing.

Wash your hands constantly and disinfect everything! Better yet have DH or one of your parents take care of her so you're less likely to catch it.

Edit: I didn't see that DH is going out of town.

ProudMommy030614 · September 2013

Wash your hands with hot water and soap often! Hand sanitizer doesn't work as well, scrub up for the happy birthday song twice (nursing school trick lol) so hopefully you won't get it to. Good luck and hang in there.

jwls84 · September 2013

B got a bug, two days later I had it and not even 12 hours later my husband had it. It was horrible and I got it by far the worst on the house. B got over it quick and was the least sick out of all of us.!
I agree with FBW, wash sheets immediately, we went through all of ours in one night and then I ended up just laying down receiving blankets. I also slept on his floor next to the crib. I was paranoid to leave him.

Hopefully it passes quickly, and you don't catch it.

Bonadl · September 2013

My parents never caught these bugs from us growing up. We are up with her and have caught all but the first puke and haven't been puked on. Trying to be optimistic as I have no one to come help me. I wish I could have DH do it but all she wants is mommy and in her state I feel like I can't deny her that. I guess I'm doomed...

Kbaughan · September 2013

It's spread through the fecal-oral route. So wash your hands a lot. after changing her, or cleaning vomit, especially before you eat anything. They don't last long thankfully, She should be feeling better by tomorrow night.

Bonadl · September 2013

It's spread through the fecal-oral route. So wash your hands a lot. after changing her, or cleaning vomit, especially before you eat anything. They don't last long thankfully, She should be feeling better by tomorrow night.

I'm in trouble then...every 30-45 min for 24 hrs is a lot of puking and no sleep. I hope it's not that long! Trying to wash hands and use sanitizer as much as possible but feels impossible....

katykatykaty · September 2013

We got it the first time DD got one but not the second time, so it's not a given. When we got it, we got it exactly 48 hours after she did. The bad part just lasted for 12 hours. We laid down about 5 layers of heavy towels in her crib at night. That way when she threw up on one, we could pull it up easily and not replace the sheet. So hard to watch them being sick. Definitely the worst parenting experience of my life.

Hope it's over soon for you guys.

Bonadl · September 2013

Whole thing lasted almost 4 hours...we stayed up with her and after she was puke free for 1 1/2 hrs we went to bed. She was too scared to sleep on her own so she slept in bed with us...been over six hours now so I think we are ok. Now we wait and hope that if we do get it it will be tonight or tomorrow night before DH has to travel. The idea of catching this right after just starting to get over M/S just kills me. I guess only time will tell but I will be a nervous wreck for a while just waiting for this thing to come or not. It took over a week and two kids being sick for DD to get it and I was a nervous wreck while DH traveled during that time. Last night all I could think s thank God this didn't happen while I was here alone with her! Don't know how single moms do it!

Bonadl · September 2013

Hahaha...I knew the "glamour" was coming eventually but I was hoping to delay as long as possible!

DH has suddenly started traveling more since I got pregnant so it's been a huge adjustment for me. I'm used to having him around.

Sorry to hear you have HG! I don't know how you ladies survive!

Melbelle11 · September 2013

Glad toy made it through! Make sure you replenish her fluids as much as possible! Pedialyte, water and applesauce

Bonadl · September 2013

Melbelle11 said:

Glad toy made it through! Make sure you replenish her fluids as much as possible! Pedialyte, water and applesauce

Thank you! She is doing fine today. Even yesterday i was amazed at how "normal" she was. She woke up asking for water and then shortly after had half a slice of toast without an issue. Amazing. Back to daycare today...and for once I'm not worried she's going to bring it home, so i guess that's a silver lining!

Now I worry about me. Today is two days since she showed symptoms, and I know she was contagious beforehand and will be probably a couple of days after. I am really not prone to these types of bugs, or haven't been in the past, and I'm really hoping that even despite my weakened pregnancy immune system I can stay healthy. But, I can't say I'm not worried -- in fact, I'm pretty terrified that I'm going to catch it. I always have this fear of catching these things, but haven't been so close to it before. I'm even scared to eat anything. :-P

katykatykaty · September 2013

Like I said, in my experience we got it exactly 48 hours after she threw up the first time, so if you've made it past that point, I would try to relax and eat something.

Glad she's feeling better!

Bonadl · September 2013

That won't be till tonight. She was obviously not feeling well after her nap but didn't get sick till probably 8 or 8:30. Fingers crossed. Poor DH has to get on a plane at 6am so hopefully he is ok.

I did eat...I still experience nausea if I don't so...damned if I don't anyway. :-P

Jealous of people who don't get so worried about such things and can go with the flow. I have some major mental issues about this stuff I think. In reality it does no good, and is a waste of time and energy. Unfortunately the part of my brain that knows this doesn't seem to speak to the part of my brain that doesn't...

katykatykaty · September 2013

Bonadl said:

That won't be till tonight. She was obviously not feeling well after her nap but didn't get sick till probably 8 or 8:30. Fingers crossed. Poor DH has to get on a plane at 6am so hopefully he is ok. I did eat...I still experience nausea if I don't so...damned if I don't anyway. :-P Jealous of people who don't get so worried about such things and can go with the flow. I have some major mental issues about this stuff I think. In reality it does no good, and is a waste of time and energy. Unfortunately the part of my brain that knows this doesn't seem to speak to the part of my brain that doesn't...

I completely understand about worrying about it... I'm exactly the same way. I've always had a weird phobia about it. I know nobody likes it, but when I'm exposed to it, I worry obsessively about getting it. Now it's worse because I worry about DD getting it as well. For me it's also different than morning sickness, and I'm not sure why that is because they both involve throwing up.

Bonadl · September 2013

I'm glad i'm not the only one. DH takes it in stride, for the most part. A friend/co-worker I've been talking to just doesn't get it...but she gets sick even less than I do (I still get my fair share of colds, etc). So envious of that attitude. There really is no point to worry about it. And in reality, I'm sure the anticipation is worse than the actual event. If it happens, you're miserable, but usually it's a relatively quick thing. I have a friend who hasn't gotten sick since she was a kid...she's due with her first baby in October. In her first trimester she was so worried that she was going to throw up because she didn't know what it felt like beforehand and thought she wouldn't know it was going to happen. In a way, I think that the less it happens to you, the more you fear it. But, even though I know that no matter what happens we will all come out perfectly fine in probably less than 24 hours, I can't help it. And I feel so much more anxiety because DH is leaving tomorrow morning...even though he could very well come down with it too. Plus, I think my anxiety is much worse when I'm PG. I need to find some zen activities to do or something. :-P

Luckily at 2pm I'm still feeling fine. I ate my soup and salad for lunch and I'm actually hungry again.

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