CPF - have you had chicken pox?

[Deleted User] · October 2014

[Deleted User] · October 2014

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Stacey099 · October 2014

Never did. My mom would send me to other kids houses when she found out they had it so I could "get it over with" but I never did. My brother never either.

blairwitch · October 2014

Nope. No vaccine either. Apparently I got lucky...as I was tested when I was pregnant with Nikita and I have the immunity (not sure if thats the right term) as if I had had them/been vaccinated.

[Deleted User] · October 2014

BetsyD2010 said:
My brother and I both had them at the same time. I still have scars to prove it.

Same, but my sister. I have scars, too.

[Deleted User] · October 2014

I never got it even though my parents tried. I got the vaccine when I was nine or ten.

new2011mommy · October 2014

I had them in 4th grade. Both my brothers got it and then I caught it. I had a mild case.

andrea0418 · October 2014

Yep my sister got them in kindergarten and shared with me. I was 2.

KikiCohen · October 2014

I have never had them. Growing up, I was exposed to them a few times, and we always assumed I was immune. They tested my immunity when I was pregnant with P and we found out that I'm not. I got the vaccine two months or so after he was born.

kaylakim · October 2014

My mom says I had them very mildly three times. I'm not even sure that's possible but I do remember having them once when I was 4 and my brother was 2.

LauraB1016 · October 2014

I had chicken pox in kindergarten and then my two sisters got it right after me.

EagleWife · October 2014

Chicken pox and measles. No fun at all.

grapeskittles4lyfe · October 2014

My moms says I only got like two spots. So I don't know if a mild case like that would even confer immunity. I should probably go get my titer checked.... *worried*

[Deleted User] · October 2014

Oh no - so many of you have miserable stories

I'm glad out kids don't have to have it.

martyn17 · October 2014

I had them when I was 8. I think it was a pretty standard case, so not so bad. But I am very glad Tess will get to avoid it entirely!

I think she's had enough HFM spots to fill her spot quota.

[Deleted User] · October 2014

I had them as a baby with my twin sister & our older brother. Then, I got them again in ninth grade. When I went to the doctor they gave me something so they wouldn't spread all over my body the second time, so it wasn't so bad.

ashie624 · October 2014

Yep. I was probably 2-3. I have a memory of my mom taking me for a walk in a stroller when I had them. Lol I also have some scars from it.

bobcee · October 2014

I had them when I was 3 or 4. My brothers were 5 and a baby at the time and both had them at the same time. My uncle, who assumed he must've had them already and played with us during that time, found out he did not in fact have them and got a pretty bad case.

Kitten80 · October 2014

I had a terrible case in 4th grade.

gutsymama · October 2014

PickleX said:
Oh no - so many of you have miserable stories I'm glad out kids don't have to have it.

FFFC: part of me feels like it's a rite of passage that our kids are going to be missing out on. I know that's stupid, and L is vaccinated. But still, just a tiny little part of me was resistant...

I had the pox when I was 6. I gave it to my entire first grade class.

sparkymcgeee · October 2014

I'm so glad this didn't turn into a pox party thread. I have all the eyerolls and rage for pox parties. They are still a thing and my last BMB got into it pretty hard when our babes were about the same age as our LOs are now. It's stupid.

[Deleted User] · October 2014

sparkymcgeee said:

I'm so glad this didn't turn into a pox party thread. I have all the eyerolls and rage for pox parties. They are still a thing and my last BMB got into it pretty hard when our babes were about the same age as our LOs are now. It's stupid.

I had no idea those were still a thing... there is a chickenpox vaccine now. Those parties were to get it over with while your children were young seeing as it's more dangerous to have as an adult, right? There is no need to "get it over with" now. Weird.

danigirl7181 · October 2014

haddocky said:

BetsyD2010 said:
My brother and I both had them at the same time. I still have scars to prove it.
Same, but my sister. I have scars, too.

Same here

danigirl7181 · October 2014

gutsymama said:

PickleX said:
Oh no - so many of you have miserable stories I'm glad out kids don't have to have it.
FFFC: part of me feels like it's a rite of passage that our kids are going to be missing out on. I know that's stupid, and L is vaccinated. But still, just a tiny little part of me was resistant...

I had the pox when I was 6. I gave it to my entire first grade class.

I kind of feel the same way, it wasn't that horrible to have. I lived in a small town and everyone had them about the same time.

sparkymcgeee · October 2014

PickleX said:

sparkymcgeee said:

I'm so glad this didn't turn into a pox party thread. I have all the eyerolls and rage for pox parties. They are still a thing and my last BMB got into it pretty hard when our babes were about the same age as our LOs are now. It's stupid.

I had no idea those were still a thing... there is a chickenpox vaccine now. Those parties were to get it over with while your children were young seeing as it's more dangerous to have as an adult, right? There is no need to "get it over with" now. Weird.

Exactly. So to expose your child needlessly is ridiculous. That was the first time I realized this particular mom didn't vaccinate her kids. So no gtgs for us.

KateJuly2013 · October 2014

Got em pretty bad. At 15. It sucked. So humiliating

TheLittleRedM · October 2014

Nope. I remember my mom trying to get me around kids in middle school who had it to avoid me getting it as an adult. Never got it so I got the vaccine.

PrimRoseMama · October 2014

Yes, I had it so bad my throat, eyes & esophagus had them. My mom had me evaluated at the ER. She told me it was horrifying. $-)

EVA116 · October 2014

My sister got them 9 years ago when she was ten and died from them. (it was her b-day yesterday)

She had the one vaccine.

It is a serious virus that should never be taken lightly.

PrimRoseMama · October 2014

@EVA116‌ : I'm so sorry to hear about your sister! That's so sad.

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martyn17 · October 2014

@eva116 I'm so sorry

sparkymcgeee · October 2014

@eva116, I'm so sorry. How tragic.

theuntaggablek · October 2014

Yep. My brother and I had them at the same time as our kitchen was being remodeled. Lots of pics of us in pajamas playing in the old cabinet when they were empty. I am sure it was awful for my mom. I also had shingles in high school.

@eva116 So sorry about your sister.

Lelo2006 · October 2014

Nope but I got the vaccine.

Lelo2006 · October 2014

And how terrible for your family, @EVA116‌

DenverBride2005 · October 2014

@kaylakim‌ , I was told I had them a few times too! I have a scar on my stomach.

macncheese0712 · October 2014

My brother, sister and I all had them at the same time. It was the same week my Mom decided to file for divorce. I vividly remember being home sick when my Dad was served the papers. Rough week.

EVA116 · October 2014

@lizabethann06 I have been around. Just over on parenting here and there.

The kids are great. How are you? I need to come back over here more.

opheliainwaders · October 2014

PickleX said:

sparkymcgeee said:

I'm so glad this didn't turn into a pox party thread. I have all the eyerolls and rage for pox parties. They are still a thing and my last BMB got into it pretty hard when our babes were about the same age as our LOs are now. It's stupid.

I had no idea those were still a thing... there is a chickenpox vaccine now. Those parties were to get it over with while your children were young seeing as it's more dangerous to have as an adult, right? There is no need to "get it over with" now. Weird.

Yeah, agreed. I remember the entire neighborhood of kids came over when my sister got it, since they wanted us all to have it as kids and not risk it as adults, but that was in, like 1988 or something. Now, why would you put everyone through that???

opheliainwaders · October 2014

@EVA116 I'm so sorry!

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