Hi ladies, I know there has been a lot of discussion on this with regard to BabyMoons, I just wanted to share this article that they are expecting it to spread across the US according to the World Health Organization...
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/25/464333063/health-group-says-zika-virus-will-spread-through-the-americas?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160125 *edited for a grammatical error!
TTM - EDD 4/23 - Team Green
Re: Zika Virus- Spreading
"PAHO recommends trying to reduce mosquito populations and avoid bites." How the heck do we do this here, @hockeyfan42? Stay inside screened enclosures for a couple of years until vaccinated? Spray the hell out of the yard? Scary.
Mrs. H
Crohn's Dx: August 2008
Endometriosis Dx: May 2010
Married: 05/19/2012
TTC #1: June 2013
BFP: December 2013
DS: Born 08/29/2014
TTC #2: July 2015
BFP #2: September 25, 2015
......looks like we're treating our yard this year, too. Uuuuuggghhhh. Maybe I can amazon prime a couple of beekeeper suits for when we have to walk the dog.
DS-7
Absolutely. It'll be a whole new ballgame this coming mosquito season...
You know, you gotta do what you gotta do. Zika isn't something to mess with.
Does anyone know what the effect of the virus is on a newborn/child? Ie once our babies are born?
@MsBeachNJ - I haven't seen anything yet on zika and it causing microcephaly/brain damage outside of the womb. I'm sure, like anything though, zika is rougher on newborns if they catch it than adults.
Brilliant idea. My H is also on our HOA board, so I'll do the same. Well done.
However I have a wedding in Miami in April, and I'll probably wait until the last last minute to book my flight for that reason, who knows how things will have progressed in a couple short months. Pregnant women are also mosquitoes fave snack.
"Both Brazil’s Zika outbreak and the spike in microcephaly have been concentrated in the poor and underdeveloped north-east of the country, though the prosperous south-east, where São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro are located, are the second hardest-hit region. Rio de Janeiro will host the Olympic Games between 5 and 21 August" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/26/brazil-zika-virus-health-minister-armed-forces-eradication
I would have cried. Mosquitos are so hard to avoid, especially if you don't want to slather yourself in permethrin covered clothing. We have thought about doing a getaway in a different part of the US and saving a tropical destination as a family vacation once this baby gets older.
DST T4L
https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/01/daily-chart-19
(Edited to clarify I mean dengue rather than zika.)
1. They have not conclusively proven causality between zika and microcephaly..just correlation so far.
2. So far the only cases of microcephaly have been in women who contracted the virus in brazil (there have been 500 something pregnant women in columbia and none have had babies with microcephaly so far..also 98 or so in El Salvadore and none so far).
3. In mexico there have only been 15 cases that were locally contracted all in nuevo leon chiapas, and jalisco. I google mapped chiapas and it is a 13 hr drive from playa del carmen and cancun, the main tourtisty areas, and nuevo leon is 27 hr drive.
4. I have a friend who is an infectious disease specialist and he says that the reccomendation to get an ultrasound is more a means for them to track it..not that they are actually too concerned you have it.
Anyways, I know it is still scary, but just wanted to share as that stuff has made me feel a bit better. Alot of articles will mention columbia and el salvadore advising to hold off on getting pregnant but don't mention that there has been no microcephaly there yet (sometimes the media is so sketchy like that).