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Re: COVID and Pregnancy

  • DoubleUp8DoubleUp8 member
    Just like we are asking people to have the flu shot and the TDap, we are asking anyone who comes wants to come near the baby to be vaccinated. I don't plan on seeing that many people, but my mom brought up my aunt and uncle might be renting at our lake and asked about them seeing the baby, I said as long as they are properly vaccinated. 

    @sgrn18 I would have been furious with my MIL if she had pulled that. I don't blame you for not trusting her. 

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  • llamamamawearspajamapantsllamamamawearspajamapants member
    @klj0228 you raised a good point about the older kid-in-daycare calculus. A midwife in the team I see suggested we keep DD home from daycare for two weeks before my due date. If the rationale is to minimize Covid risk, what’s to say they wouldn’t also suggest we keep our 3 year old home for several months? If DH and I can get vaccinated ahead of time (knock on wood) and the daycare staff is already vaccinated, then what risk are we minimizing? And when would it be safe for her to go back? A week or two I could swing - but not several months. 

    On top of that, my due date is misleading since I have some risk factors that would make it more likely they would want to induce at 37 weeks (if my BP gets elevated again) or even that I would elect to be induced around 39 to minimize the risk of pre-eclampsia reoccurrence. My issues the first time didn’t show up until I was in labor at 39+3 and the odds of everything being fine this time are pretty good. 

    I’m definitely leaning toward keeping up daycare. DD just turned three, she plays well with her friends there, and the routine is not a small part of my family’s sanity. I would just like reassurance that this isn’t a reckless choice Covid-wise. 

    anyone else have thoughts on daycare/older kid activities this spring and summer?
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  • klj0228klj0228 member
    @llamamamawearspajamapants in my opinion it is a low enough risk activity to keep doing it. That is coming from someone who never even had a choice not send their kid through the entire pandemic though. My H and I are both essential workers so DD qualified to remain in dc from day one of COVID. I feel comfortable that they are taking precautions to reduce risk at dc and that is a very important piece for me. I can see where others don’t feel like that is a risk they are willing to take, but I have lived it from the other side for a year. If we start seeing a huge increase in cases in our area like we had in December/January I might change my opinion. 
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  • DoubleUp8DoubleUp8 member
    @llamamamawearspajamapants For my own sanity DS (6 yo) needs to go to school/daycare. Trying to work from home my last two weeks of pregnancy with DS doing virtual school would probably send me into early labor from the stress of trying to juggle finishing things up at work and his daily care. 

    @ashaislurking Yay for vaccines! 


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  • sgrn18sgrn18 member
    @DoubleUp8 oh I was so pissed when she told me.  Like why lie about it then tell me about your lying later? I remember I was washing dishes at the time she casually mentioned it I dropped a dish and just open mouth stared at her.  Asked her why she thought that was okay to do and told her how inappropriate that was.  She legit thought a receptionist with no medical training should have been trusted to give medical advice.  I, in no uncertain terms, told her she was an idiot. MH had to get me out of the room before I told her something worse.  

    @llamamamawearspajamapants we will be keeping DS in daycare.  Our daycare has about 75% of their staff at least partially vaccinated and both me and MH are now vaccinated. DS does so much better when he gets to play and has a good routine.  We will likely keep him him for the week his brother is born so they can bond then maybe keep him home a day or two during the week the following weeks.  Plus if I end up going earlier than my scheduled date we will likely need to have daycare available so MH parents will have time to get here ( hopefully that’s not on an weekend lol) 
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  • _orchid__orchid_ member
    @llamamamawearspajamapants we're keeping ds2 in daycare 2 days/week and starting ds1 in camp 2 days/week. Family will be here (well, close by) to help with them the other days. Part of it is to prepare them for September- by June ds1 will have been home for 15 months, and we're anticipating he'll be back in person in September, so want to start getting him ready for that. 

    Also I will need everyone OUT when I'm home with a newborn. Also told DH he needs to go back to his office lol. 
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  • ramzlauramzlau member
    I am not sure if H will be able to be vaccinated before DS is here. So we might be still distancing for that reason, we will see. The few friends that we know have been able to get vaccinated we would allow to visit, but we did no kids visiting DD for first month when she was born. Since she is now in preschool that may not make as much sense with DS, so we may need to revisit who can visit, etc. 

    The other thing for me is no kissing!!! I have some friends that kiss babies and it is so hard to say don’t kiss my baby, when you know they are just breathing them in, but I don’t even allow MIL to kiss DD.
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  • viktraaaviktraaa member
    edited November 2022
    My friend was pregnant and got covid. Everything went well
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