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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
chicken pox vax
Sooo, DS had his 12 month vaccinations exactly 10 days ago. Today I noticed a rash that looks like chicken pox (small spots scattered over his body, especially back and tummy, few on face, ears, arms, legs). The only really noticeable spot is his back and tummy. Anyways, I called the pedi and the nurse told me that it is rare, but possible, to have a rash like that appear 10-14 days after the vax. She also said it was not contagious. However, now I've read online more about it and I'm getting mixed reviews as to whether it's contagious or not. Also, the side effect listed was "a few spots" not like the 30+ that DS has. One site even mentioned "breakthrough varicella." The CDC site doesn't say anything about the possibility of actually getting a mild case from it so that's so help. My main question is should I be keeping DS away from other kids until the spots start to go away in case he might be contagious, or should I just go with the nurse and assume he's not contagious. I'd have way less a problem of not worrying about it if he only had a few (like 5-10) spots.
Re: chicken pox vax
Katen got a case of the measles from her MMR shot that some Dr's combine with teh varicella shot at about 10-12 days after her immunization. The rash was all over like you explained and they were little dots but not puffy/blistery like chix pox. Then a few days later she developed red eyes, a goopy cough, etc. They told us she was not contagious either but I kept her home just in case.