https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:58:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2507240 Sat, 26 Mar 2016 14:48:19 +0000 Torchwood 2507240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PawPrints: Thanks for the update! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2507230 Sat, 26 Mar 2016 13:55:07 +0000 PawPrints 2507230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I figured I'd post this update since this was my thread... CDC has issued new guidance (to replace the interim guidance issued earlier) that urges couples to wait after either male or female exposure to zika. </p> <p>"U.S. health officials are recommending that women wait at least two months, and men at least six, before attempting to conceive after infection with Zika, a virus linked to thousands of suspected cases of birth defects in Brazil."</p> <p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-guidelines-idUSKCN0WR1E2" rel="nofollow">http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-guidelines-idUSKCN0WR1E2</a></p> <p>This was on my mind since DH's best friend had to make the tough decision not to attend his sister's wedding in the Caribbean this month, since he and his wife are TTC. I can't imagine how stressful it must be for residents of the affected countries who are wanting to get pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2442396 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:46:43 +0000 yoursilverlining 2442396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PawPrints: I heard that story on NPR this morning during my commute. So scary how profound the physical and developmental abnormalities can be - even in children not presenting with some of the telling physical symptoms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2442330 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:40:00 +0000 MrsSCB 2442330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PawPrints: Well, that is true, but I'm thinking more on a larger scale -- for example zika, dengue fever and chikungunya are all tropical diseases spread by the same type of mosquito. Dengue and chikungunya are more serious illnesses, but they haven't affected the U.S. too much at this point (although there has been a dengue outbreak in Hawaii). If we had already been figuring out measures to deal with this species of mosquito, seeing dengue and chikungunya in other countries, we'd be farther ahead on zika, as well. I'm certainly no expert, this is just some stuff I've been thinking about, and I've also seen researchers suggesting we could all benefit from more efforts being devoted to tropical disease treatment and prevention. Similar to ebola -- thousands of people died in Africa, but efforts didn't really ramp up until it started arriving in the U.S. and Europe.</p> <p>ETA: Plus even mild illnesses can be not-so-mild for certain vulnerable populations (like small children, the elderly, people with weakened immune systems). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2442323 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:31:33 +0000 mrschickpea 2442323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PawPrints: this is terrifying. I'm 3 months and live in TX. Though it's not here yet, they expect it to spread up this way. With how early it gets hot/humid here, it worries me. Those poor babies :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2442316 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:26:07 +0000 PawPrints 2442316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSCB: Do you think? I was under the impression that until very recently, scientific/medical understanding of zika was that it only caused mild symptoms for a short time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2442311 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:21:42 +0000 Foodnerd81 2442311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PawPrints: so scary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2442307 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:20:08 +0000 MrsSCB 2442307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PawPrints: Ugh, that is so sad. This is why we need to devote more resources towards treating zika and other neglected tropical diseases from the start, not waiting until they threaten the U.S. and then say, "Well, I guess we better act now!" Makes me mad that it seems to take something like this to start working on vaccines. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2442301 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:16:22 +0000 HLK208 2442301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PawPrints: wow. So scary 😔 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2442291 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:09:35 +0000 Torchwood 2442291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PawPrints: Ugh. This is really upsetting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2442198 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:56:55 +0000 PawPrints 2442198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Saw this thread is popping up again so, in case people are following the research - I read this today. Really concerning.</p> <p><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/01/29/464811052/doctors-see-profound-abnormalities-in-zika-linked-microcephaly-cases" rel="nofollow">http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/01/29/464811052/doctors-see-profound-abnormalities-in-zika-linked-microcephaly-cases</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2441838 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 12:54:35 +0000 JoJoGirl 2441838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: Do NOT worry at all. a) If you aren't pregnant already, it's no issue b) it's not currently in spain.</p> <p>I AM pregnant and AM traveling to Italy in May (instead of the Caribbean/Central America as planned) and am not the least bit concerned. Nor is my OB. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2441800 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 12:36:27 +0000 MrsSCB 2441800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: No, as far as I've seen it only lasts for about seven days in your blood stream, so should not affect future pregnancies. The only real dangers are if you are pregnant when you contract it, or if you are actively TTC (I assume because you may already be pregnant and just not know it). I liked this Q&amp;A -- number three talks about how long it stays in your system: <a href="http://www.vox.com/2016/1/29/10867994/cancel-vacation-trip-zika-virus" rel="nofollow">http://www.vox.com/2016/1/29/10867994/cancel-vacation-trip-zika-virus</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2441291 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 23:57:46 +0000 daniellemybelle 2441291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSCB: That is very reassuring! I hope @Mrs. Champagne's husband is incorrect that it can last for a long time in your body!?</p> <p>@mrsjazz: Good to know! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2440803 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:20:05 +0000 MrsSCB 2440803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: I hear you, and the media hysteria doesn't help! Here are some things I've read that have actually made me feel better -- if you get zika and you're not pregnant, you're mildly sick for a week and then scientists believe you may be immune for life. The virus only remains in your blood for a week after becoming sick, so unless you get pregnant during that week, you'll be good to go (this is according to the CDC). Also, the type of mosquito carrying it only flies very short distances, like less than a mile, in its lifetime. The only way the disease would spread in the U.S. is if a mosquito bites someone that brought it back from elsewhere and then bites someone else. But since they don't fly very far, it seems like it could be contained to a relatively small area. Like @T.H.O.U. said it's a much bigger problem in developing/poverty-stricken areas where they don't do much spraying to kill mosquitoes and people don't have door or window screens and spend more time outdoors. Hope something there eases your mind a bit! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2440801 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:19:33 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2440801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: I saw that too. Glad to live in Canada! Although we do have so many, I guess the hopefully won't have the virus. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2440785 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:12:56 +0000 mrsjazz 2440785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: Spain is fine for now. There have never been any Zika evidence there...except for 2 people who recently traveled to South America. </p> <p>@Mrs. Champagne: I read that the virus will likely spread everywhere in the Americas except for Chile and Canada. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2440769 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:03:02 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2440769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: my husband said he read somewhere that it can last in your body for years and effect future pregnancies - but I am not sure where he saw that?! Just FYI!</p> <p>Fwiw, I've never been bit by a mosquito outside of my area (Canada) whenever I go to a resort it seems like there aren't many? Maybe I'm just not remembering! It is scary to me though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2440763 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 16:59:50 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2440763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Someone else pointed out that part of the reason this is so bad for central/south america is because they do not consistently have a/c, screens on windows, access to bug sprays etc. So while its still a risk for other areas and could spread there, they dont expect it to be an epidemic here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2440720 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 16:33:53 +0000 daniellemybelle 2440720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bumping because this is worrying me. We are going to TTC this May, right after coming back from a trip to Spain. There is not a travel advisory for that country yet but the type of mosquito that carries Zika is in Southern Europe and this article says it's possible the epidemic could spread there: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/travel/spread-of-zika-virus-prompts-travel-advisories.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/travel/spread-of-zika-virus-prompts-travel-advisories.html?_r=0</a></p> <p>@MrsSCB: We live in Texas too and especially with how warm it has been this winter, I am freaked out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2424397 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 21:33:47 +0000 Mama Bird 2424397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So scary. Makes me think how much we take vaccines for granted sometimes, and how awful it is when there isn't one for something serious. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2424247 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 18:03:32 +0000 agold 2424247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PawPrints: Oh wow. Thank you so much for sharing this. Punta Mita was one choice for a babymoon for me, and now its totally off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2424246 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 18:02:02 +0000 PawPrints 2424246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs.shinerbock: That is my question as well. I'm taking DD to Mexico this spring. Fortunately I won't be pregnant or TTC but still worried bout her, given how rapidly the understanding of the virus' dangers seems to be evolving. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2424197 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 16:34:19 +0000 MrsSCB 2424197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs.shinerbock: good question, I know they said it produces flu-like symptoms, but I don't know if that might be different for very little ones. Another thing to think about this summer... It doesn't help that a lot of the tropical disease experts being interviewed by the media are in the med center here, so it's basically all I've been hearing about at work for two weeks :meh: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2424151 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 14:11:52 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2424151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm going to 2 different countries in that region in 2016 (Dominican Republic and Boniare). I'm not concerned though. The odds of contracting it are so minuscule. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2424144 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 13:54:44 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2424144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSCB: yeah, scary. I hope they come up with a vaccine soon. I'd also like to know what the other hazards are for contracting it. How worried do I need to be about my infant? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2424119 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 12:57:10 +0000 MrsSCB 2424119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs.shinerbock: Did you see there's been one case around here already, too? Although they didn't contract it in the area, they recently visited El Salvador. It's making me anxious! I know it's not contagious person to person, but I believe if the type of mosquito that can transmit it bites a person who brought it back here from elsewhere, that could be a way for it to spread here. Yikes :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2424098 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 12:17:19 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2424098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read about this yesterday and they said the type of mosquito that carries this is present in the SE US and that it is typically out during the day, so going to be hard to avoid for those of that live on the Gulf coast. </p> <p>We also travel to Colombia often, so if/when we TTC again, we will definitely have to keep this in mind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2424074 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 11:09:43 +0000 BKCaribBaby 2424074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just posted as well. It's in the Caribbean, too, including Puerto Rico. I was thinking of going to one of the 14 countries that the CDC mentioned in the warning. I may have to think otherwise given some thoughts about our plans in the next few months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cdc-issues-advisory-pregnant-women-should-not-travel-to-centralsouth-america#post-2424066 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 10:58:05 +0000 Mrs.Someone 2424066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Great, going to Brazil in April :( good thing we're not ttc soon! </p>