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Yup and it was horrible! I remember having to take these special baths (oatmeal, maybe?) and crying because my entire body itched so much and I couldn't scratch the itch. Then I did scratch one up near my eye and had a scar there that lasted into my 20's.

Will be getting LO the chicken pox vax for sure!

Yep. I still have some scars.

yes, but i don't remember it. I was 6 months old.

Nope! I got the vaccine in high school, but I didn't even know that you need a booster!How often do they suggest?

I got them when I was ONE month old. My mom said the doctor told her if she had not been breastfeeding I could have passed away - since I hadn't received any vaccines yet. I am not sure if he was exaggerating. Here I am today with loads of chickenpox scars but nothing freaky

@sloaneandpuffy: Ohhh!! I was kind of freaking out thinking "what if the vaccine isn't working!" hahah phew.

Yes i was around 17 and it was awful

i did! i was 3 i think. still have a scar on my forehead from where i picked a scab off =( DH didn't, but the other kids in his family did. he's been tested as an adult & he's immune.

I never had it and I was going to get the vaccine as a teenager but they tested me and apparently I am immune. My brother never had it either. My father had a bad case as a baby but my mother never did so we probably inherited immunity from her!

Yup, and really bad. in my mouth, on the whites of my eyes. The vaccine didn't exist when I was little. My sister got it at dance school. We had a 'chicken pox party', my mom and aunt put my cousins and I all together so that we'd all get it at once.

I had it around 1st grade, don't remember it being toooo horrible but it was definitely itchy! I think I took oatmeal baths. No scars!

My sister brought it home from kindergarten when I was 2, so yes. I don't remember it at all though. I couldn't tell you if I have scars from that-- I have so many random scars from random accidents that I have no idea what's from what. I'm a picker, but probably at 2 my mom could keep me from scratching and picking so bad.

yep, when i was young. don't remember what age. i think i was to young to remember.

yup, when i was 2. but i don't remember it all. i do remember when my little sister had it...she will delirious with a crazy high fever!

I'm not too sure!

Yep...my mom, my little sister (2 at the time), and myself (7 at the time) all had 'em at the SAME time... Poor Momma.

I was 6, got it in the summer during vacation, and gave it to my little sister.

I got the chicken pox when I was 7 or 8. I don't remember it being horrible, the only thing that stands out in my mind was that it was during a huge snowstorm and my sister and I were upset that we couldn't play outside.