Chiken pox. Will it affect my baby?

Kindly visit your treating obstetrician or get the doctor to visit you as if you develop chickenpox during pregnancy, you are at risk of complications such as pneumonia. For your baby, the risks depend on the timing. If chickenpox develops during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy particularly between weeks eight and 20 the baby faces a slight risk of a rare group of serious birth defects known as congenital varicella syndrome. A baby who has congenital varicella syndrome might develop skin scarring, and underdeveloped arms and legs, inflammation of the eyes, and incomplete brain development. If chickenpox develops during the few days before you deliver to 48 hours postpartum, the baby might be born with a potentially life-threatening infection called neonatal varicella. So kindly get evaluated by your treating obstetrician at the earliest.