Pox Parties??

there is no guarantee they will get it even if you expose them to it. My kids were exposed many times and just got i out of the blue eventually. i had 2 with it at the same time, no worse than having one with it really.

I think its a stupid idea for anyone to go out of their way to expose their child to that kind of illness. Just because most people don't have a serious reaction there are kids out there that do.

I've never had chickenpox so you might be exposing them to a disease that they might never catch.

Chicken pox isn't contageous once the spots have appeared though is it? It incubates for approx 10 - 20 days and then they are contageous for 2 days before the spots appear or so i'm led to believe? Personally i'd be keen to get them to have it as soon as possible as it's usually very mild. Nowadays you can also get a vaccine though. So if they reach a certain age and haven't had it naturally i would consider getting them vaccinated personally.

Yep, they are contagious while the spots are blisters. I've decided against going, it's not so much her getting them because its bound to happen one day, it's just i'm getting very pregnant now lol! I'm already finding it harder to chase about after a very active toddler, an itchy one would likely be terrifying

Please don't... because it's a myth that you can't get chicken pox again. My 11 month old got it recently and despite having had it as a child, I got it again and I got a bad case, it was hideous, I would not wish it on anyone, especially not a pergnant woman. Chicken pox can be damaging to a pregnant person as well, I know its before 20 weeks and in the days after birth but I wouldn't want to take the risk.

Also when my son had it he was extremely miserable and it was very painful. For me it was extremely painful I even got it on the soles of my feet and couldn't walk.

So yeah, in my opinion it's not worth it. And there's no guaruntee you won't get it again and end up miserable or pass on the virus to someone else who will...

I'm glad you've decided against it, even if it may be seen a minor childhood illness.  I would feel mean intentionally making my child sick.  I'd personally just vaccinate against it if I was that worried.

i'm glad you decided against it too. My DS1 had the bad case of chicken pox, 3 weeks, all infected and bleeding and huge. We were blessed he didn't get admitted to hoptial there were two on his eyelids that the doctors were worried his eyes would get infected.He was on antibotics but had a reaction, a rash so another set back.!
He was very very sick and it took ages to recover.
2 years later he still has the deep scaring, which i didn't think he would get as he wan't a kid that scratched.But it shows how bad chicken pox can be. The doctors have said the strain is changing and some children are getting it really bad.We are so thankful he was o.k. DS2 is haveing the vaccaine as I couldn't let him suffer teh was Ds1 did.
Also my friends daughter had a stroke from the chicken pox virus. this is rare but DOES happen.

Another friend had your dilemma a few weeks ago and decided against going to a pox party as well.

I can't understand that someone would purposely try and get their child sick. Makes no sense to me whatsoever.

I just had chicken pox at my house for the last 4 weeks, My 5 year old got it first on day 7 of school for him, we thought it was bad until 2 weeks (later to the day) the 8 year old and 2 year old got it, both together (was not surprised that they got it) not sure where the 5 year old got it (somewhere we went in the holidays) the 2 year old got it the worst lots in the nappy area, 2 night of hardly any sleep so I told him to the Doctor and they were infected (every time in the night when he went wees, he would wake up and cry and not go back to sleep for a long time), surprising he has not been scratching.