Chickenpox in the first week or so of life can be dangerous.  This requires
intrauterine exposure and a mom who is non-immune.  Beyond that time,
chickenpox is no bargain but mom would neither have to discard her milk nor
"pray her baby doesn't get chickenpox."

Adults, especially women of childbearing age, and all parents, should be
certain of their chickenpox immunity status and have blood drawn if they're
not sure.  The two chickenpox shots, btw, do not always prevent the disease.
The best thing to do is to try to find chickenpox for your child in the first
five to eight years of life and give the immunization if you can't get the
disease.  Children or adults with immunocompromised situations are at much
greater risk from the disease and should get the vaccine when it is
recommended by their doctors.

And, she probably doesn't have shingles to begin with, as you and she have
surmised.

Jay Gordon

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