haven't posted in a while! HELP!!!

so i haven't posted in a while and i've been kind of busy.
but heres the deal i've known for a while that my mother in law
works at a hospital overnights as a part time job. and i knew that
one of her jobs is rocking drug babies to sleep and aids babies
rocking them to sleep aswell. it never bothered me before. until i
really started to think about it. it makes me terrified that she is
going to get aids from rocking these baies and b/c my fiance and i
live with her shes going to bring it home to us and my unborn baby
seeing as i'm almost 8 months pregnant this terrifies me. i had an
issue with contamination from hiv before but now this to me seems
like an actuall possibility and its all i can do is sit here and
obsses over it. shes around my niece alot and the other day my niece
got into my bathroom trash and i had just thrown one of my razors
away and she had a cut on her hand it wans't bleeding that i saw and
i didn't get any of her blood on me that i know of but the thought
that maybe my mother in law somehow gave my niece hiv and then when
i washed her hands after she got into the trash my niece gave it to
me. and now logiclly i know the chance of my mother inlaw getting
hiv from rocking aids babies is really slim right???? or is it not a
slim chance???? and then for her to somehow give it to me niece
another slim chance???? see this drives me crazy b/c to me this
seems like an actuall legitimate worry is it????

-nicole!

It's okay, Nicole.... calm down, hon... it will be okay.

HIV is not all that easy to contract. Your mother in law would have had to stick herself with a needle that had been used on one of the babies. One cannot get HIV from normal contact, such as rocking and cuddling babies. In fact, you are more likely to get the flu or other viruses like that because they are airborne. HIV is not.

I know it is a scary thing. And I remember when I was pregnant that I was a total anxiety basketcase! LOL!

Also, from what I understand about HIV, just getting someone else's blood on your hand is not a problem.... only if it gets into your blood, like getting stuck with a needle.

I hope this helps a little.

*big hugs*

Obsidian

Do you have a good relationship with your MIL? If so, it might help if you talked to her about your fears. I'm sure she's had training in HIV transmission and she could help calm your fears. It might help you just to get it off your chest and let her know what's been on your mind.

You MIL is doing wonderful work btw. What a loving job that is! Take care. emmy