and if so, is there any shots the baby can take to not be affected by it?
2006-10-20 15:23:23 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
It shouldn't affect your baby as long as you stay away from the treatment room where your father is being treated.
2006-10-20 15:25:04 · answer #1 · answered by Blue Jean 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Okay, there is no shot to protect against radiation.
Second, I dont understand why you would think that a baby could be effected by a grandfather's radiation treatment. It isnt something you can spread. It isnt a disease. IF the baby were to be in the room at the same time I guess it is theoretical, but, I dont think you have anything to worry about.
2006-10-20 22:31:58 · answer #2 · answered by lllll 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your fathers radiation treatment will not affect your baby unless you put it in the room with him while he is getting the treatment.
2006-10-20 22:26:33 · answer #3 · answered by kny390 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You didn't specify what kind of cancer and what kind of radiation treatment. My father has a seed implant radiation treatment for prostate cancer and he was told not to get to close to young children for a year.
2006-10-20 22:30:22 · answer #4 · answered by pattypuff76 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I might ask an EXPERT on this one. Because my neighbor had radiation treatments and was told to stay away from pregnant women and babies for a specific period of time after each treatment.
If I were you, I don't think I'd rely on us Yahoos to answer that.
Thank you, Pattypuff (below) All these other idiots think they know everything about everything. What morons.
2006-10-20 22:27:36 · answer #5 · answered by lucyanddesi 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not enless you baby is inside your father (if your father is getting injections) or in the room with your father when he's getting the other kind of radiation treatment. (which no one is)
You might want to ask the doctor though, I'd love to be a fly on the wall and see the look on his face.
2006-10-20 22:27:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
External radiation therapy does not cause your body to become radioactive. There is no need to avoid being with other people because you are undergoing treatment. Even hugging, kissing, or having sexual relations with others poses no risk of radiation exposure.
http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/radiation-therapy-and-you/allpages/print
Although, when my stepmother was undergoing radiation, she was told to stay away from babies, children and pregnant women for 48 hours. Maybe this is just a safety net though.
2006-10-20 22:33:32 · answer #7 · answered by Beth 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My sister got radiation treatment for her thyroid. I was pregnant at the time. Her doctor instructed her to stay at least 10 feet away from me for like a week.
2006-10-21 09:56:44 · answer #8 · answered by CattGirl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This has to be one of the dumbest questions I've ever seen; except for my own. No, your father's radiation therapy won't effect your baby. Do the math, hun. You didn't do well in school did you?
To put your mind at ease, call the manager at your father's radiation therapy department and ask them your question. Unlike me, they will take your question seriously and will respond sincerely.
Heck, you might even find out that I'm wrong. It would be the first time, ...
2006-10-20 22:29:18 · answer #9 · answered by OU812 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The radiation treatment given to your father will help destroy cancer cells, it will not make him radioactive or harm you or your baby.
2006-10-20 22:25:27 · answer #10 · answered by DanE 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋