‘I gave my baby whooping cough’


Coughing, accompanied by a 'whoop' sound, is characteristic of pertussis, and is the reason for its layman name of whooping cough. — Positive Parenting

Three weeks after giving birth to her second son, Sofea started coughing and sneezing, but the symptoms were mild and intermittent.

However, as her symptoms became more frequent, she became worried that she might transmit the illness to her newborn and decided to see a doctor.

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