The Dr. gave us a 10 day incubation period - so hopefully you'll be in the clear in a couple of days - well before your trip!
The incubation period (time from first exposure until you might begin coming down with symptoms) is 10 to 21 days, so the 10 days your doctor gave you is the first day you might expect to see symptoms, not the last day. So, start looking for symptoms 10 days after exposure. If there are no symptoms after 21 days, you didn't get chickenpox from that exposure.
The first symptoms are often cold-like, then the rash begins to appear. It first looks like bug bites, kind of red, raised bumps without any blister. Over the course of 12-24 hours, small fluid filled blisters appear on top of the red bumps. These eventually break and the lesions form a crust.
Someone with chicken pox can spread it to others from 1-2 days before any symptoms begin until all the spots have crusted over. Kids with chickenpox usually feel pretty good (except for the itching) once the rash begins to break out.
The chickenpox vaccine does a good (but not perfect) job of preventing chickenpox after exposure. If people who did have the vaccine get chickenpox anyway, it tends to be a milder case. It is possible to get chickenpox more than once, but doesn't happen that often. When it does, it's usually people who had a mild case of chickenpox the first time, or had it before they were 2 years old (the immune system was not fully geared up when they got it).
If you do want to request Acyclovir from your doctor, do call and talk to the nurse or doctor before going to the office with your child. Chickenpox is spread thru the air, so they may want to call in a prescription without seeing your child or have you come directly into an exam room. If you are sitting out in the waiting room, everyone who is in there at the time and for a while after will be exposed to chickenpox.
the pregnant woman who was exposed to chickenpox should talk to her doctor, but she is most likely immune (has had the disease and is unlikely to get it again). If she doesn't remember having chickenpox in the past, her doctor may do a clood test to check whether or not she is immune.
Here's a link to
chickenpox information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Keep in mind that they are trying to encourage the vaccine, so they do have "worst case scenario" information about chickenpox.
. She was first exposed a week ago so it's already been 7 days. I suppose only time will tell if she breaks out. But here's the real kicker!!! She has an older brother who is 3 1/2 
. Plus....my sister is also 5 months pregnant! Sooo, I guess my niece could break out as early as Friday but my nephew could be later. 
