Here are links to more information on shingles and chickenpox during pregnancy:

What to Expect’s Chickenpox and Shingles During and After PregnancyThe CDC’s and March of Dimes’ information for pregnant womenThe Mayo Clinic’s What Are the Risks Associated With Chickenpox and Pregnancy?

It Happened to Them

P90X workout founder Tony Horton told Self.com about a rare form of shingles he developed — the Ramsay Hunt syndrome — after ignoring shingles symptoms.Health.com writer Amanda Macmillan described coming down with incredibly painful shingles at age 34.A reporter for the Washington Post told of being “A Young Shingle Gal.”

Two Long Reads

In a New Yorker article, doctor-reporter Atul Gawande told the story of a woman whose shingles left behind a mysterious, often misdiagnosed itch.In an October 2017 feature from The Atlantic, writer Sarah Zhang explored the difference between the chickenpox and shingles vaccines.

29 Times Doctors Told Women They Had Nothing to Worry About

Shingles was one of them — scroll down to No. 4 on Buzzfeed’s list.