What happens if you're sick when you deliver?

I'm 37 weeks tomorrow, and dilated to 1cm. Wouldn't you know it, I managed to catch a freakin' cold. I had the same thing over Christmas, so I'm taking my Robitussin and praying to God that it doesn't last long. Of course, tomorrow is my baby shower and I'll look like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in all my pics. *sigh*

My question is, what happens if you're sick when you deliver? Do they quarantine you from your baby? Do they give you or the baby some kind of medicine? Are you still allowed to take the baby home?

Thanks!

I had the flu when I had my first. They told me that the baby was immune through my antibodies. Breast feeding (colostrum) also helps build immunity.

Hope you feel better before you have her!

I doubt any medical pros would worry about a cold.  The only concern I'd have with a cold would be if you had a c-section, because coughing hard after one of those is miserable.  But you can get decent pain meds and hold a pillow to your incision and you'd survive. 

I doubt they would quarantine you from your baby unless the baby had to go to the NICU, where you might expose extra-vulnerable newborns if you went in sick. 

One plus to breastfeeding is that even if your baby gets sick, she or he may get a minor version of whatever you have.  My daughter rarely got sick, but she was my only at the time.  She brings home lots of germs now and my 1-month-old son has had sniffles already, poor little guy, but they have been really mild compared to my daughter's symptoms.

I was sick when I had my first but all they did was give antibiotics through my iv

I hope you feel better and that you are enjoying your shower today.

 I hope you feel better...I had a cold when I had # 2 and I literally SNEEZED her out!! The midwife said don't push one time and I sneezed and she came flying out!! I tore pretty badly.  Otherwise everything else was the same as when I had my #1.  Blessings.

 I got sick over Christmas.. I was due on 12/24/2010.. I'm a firm believer in your body will wait tell you are done being sick and then will go into labor.. I went into labor on 12/31, I was no longer sick..

We'll see if that holds true for me! I am on the mend... I've hardly coughed at all over the last 2 days and I finally have my energy back. I'm interested to see if your theory is correct!

 is this your first baby??

My son was my 3rd baby, and he was a week late...

Yep, this is my first. Everyone keeps saying that I won't make it to my due date... but I dunno. I don't really feel any different today than I did 2 weeks ago. She hasn't "dropped" but some women don't drop until labor, so that's not really an indication of anything, lol. I'm just going with the flow and trying to be as prepared as possible.