Fever
 

I've been having a fever since Monday and it is not getting better :(
I haven't really taken medicine because I don't want to hurt the babies but idk what 2 do anymore :confused: :confused: :confused: I drank some tea and put vix on my chest. What else can I do to get better? Please help me :(

You need to go see your doctor - 4 days of fever while you are pregnant is too long!

According to my multiple pregnant daughters' doctors, You can safely take tylenol when you are pregnant. And drink drink drink and drinks some more.

You should be sipping liquids constantly.
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I went to the doctor and she just told me the babies are fine and to just stay home in bed. Sometimes I think she's an idiot :confused:

even cold liquids? or just hot ones like tea?

I think that any liquids are good. A good rule of thumb is to stick to clear liquids. You just want to say hydrated and flush anything out of your body. Water is probably the very best thing, but teas (watch the caffeine) will be good to. Just drink tons to flush out your body. I would talk to your doctor about meds you can take to rid your fever. Rest up!

How high has your temp been?

Hmmmm..... she may be. :rolleyes: The others are right, tylenol and fluids and lots of rest! If you aren't better by the end of the weekend, the you need to go back to the doctor.

sorry so many posts...
 

Okay, check out this website. It says that tylenol or tepid baths (who knows what this is, a cold bath maybe..ekkk!) can be safely used to control fevers in pregnant women. Look at the very bottom.

http://parenting.ivillage.com/pregna...e_3ptt,00.html

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Tylenol, liquids and loooooots of rest sister. :( Feel better...being sick while preggers is the pits.

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tepid = just warm...like not warmer than body temp. :) I'd prefer a cold rag on the neck though. All your blood flows through that point and if you keep the rag cold, it will cool you off quickly.

I would think cold liquids would help to cool you down. Pop cicles are good too.

I would also add lots of broth, particularly chicken. Any soup (other than cream-types) are good when you are sick. They help keep you hydrated, the warmth helps with congestion and there is actual nourishment as well. Hope you feel better really soon. Being sick and pregnant is not fun at all!!

Also the femoral artery is a good place to cool the body down from. ie, icing that area. But I think that's for extreme cases.:rolleyes:

thanks for the link! i'm 25 weeks already so thank God most likely no harm has been done!

i'm going 2 try that!

definately not fun! i feel like crap!

Also, I tend to sleep with a heater on and lots of blankets. Should I turn the heater off?

Why can't you take tylenol? I am a senior nursing student currently in L&D/postpartum.........we safely give the pregnant mothers tylenol. :confused:


Try clove or peppermint oil. Rub it on the sides of your head........supposed to help with headaches.

I didn't know if i could take tylenol or not but everyone says I can so I just took some :) I just didn't want to risk it.

I see ;)

Your Dr. should have told you though.......I can't imagine being pregnant with twins and having a killer headache......not to mention a fever. :thumbdown

My doctor is not the brightest, in my opinion. Or maybe just careless. I would change doctors, but right now that's all I can afford. She seems to always rush people out of her office, at least that's the feeling I get.

Shame on her. Hope your headache feels better soon ;)

I hadn't seen you for a while...........how's the yorkie gal doing?

Thanks!

Coco is doing good. I actually think she knows I'm sick because she's usually very hyper around me and lately whenever she sees me she just lays next to me and stares at me lol and sometimes she barks at my belly? but she's doing great and i'm taking her to get spayed next week but I hate the thought of leaving her overnight :(

She does know mommy is sick ;)

I know I was so nervous when my girl got spayed.......but you can request to bring her home if she is doing well can't you?

They told me that on rare occasions you can bring them home the same day but they like to observe her longer and I would probably not be able to :( I feel so bad that when she gets back she's going 2 hate me! She sleeps with me every night and she'll suddenly be alone! :(

She won't hate you :(

She'll miss you dearly I bet.........and will glad to be back home. Don't sweat it.......she'll do great!!

around 8 months i got really really sick i just laid down one day and that wa sit i didnt get back up for a fe wmore days and then it got to where i had a fever and i woudltn eat and i started getting like sore gums and sore throat and then within a couple days i got like sores not really cold sores but like sores and they were actually eating my gums and it was like acid, and then it coated my mouth and thraot and then i had 2 form on my lips and you know what it was from, going to the dentist while iw as pregannt. they said some people cannot visit the dentist whikle they are preganant but i went becuase they said while women are pregnant they tend to get cavaties or teeth probs and low and behold i got my first cavatie while i was preganant and i took better care of myself then but anyway all this adds up to

they gave me i want to say either phegram or promethizine with codeine and it didnt hurt the babies and hwat it did was make me eat surprisingly, but i had to take it every 6 hours and if i didnt then trust me you would be back sick but it didnt hurt them and it really helped me

but make sure you watch it though cause i had a friend who wasnt pregantn with twins but she had one and she was preganant and she got a fever and she had somehting wrong with her cervix or somehting like some kind of bacterial infection that they say women are prone to when they are pregannt its like a yeast infection and she had a fever and they just agev her tylenol though with codeine i belive but
girl haveing had twins naturally its really really hard but when they are born and you look at them you are like wow i did that i carried them taht long and i choose for them to be healthy and take care of them in my body, you feel really proud and its hard trust me, but you can do it, just be proud of yourself

i really am proud of you. i was alone and had drama when i was preganant with my first and girl i was only 14 i thought i knew everything
i thought i would have nothign to worry about
and i did really really good, but i was so tiny i had a hard time pushing him out and i actually went comotose while i was in labor.

i was alone excpet for my family, all my friends left me and you know it told me at least i knew who my friends were. who really cared. and we made it and know he is going to turn 7 and im like look at us, i could have went crzy and partied and had sec with who ever i choose i mean i had family telling my mom i wouldnt finish school and i wouldnt make nothing of myself and now look i finished school when i was 16 years old i graduated, i attended college while i was in high school, and i got my nursing license when i was 16 of course i couldnt find a job because of malpractice issues and insurance issues, so i continued school and started my rn, i am now 21
own a house with 2 vehicles,quads, my baby yorkie, kids, i may have drama at home but you know thats life, you learn, and you get stronger and you never stop learning

i just want you to know that you can do it, and every one on here can tell you a story of hard times but we are all still here and we all made it, i have been thinking of you and i just wanted you to know that i am and im sure alot of others on here are proud of you.