https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 14:49:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1634459 Wed, 14 May 2014 17:59:05 +0000 winniebee 1634459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had Norovirus and was barfing my brains out at 27w. Then got a horrible chest cold the week after. It was bad. All I could take was cough syrup and Tylenol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1634453 Wed, 14 May 2014 17:56:03 +0000 LemonLong 1634453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First pregnancy I had horrible food poisoning at 34 weeks.<br /> Right now I am 29 weeks with norovirus. I have bad luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1634375 Wed, 14 May 2014 17:01:05 +0000 jedeve 1634375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My midwife gave me a zpak today. Finally something! (Although I did get some sleep last night. First night in 10 days without coughing for hours. But I'm still feeling cruddy today).</p> <p>Then I got terrible diarrhea three hours later. Called my MW. Sounds like it's a normal side effect and "hopefully I still absorbed some of the drug."</p> <p>Great. I'm never going to get better!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1632405 Tue, 13 May 2014 19:11:03 +0000 regberadaisy 1632405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: yikes! You need a new PCP! Not sure if a midwife is different but my OB wouldn't be able to do anything about my pneumonia. It's not what they're trained in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1632224 Tue, 13 May 2014 17:18:12 +0000 illumina 1632224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had 2 stomach bugs, at 8 and 24 weeks...I never get sick but both left me exhausted and confined to the sofa for days. I was so worried about the baby, especially the 2nd time but she was fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1632207 Tue, 13 May 2014 17:04:43 +0000 shopaholic 1632207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had bronchitis twice (a month long each time) and strep once. My first trimester was awful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1632203 Tue, 13 May 2014 17:00:55 +0000 birdofafeather 1632203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in the hospital for half a day with the flu at 38w. It sucks. I got two bags of fluids and an Rx for tamiflu. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1632184 Tue, 13 May 2014 16:47:27 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1632184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was so sick with asthma and cough during my pregnancy. It was very distressing. I felt so helpless! The worst was gastro though. I ended up in the ER getting liters of fluid. Baby really made it hard for me to fight infection. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1632136 Tue, 13 May 2014 16:22:19 +0000 LovelyPlum 1632136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, unfortunately. I caught bronchitis around 23 weeks and had a horrible chest cold from then through about 27 weeks. I also got diagnosed with strep throat on the day I delivered...not so fun.</p> <p>I also got injured while I was pregnant-I partially dislocated both of my hips due to falls on the ice, so I had to deal with that, too.</p> <p>Being sick and pregnant sucks, I'm sorry. But don't feel bad if you have to take medicine to feel better. Baby can't be healthy unless Mama is! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1632083 Tue, 13 May 2014 15:54:39 +0000 CakeLady 1632083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had pretty bad bronchitis too, lasted about 3 weeks. My doctor prescribed antibiotics which helped clear it up. I also had some kind of weird cold/allergy thing early this spring. Benadryl helped some. It is nice to know that it is not totally out of the ordinary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1632071 Tue, 13 May 2014 15:51:07 +0000 deactivated_account 1632071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of my very best friends is currently pregnant. Early into her pregnancy, she got food poisoning. She was throwing up so bad for days that she was actually hemorrhaging a ridiculous amount of blood. She was at the ER multiple times to check the baby. She thought she was losing the baby. But the baby was just fine.</p> <p>Fast forward a few months later and the same pregnant friend has just very recently been diagnosed with melanoma cancer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1631968 Tue, 13 May 2014 15:06:18 +0000 theotherstark 1631968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know why, but this thread makes me feel SO MUCH BETTER. I have really bad seasonal allergies and they inflame my asthma. Since I can't take anything strong for them, my allergies have been so bad this year. Which means my lungs are just completely clogged. I've had a terrible cough for the last week or so, and have had a lot of the issues you ladies have mentioned. I haven't coughed up blood or anything (that sounds super scary!!), but I have had such bad coughing spasms that I've vomited (morning sickness is probably partially to blame for that, but it was definitely caused by the coughing). </p> <p>It's getting a little better, but I'm glad to know I'm not the only one. :heart: :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1631934 Tue, 13 May 2014 14:53:24 +0000 Mrs.Panda 1631934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an awful cold about a month and a half ago and I was crazy miserable. I couldn't breathe so I couldn't sleep, so I couldn't get better faster. Misery. I am getting over another cold, though not as bad this time. The joys of working in a hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1631866 Tue, 13 May 2014 14:31:37 +0000 mkp17 1631866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fighting a terrible sinus infection right now. Finally broke down and am trying to kick it with some antibiotics. Have a 14 month old at home and a husband that works a ton too so I am miserable. The coughing at night is driving me (and my husband) crazy. Last night finally went with the old wives tale of vicks on my feet and I think it may have actually helped a little bit. I feel bad for the little one in my belly b/c I feel like I'm shaking him up so much when I cough. Have been sleeping with a humidifier also, which may or may not help. I've found that anything cold increases my cough and that warm stuff and honey helps a little bit.<br /> Hope you feel better soon and you get some relief!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1631797 Tue, 13 May 2014 14:08:08 +0000 jedeve 1631797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: it was my pcp office that told me it was a blood clot last week. Not too helpful. I hope the midwife can do something, because my pcp office sucks. I went to them about an ankle injury I had had years prior when I was pregnant with my first and they told me it was a blood clot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1631789 Tue, 13 May 2014 14:06:00 +0000 jedeve 1631789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BlueWolverine: I feel you on the peeing. I have to wear pantiliners and am changing my underwear every time I get up in the middle of the night. </p> <p>Is bronchitis more common in pregnancy? It hurts soooo bad to cough. I really pulled a muscle on one side from coughing. It's like trying to lift an eight pound weight with your stomach and do a crunch and cough at the same time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1631777 Tue, 13 May 2014 14:02:53 +0000 regberadaisy 1631777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: I had pneumonia for most of my first trimester. I was really worried too about how it would affect the baby. I would see your PCP not your midwife at this point. </p> <p>In the end even though I'm a no meds person I had to take pregnancy safe meds to nip it in the button. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1631738 Tue, 13 May 2014 13:51:13 +0000 Alivoo01 1631738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got sinus infection and the cold frequently with DS since a majority of my pregnancy was during the cold months. Not cool! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1631732 Tue, 13 May 2014 13:50:01 +0000 BlueWolverine 1631732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had HORRIBLE bronchitis in the middle of the 2nd tri. I was on antibiotics and they gave me codeine cough syrup that was safe, but made me feel too freaky. I was crying from the coughing. I purposefully breathed shallowly to try to not cough. I was coughing so hard that I was constantly peeing. I had to wear pantyliners so I wouldn't pee all over the couch. It was one of the most miserable things I've ever been through. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1631720 Tue, 13 May 2014 13:46:55 +0000 MrsB2012 1631720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got norwalk when I was 9 weeks. It was horrible! Feel better :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1631717 Tue, 13 May 2014 13:45:29 +0000 Jenn23 1631717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a really bad case of bronchitis around the beginning of my last trimester. I had to take antibiotics to get rid of it. My doctor said it was super important to take them, even though I was nervous about it. I would see another doctor for sure! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1631703 Tue, 13 May 2014 13:40:54 +0000 JessKas 1631703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got the stomach flu at 15 weeks and a couple pretty nasty colds during the first tri </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1631697 Tue, 13 May 2014 13:39:38 +0000 Madison43 1631697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bronchitis here too - not a good time at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1631691 Tue, 13 May 2014 13:37:56 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1631691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had bronchitis twice when I was pregnant with Chloe &amp; the stomach flu and a sinus infection with this pregnancy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1631685 Tue, 13 May 2014 13:36:57 +0000 meredithNYC 1631685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got a crazy awful stomach bug when I was about 8 months pregnant. I was super worried about the baby, but I called the doctor and they weren't concerned. Hopefully all will be okay for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1631678 Tue, 13 May 2014 13:36:00 +0000 autumnlove 1631678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, bronchitis, flu, various viruses and a horrible month long hacking cough. My immune system sucked for pregnancy #2. </p> <p>I hope you feel better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-been-really-sick-not-pregnancy-related-while-pregnant#post-1631668 Tue, 13 May 2014 13:32:35 +0000 jedeve 1631668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Has anyone had a non-pregnancy related illness (like not morning sickness) that they got really sick with during their pregnancy?</p> <p>I think I must have bronchitis or something. I've had a cough from hell for the last week and I took a turn for the worse today. I was coughing up blood yesterday, but not today. I'm worried about the baby and that I'll somehow go into early labor because of this. That's crazy, right?</p> <p>I did see a doctor a week ago, who wasn't helpful (she tested me for a blood clot. For a cough). I have a midwife appointment tomorrow. </p>