https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:10:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1924161 Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:37:50 +0000 Giulia1977 1924161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i had a terrible sinus infection at 35 weeks!! i was exhausted, could't sleep, eat ...My OB gave me an antibiotic and I felt so much better in 24 hour! you need some rest before the big day :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1923286 Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:13:43 +0000 Mrs.Pinecone316 1923286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel your pain! I got a horrible cold a couple days ago. So far just taking tylenol and drinking warm lemon water and honey. Nothing really makes me feel any better though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1920868 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 10:25:37 +0000 snowjewelz 1920868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsKMM: Thank you! Tea is my savior right now! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1920830 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 10:03:27 +0000 MrsKMM 1920830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you, @snowjewelz! Hope you feel better soon :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1920812 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:52:03 +0000 snowjewelz 1920812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsKMM: Yeah! I drink lots of tea this whole pregnancy. You are allowed to intake up to a certain mg of caffeine daily so many women still get their cup of coffee. I stick to green tea and other caffeine free herbal teas like mint tea or chamomile. A cup here &amp; there would be fine! </p> <p> @LindsayInNY: I am so sorry lol! Rest up and I hope you beat it before it beats you!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1920687 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:06:40 +0000 LindsayInNY 1920687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This post must have jinxed me... I read it yesterday. Ended up feeling sick last night and now today. How miserable! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1920621 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:44:25 +0000 MrsKMM 1920621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know if this is a silly question or not, as this is my first pregnancy, and we haven't told anyone so all my advice is from HB :) Is it ok to drink tea in the first trimester? I've read conflicting opinions. I lost my voice and have some green tea with lemon and honey, but don't know if it's ok? I'm 6w today and trying to air on the side of caution..but would also like my voice back! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1920208 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 21:00:43 +0000 snowjewelz 1920208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: haha oh man that was me last night too I woke up coughing so I put in a to riccola in and went back to sleep :silly: </p> <p>@macintosh: thanks! Fever didn't last thank goodness.. Just can't shake this nasty cough! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1920146 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 20:22:11 +0000 macintosh 1920146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: I had a similar thing last week. When I developed a fever my doc prescribed a Zpack. I'd call the doc back if fever persists. Take a nice bath and have a nap. Feel better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1920095 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:41:21 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1920095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I drank a lot of hot tea, did my best to sleep (which is hard with a cough ) &amp; basically slept with a Ricola in my mouth all night. Unfortunately, that lead to an awful canker sore but it helped me get some sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1920090 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:37:37 +0000 snowjewelz 1920090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsKMM: eek! I hope you feel better and that you won't get sick in 3rd trimester! It is the worst! </p> <p>@Vegmama: thank you! I think I will pop one... Can't be choosy now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1920064 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:15:17 +0000 Vegmama 1920064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: I'm so sorry you're going through that. Even regular tylenol helped me when I was in your shoes. I think you've received really amazing advice here, and I just wanted to send good wishes!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1919929 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 17:20:09 +0000 MrsKMM 1919929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm only about 6w, but I've had a nasty cold the entire time. It started getting better, but this afternoon I lost my voice. So frustrating. I can't be out tomorrow, but my job requires my voice - I've got a lot of talking to do! I can imagine having a cold that late into pregnancy is probably worse, though! I sympathize! :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1919390 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:51:24 +0000 MrsScallop 1919390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: Ugh, true. Maybe try the sugar free kind? It is the electrolytes that are the important part, not the sugar. Either way, I hope you are able to find something to help you feel better soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1919376 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:47:19 +0000 snowjewelz 1919376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsScallop: Ugh except for the GD factor I don't know how much gatorade I can really drink... I guess I'll be asking my OB this Fri if I'm not any better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1919359 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:41:18 +0000 MrsScallop 1919359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: Yeah, I had no idea I could be dehydrated with the amount of water I was drinking. She told me I really needed to make sure I was drinking things like gatorade or orange juice to get more electrolytes in and help retain some of the water I was drinking, instead of just peeing it all out. Thinking back, I think I did feel much better after I started drinking more gatorade/juice. It would be worth a try! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1919344 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:36:50 +0000 snowjewelz 1919344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: 3 weeks :shocked: I am so glad to know that I'm not the only one wallowing in misery! </p> <p>@lavender: YES! My whole torso hurts from coughing and I have to squeeze tight when I cough to prevent leakage too &gt;__&lt;</p> <p>@Snowdrop: Aww I am so sorry about the throwing up... That is NOT fun! I hope you feel better soon too. This flu season is really not treating us pregnant ppl well! </p> <p>@MrsScallop: That's a good point... I can see how I'm prob still dehydrated even tho I *think* I'm drinking so much</p> <p>@Mrs.Panda: 4 times!! I just got a humidifier for the baby but I think I will use it for my self now :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1919298 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:22:44 +0000 Mrs.Panda 1919298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Snowdrop: Yes, same deal. I took it a few times and it didn't really do anything, but I also didn't have a temp thank goodness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1919293 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:21:23 +0000 Mrs.Panda 1919293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh God... I was really sick I believe 4 times this pregnancy and it was miserable, so I definitely feel your pain. All I could do was take regular Tylenol and Robitussin (which I stopped taking because it wasn't really doing anything) and just tried my best to breathe during the night. I propped myself pretty much upright on pillows, coughed my lungs out, ate cough drops like crazy and breathed in air directly from my cold humidifier. Misery, for real. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1919284 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:18:43 +0000 MrsScallop 1919284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All I ever did was drink warm lemon + honey water and gatorade to make sure I was hydrated and sleep as much as possible. I went to the doctor once and she told me I was dehydrated, even though I'd been sucking down a ton of water. Being sick in the third tri sucks! Hope you feel better soon :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1919274 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:15:14 +0000 Snowdrop 1919274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sick at the moment at 26 weeks. Bad cold and throwing up :sad: Tylenol is the American version of paracetamol right? Don't underestimate the power of that IF you take it regularly. Plus it will take your fever down. It has been helping me quite a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1919271 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:13:58 +0000 lavender 1919271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was really sick around 32 weeks pregnant. Awful cold and had a cough so bad that I bruised my ribs. I was giving cough med w/codeine and wore a panty liner because my cough was so bad I kept peeing myself !(extremely low baby on my bladder...ahh the joys of pregnancy) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1919264 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:09:47 +0000 Anagram 1919264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: I remember being super sick for about 3 weeks--the wet cough, stuffy nose, headaches. I just complained a lot, cried a little, and waited it out. I'm sorry--it's awful when you can't atke anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1919191 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:40:28 +0000 snowjewelz 1919191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilyofthewest: I really should just stand in the shower for longer! Feel better soon :heart: </p> <p>@blackbird: @Smurfette: Seriously, there really isn't much to do besides rest, sleep, pray it goes away! </p> <p>@cmomma17: I like that :) Hence complaining on HB, since whining to DH is not enough lol. </p> <p>@loki: Noo that's horrible! Yeah I didn't even bother w/ tylenol! I can't believe it just stayed with you all this time! I will die if I'm like this when I have to give birth :shocked: I hope you feel better soon :heart: We need to have a pregnant, sick and whining club haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1919175 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:34:16 +0000 Adira 1919175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Staying home and sleeping as much as possible. And hot tea. I hope you feel better soon! &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1919171 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:32:53 +0000 loki 1919171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man, at the end of August I was SO sick and just stayed in bed... tylenol wouldn't touch anything so I took it once and didn't bother again. It is now almost November and I still have a HORRIBLE chest cough I can't do anything about. It wears me down big time and doesn't help that I'm super nauseous :( I just cry a lot. Seriously. And try to stay in bed as much as possible. Take a lot of hot showers and try to stay hydrated. I can't imagine how you must be feeling at 34 weeks :( Hopefully you can get a lot of rest!!! Feel better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1919168 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:31:56 +0000 cmomma17 1919168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Whine cry and generally feel sorry for myself! :(<br /> Sick while pregnant is the worst! Drink tons of fluids and try to get as much extra sleep as possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1919167 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:31:55 +0000 Smurfette 1919167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I finally broke down crying to DH after calling into work sick. Rest and sleep is all that really helped. It sucks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1919152 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:25:13 +0000 autumnlove 1919152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>sleeping upright, whining to DH and hot showers </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-when-pregnant-how-do-you-cope#post-1919147 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:21:20 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1919147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Super hot showers, Neti pot, and hot tea. </p> <p>Coupled with naps &amp; trashy tv. </p>