Hi, I'm 9 weeks pregnant and on Sunday afternoon I felt cold when it was 100 degrees out. Took my temp and it was 99.6. Later that night it went up to 100.9 and I was literally shivering. Took some Tylenol and called the OB in the morning. He thinks it's the flu and the nasal symptoms just hasn't come yet. Went to my pcp BC the OB said I didn't need to be seen. The pcp agreed that it might be the flu. I asked for them to check for UTI even though I have no UTI symptoms. Last night temp spiked to 102.9 and I was shivering even more. Took Tylenol and it dropped to 100.4 this morning. Anyone got any clue What could be wrong?
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Did you take a flu test?
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Dumb question but there's a flu test? I've never heard of it and the pcp didn't Offer it.
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They should have done a flu test to check. Because if you have it, getting tamiflu early will make a world of difference.
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Yes they swab your nose and you get the results while you wait in the office. Odd that it wasn't offered. Can you call and request one or go to a minute clinic?
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@Mamasig: Agreed - is tamiflu okay during pregnancy? @iluvboba637: It is super helpful in shortening the length of the virus.
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@ldh112: with my last pregnancy I got the flu at around 5-6 months pregnant even after I got the flu shot. I took tamiflu and it helped immensely! Docs said it was ok and I was beyond miserable.
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This is going around. I had it starting two weeks ago. The fever/chills lasted two days. A couple more days of body aches/lethargy. And then a cough set it that is still lingering and won't go away. I'm allergic to Tamiflu so we didn't even do a flu test since there was no point.
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Thanks everyone for All the insight. So maybe it is the flu. Gonna call the pcp later.
I was worried it was something a lot more serious BC I never get fevers.
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It sure sounds like it! Last winter my husband's bout with the flu went similarly. His fever would get better with advil but would not go away. I was pregnant and paranoid so I made him go to the doctor after a weekend of him feeling miserable and sure enough it was the flu. Hope you are on the mend soon!
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sounds like flu to me, I would get tested, however I'm pretty sure they told me last year that you can't get Tamiflu more than 48 hours after the symptoms show up so you might be SOL and just have to wait it out.
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Sounds like the flu.. I had something similar for about a week during my first pregnancy. If it were me... Just try to stay hydrated (high temps can cause dehydration, I learned this the hard way) and use Tylenol and rest. And of course stay in touch with the dr if it goes up! Sorry you're dealing with this, it sucks! As if the first trimester isn't hard enough!
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@ldh112: @LuLu Mom: @2littlepumpkins: thank you all for your responses. I can't and am not complaining. It's been a long hard journey to get to this pregnancy. I'm just worried if there's any infection that caused the fever that it may be harmful to the baby. Or even that just the fever is harmful. Definitely keeping hydrated and Tylenol every 6hrs.
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So the pcp called and left me a message that there was a little bit of bacteria in my urine analysis but he didn't say if it's UTI, BV, or yeast. He also said he doesn't think it's the cause of the fever though. Called back and he had already left the office so have to wait til tmw morning to see if I need an antibiotic. I don't have any UTI Symptoms though. Fever still present, Tylenol is only bringing it down to 99.x and still no nasal symptoms.
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Girls, I'm so worried. My fever is back again and still no nasal symptoms. I got so excited last night when I checked my temp before bed and it was normal and then I was able to sleep ALL night rather than be awaken w pregnancy insomnia or the crazy shivers. This morning my temp was also normal but now it's back to 99.8. What gives?
I'm really worried that either the fever and/or all the freakin Tylenol is gonna harm the baby.
Eta - this is now day 4. Fever first started Sunday.
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