katielovespizza
22-01-18, 22:59
Hi guys,
I'm five months pregnant with my first baby, and panicking about the flu. Of course it's flu season right now in the US, and I teach at the university level and have had five students come down with it this week (all who I taught last Friday). One of my students emailed me from the hospital telling me she was suffering from dehydration and had to be on an IV. News stories about how awful the flu has been this year and how it is worse than previous years, as well as stories of healthy people dying from it have been all over the place (no Googling necessary). I was hoping to calm myself down by reading on a pregnant ladies' forum I frequent about the flu while pregnant (surely lots of people have had it while pregnant, right?), but of course the first thing I stumble on is a post about how a woman lost her baby due to complications from the flu while pregnant. Instant panic. After teaching on Friday, I woke up on Saturday with a little bit of a headache and my husband did as well. It was off and on throughout the day. Yesterday was the same, maybe even less. Today I woke up with a headache again and a little bit of a cough that went away after I was awake for 30 minutes. Now, I don't feel that bad at all, just a mild headache. No sniffling, no fever, etc. My throat feels a tiny bit scratchy. I called one of the nurses at my doctors' office and she said to just stay very, very hydrated as that is the main complication with the flu, and to wait it out. She did say, though, that headache and body ache are the two first symptoms of this year's flu (great) and that I may be in the beginning stages of it. That part confused me, because what I thought I knew about the flu was that it came on pretty suddenly, whereas this headache situation has been off and on for the past few days.
I'm trying to keep relaxed because I don't want this to spiral out of control. And if I do get the flu, I don't want to be in an anxious state and have not been able to sleep since that will probably make it all worse. Any moms here had the flu while pregnant and been okay? Anyone have a guess about my symptoms? Hoping it's just a cold or something and that it'll pass. In the meantime, lots and lots of water and vitamin C for me...
I'm five months pregnant with my first baby, and panicking about the flu. Of course it's flu season right now in the US, and I teach at the university level and have had five students come down with it this week (all who I taught last Friday). One of my students emailed me from the hospital telling me she was suffering from dehydration and had to be on an IV. News stories about how awful the flu has been this year and how it is worse than previous years, as well as stories of healthy people dying from it have been all over the place (no Googling necessary). I was hoping to calm myself down by reading on a pregnant ladies' forum I frequent about the flu while pregnant (surely lots of people have had it while pregnant, right?), but of course the first thing I stumble on is a post about how a woman lost her baby due to complications from the flu while pregnant. Instant panic. After teaching on Friday, I woke up on Saturday with a little bit of a headache and my husband did as well. It was off and on throughout the day. Yesterday was the same, maybe even less. Today I woke up with a headache again and a little bit of a cough that went away after I was awake for 30 minutes. Now, I don't feel that bad at all, just a mild headache. No sniffling, no fever, etc. My throat feels a tiny bit scratchy. I called one of the nurses at my doctors' office and she said to just stay very, very hydrated as that is the main complication with the flu, and to wait it out. She did say, though, that headache and body ache are the two first symptoms of this year's flu (great) and that I may be in the beginning stages of it. That part confused me, because what I thought I knew about the flu was that it came on pretty suddenly, whereas this headache situation has been off and on for the past few days.
I'm trying to keep relaxed because I don't want this to spiral out of control. And if I do get the flu, I don't want to be in an anxious state and have not been able to sleep since that will probably make it all worse. Any moms here had the flu while pregnant and been okay? Anyone have a guess about my symptoms? Hoping it's just a cold or something and that it'll pass. In the meantime, lots and lots of water and vitamin C for me...