Question about bath in third trimester.

[seashell81]

I've been having baths throughout my pregnancy and am worried that I have had the bath water too hot. The last couple baths i've had baby has really moved around ALOT and i'm worried that it might mean he's in some sort of distress. Does anyone have any info about this? I'm 31 weeks. (
Btw so i am finding that after a peaceful second trimester, the anxieties of the first trimester are returning in the third! Just want the lil dude to be okay!)

Just have the water less hot?

I have a lot of hot baths, its pretty much one of the only pleasures left even though now I have to be helped in and out. I did look out for a change in movements in case it was too hot, but they are roughly the same so I assume he is ok with it!

The baby is pretty well insulated from changes in external temperature, so I really wouldn't worry. The more than usual movement might just be due to the fact that you notice it more as you're lying down and relaxing, and you're mind's not on other stuff.

Exactly what middleagedmotheroftwo said. Plus i found my bump mostly stuck out of the water anyway - like a little island

I have hot baths but bump so big now that it sticks out, I don't fill it as deep as I'd usually like to either.

Relax and enjoy your baths mama xxx

I always found with dd that bathing seemed to wake her up a bit. I think it could have been a combination of light from the nekkidness and the sensation of warmth.

Sometimes too hot a bath can make YOU feel faint, so be cautious particularly when you get out.

Bear in mind that unlike in a sauna or hot tub you're not fully immersed/surrounded, so your body temperature isn't likely to increase much. Also, the bath water will be losing heat all the time, rather than being held steady.

Reading this has relaxed my mind abit :) im only 24wks but too love a hot. Bath and struggle to get tempretures right lol my bump sticks out aswel :D i always watch him making my belly move loads and the water :p x

Thanks for your reassuring replies! Its all common sense but sometimes we need others to point out the common sense for us, eh? I've been really calm for the last few months but just lately seem to be freaking out about something every day! Thanks again xx

Remember, that a baby will usually survive at the expense of the mother! There's not a lot you can do that would cause major harm to the baby (obvs things like smoking aside of course).

Just to say, I have seen people on here advise others that if baby seems to be moving less (and therefore causing worry) to have a bath. I don't know the logic behind it but the idea being it's likely to get baby moving and calm mum's anxiety about lack of movement so I guess there is something in that?

It is common sense but i think anxiety just takes over our minds wich have already been turned to mush :p and therefor find ourselves panicking about something really stupid lol i was already silly enough before getting pregnant..now im a lot worse 0.o dont know how my hubby shuts off from it all :p ive found that it wakes my lil man up everytime :) but i get the odd occasion where hes been at it all day. My whole pelvic area is in dyer pain and just want to relax in a nice hot bath wich doesnt happen as hes still going for some -.- x

I used to get really light headed and dizzy if I had a bath too hot, when i mentioned it to my MW she said it just isn't favourable to have a bath too hot in pregnancy. (So not necessarily harmful to baby
She warned me that if I felt unwell in the bath because it made me dizzy it could cause me to slip.
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