Temp controlled hot tub

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Hi ladies, my midwife suggested having a hot bath up to 37.5° to relieve sciatica symptoms. A friend of my has invited me and DH round this evening for a hot tub evening and she has said she will set the hot tub to 35° - would you ladies be happy with this or avoid?

Baths naturally cool so don't rise your internal temp but a hot tub stays at a consistent heat so Won't cool down.

I know people do use temp controlled ones personally I wouldn't want to risk it but it might be ok?

I did. I think you need to just be careful getting out of it in case you get a bit light headed but my hot tub at 35 degrees doesn't feel very hot to me. I prefer it over 38 :

I am about to get in mine and it's set to 36c

23 weeks pregnant also, forgot to mention that but!

Personally I'd avoid.

As others have said the hot tub will be a constant 35c therefore potentially bringing your body up to that temp or higher. Whereas a bath won't heat you up as much because it'll have cool led before your body has time to reach or exceed the temp of the water.

Thanks ladies, I reckon I'll have a 10 min dip then jump out 🙂 hope you're all holding up in this heat!!

Could just sit on the side and dip your feet in.

Latest research in 2018 have looked at how saunas, jacuzzis, and hot baths (up to 41 degrees) affect body temperature in pregnancy. None of them raised the body temperature at all. So scientific evidence that either saunas, jacuzzis or hot baths should be avoided in pregnancy is slim. I have actually been in a pool in a thermal spa that was 42 degrees when I wasn’t pregnant and I physically could not stay in it more than 30 seconds as it felt like it was boiling me. Let me know if you want a proper reference to the research article by the way.

I understood that it wasn't recommended because the heat and bubbling action can soften ligaments.

Been using mine all summer at 34-38 depending on air temp. Am 33 weeks now with second baby. Also used it during first pregnancy too with no problems. Have definitely spent longer than 10 mins at a time in it. Just listen to your body if you start to feel too hot and then get out carefully. Enjoy it, it really helps with my pelvic and back pain and in this heat is so so nice!

@IoMoon I would be interested to read the articles if you're happy to share references ?

I was in for about an hour! We had it at 34, I didn't even feel hot and always had my upper body mostly out. It was absolutely fine, I would definitely use again without any worries! Thank you for all of your help/research!

Here you go: bjsm.bmj.com/content/53/13/799.abstract

It’s a systematic review so looked at evidence from multiple different studies.