Sore throat while pregnant!

[onceinalifetime90]

Hello, the past couple of days I’ve woken up with a really sore throat like it hurts to swallow and it’s at the top of my mouth just before my tonsils start, it’s definitely not tonsillitis as I used to suffer with that really bad and it’s not like that it just hurts to swallow. If starts really early hours like if I wake at 2 it starts then kind of thing and it stops throughout the day when I’ve eaten and drunk a bit it’s gone in an hour or so, I can still feel it but it doesn’t hurt so much to swallow but I’ve woken up with it again!
I’m worried I’m hurting my baby by having a sore throat, I asked my midwife yesterday about it and she said not to worry as it might be viral and go in a couple of days. I’m also on antibiotics - cefalexin - for a UTI so I’m really anxious that maybe I have 2 infections going on, help please!

anyone? 😔

Your not going to hurt your baby by having a sore throat! It could just potentially be a dry throat since your saying it starts around 2am. If your midwife is not concerned i dont see why you should be either

I've suffered with this. I think it's because I'm sleeping with my mouth open now I am pregnant.

You can still get ill with regular normal things when pregnant your baby won’t notice a thing.

I get this in the mornings due to acid reflux, goes off later in the day. It could possibly be that

How could a sore throat hurt your baby? Sore throat is very minor.

Thank you everyone, as you can all tell I’m a first time mum and anxious about most stuff at the moment! Just wondering if it’s an infection then I’m swallowing and things!
Yeah it could be because I’m sleeping with my mouth open now! It’s gone now so it’s all a bit confusing haha! Thanks all!

I also sometimes wake up with a sore throat like a PP has said because I sleep with my mouth open because of pregnancy rhinitis

I've just got over a terrible cold which gave me a sore throat, so bad it kept me up at night with the pain swallowing. Am now over it 10 days later, just drank lots of hot squash with honey and fresh lemon in it which soothed the symptoms and took paracetamol on the two worst days. Feel better soon!

@onceinalifetime90 hi there,
I am currently suffering with almost exactly what you have described. I am a second time mom and even still I worry about everything.
My throat had been sore in the mornings like you described for about two weeks but then some days ago it remained sore throughout the day. My ear was also sore. I am on penicillin antibiotics now since yest and hoping to see improvement in next few days.