Was under the weather saturday and took myself to bed then it hit me out of nowhere. Cough, chills, body aches. Struggled to get out of bed. I’ve had my flu jab so was surprised to be hit so hard.
My midwife has been away and not back until tomorrow, I have a phone catch up with her tomorrow morning and the baby has remained active so I figured I’d continue with rest and doing my best at home.
Yesterday I had a temp (38.2) which came down with paracetamol and again today (38.1), again came down to normal with paracetamol.
I’m feeling much better although still pretty rough. Coughing still hurts like broken glass on my chest and throat and aches the muscles either side of my belly, but thankfully it’s only intermittent and less dramatic than yesterday. Mostly mucus is clear with occasional yellow phlegm bits (sorry TMI).
I wasn’t too worried because although I had a horrendous 48hrs, baby remains active and with rest, paracetamol and plenty of water I am now starting to feeling better.
But I googled flu and pregnancy and read that it can cause all sorts of problems including stillbirth and am now panicking.
My mum has told me not to worry so much. She reminded me I had covid quite badly whilst pregnant with my first (was untreated as it was the early days where hospital protocols were disjointed and unclear) and she is absolutely fine.
But it feels impossible not to worry!
Not sure what I can do to ease my mind right now until I speak to the midwife in the morning.