High fever in first trimester

[DreamOn86]

So worried. Of anyone had similar experience please share.
i was 8 weeks 5 days pregnant when my toddler gave me a bug that caused me high fever of 38,6-38,7 measured with the Braun ear thermometer on a Saturday.
saturday, sunday it was probably managed i guess. I wasn’t having any other symptoms so on monday i just assumed im okay until i measured it again and it was 38,7 . Took paracetamol and waited. It didnt come down. So i went to A&E ( in Spain currently) and they measured ny temperature under armpit and it was normal. Maybe they were wrong maybe the temperature finally dripped by the time.
the thing is that the doctor and my husband and for some reason me, all assumed that the ear thermometer is not accurate. Unfortunately i stopped monitoring on Monday. Wednesday 3 in the morning i woke up feeling unwell. My ear thermometer showed 38,3 . I panicked and took paracetamol. But I was still assuming that the Braun ear thermometer was not accurate.
until i got a flu now ( week 12) so to avoid confusion, i started measuring it rectally. And i was shocked to discover that the ear thermometer is pretty accurate! And i cannot eat sleep take care of my toddler since then.
CONCLUSION: i had an unmanaged fever for 3-4 days that reached 38,7 at some point and god knows maybe 39 and above. I wasn’t having any feeling warm but i was like this throughout the first trimester so i did not differentiate.
i know fever in pregnancy or first trimester are all commun… but this one was UNMANAGED.. no paracetamol for a few days where i clearly had fever.
anyone with similar experience please tell me

You’ll be fine I had Covid twice and food poisoning in my second pregnancy!

OP I don’t fully understand your concern. A fever is common when ill in pregnancy and you saw a doctor. You took paracetamol so it wasn’t unmanaged . Get checked when you get home but I think you’ll be fine.

I did not take paracetamol on monday evening, tuesday , Wednesday because i thought the ear thermometer was wrong and the fever was gone, but it wasn’t. I later discovered that The ear thermometer was working properly and the fever was real. And it wasnt treated for a few days.

I did not take paracetamol on monday evening, tuesday , Wednesday because i thought the ear thermometer was wrong and the fever was gone, but it wasn’t. I later discovered that The ear thermometer was working properly and the fever was real. And it wasnt treated for a few days.

But my concern that it was poorly managed . I missed2-3 days of taking paracetamol thinking i don’t have a fever while i had

What's your actual concern because you didn't take paracetamol for a few days?

OP fevers themselves dont need treating - it’s the unpleasant symptoms that they bring that may need painkillers.
Fevers are the body’s way of fighting infection. It’s doing its job.

Yes. And my estimation that betwwen
monday and thursday, i had a fever that definitely was ofer 38,5-38,6 according to the measurements i had from the ear and that i considered wrong at the time

But did you treat the fever? Intreated mine firnthe first 2 days then thought it was
goneZz but later discovered that itnwasnt gone for 3 more days

Yes 😢 which means the fever was not under control because i wasn’t monitoring. The only
2 measurements i took were 38,7 and 38, 3 which reflects trie fever. But i was told the thermometer is wrong. Well it wasn’t 😢

I have no helpful advice, but didnt want to not comment.
im sorry youre goingbthrough this, i would be stressed too. Extra hard being in another country.

when do you come home? If its not for a while can you do a scan there?