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8550901 tn?1400740690

hot shower while pregnant?

I'm 35 weeks pregnant and I take hot shower and bath everyday .the only way I can relax my back and sore body who else takes hot bath or shower?
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6855498 tn?1396023284
Hot baths and showers are a life saver when it comes to easeing my braxtions. My ob said that as long as you don't raise your core body temerature your good ( don't get out looking like a lobster)
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6674791 tn?1396215150
I take hot baths and showers all the time... it helps alleviate my back aches and the rest of my achy body... I feel soo old!!! I also sleep on a heating pad to help loosen stuff up in back as well and ask hubby to rub it
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I take hot showers and bath too only thing that helps with back pain and soreness due to pregnancy my baby loves the warmth will move towards it where last pregnancy with my first son the cold is what he moved towards while in the womb so first pregnancy it was cold showers that help the baby loved and this one its the complete oppisite has to be warm thank god I have always liked shower and baths either way.
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8550901 tn?1400740690
I get so stress and my body gets so sore how bath is the only way I feel relief lol
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I been reading some information about pregnancy and it says that if the water temperature is more hot than your body temperature it can but the baby in stress.
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To hot of temps can cause spinalbifita in the baby. That's another reason we can't lay in tanning beds or in the hot sun.
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I love cool showers, lately ive been very hot all the time, i cant remember the last time i slept with a blanket lol
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I take exstremlt hot showers and baths...
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8128718 tn?1397045474
I take hot showers too. I heard that a pregnant woman cant get in a jacuzzi because it starts labor. I have to have a hot shower because i hate cold water. As long as the water is as hot as your bosy can handle then.you are fine. If you go hotter then i heard it is bad for baby.
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8101930 tn?1420001456
I've heard that hot baths can bring on labor.. Not exactly sure if it's true or not but that's what I've heard.  
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8526246 tn?1405601876
I do! Its the only way sometimes. Usually right before bed so I can get some sort of relief. Supposedly I've heard pregnant women aren't suppose to take hot showers , they must be warm, due to the temperature being too hot for baby and the womb.  Do you think theres any truth in that?
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