Food poisoning at 4 weeks and 4/5 days

[Dibbles84]

I am 4 weeks 5 days pregnant. I have a BMI of 18.6 and take folic acid and other supplements every day.

Yesterday I woke up painfully bloated with tummy aches and nausea (mild since 13dpo). After a tepid bath I had watery diarrhea which relieved the bloating and tummy aches. At lunch time had another bout of diarrhea and so made sure I drank lots of fluids.

At around 6 in the afternoon I felt feverish: warm sensitive skin, body aches, cold even under covers. I took my temperature and it was on the high side of normal (about 99.3). I kept taking my temperature every 15 minutes for the next 45 minutes and it remained around the high end of normal. I took panadol and went to sleep. When I woke up it was about 8 and I was still feeling a bit feverish but a lot better then before. The diarrhea was much better by evening.

At 10pm I started to feel feverish again I took my temperature and it was around 98.3, so no fever but decided to put cold compresses on the soles of my feet to try and break the fever or at least keep it down. My temperature dropped to 96 (maybe faulty thermometer) so I took off the compresses and it went back to 97.7. I thought that was it so I went to bed at 12:30 without taking panadol.

I woke up at 3:00am feeling like my blood was boiling under the covers, I could barely move (no shivering or chills though), partly from tiredness partly from the heat, and turned over and went back to sleep. Woke up again at 5:00am and took my temperature it was 99.86. I got up and took panadol and reapplied the cold compress. By 6:00am my temperature was down to 98.8 and at 7:00am my fever broke and I felt fine.

I have talked to my OB she seemed more concerned about the diarrhea then the fever, but told me not to worry. I got my HCG checked again today to put my mind at rest and it was where it should be. I am having my first u/s in 10 days.

And finally my question: Do I need to be worried about effect the fever I had at 3:00am on my baby?

Thank you

[faribangash]

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[Dibbles84]

Thank you so much I feel so relieved! *hugs* Oh my I feel like crying.. thank you thank you

[Elaine Brown, MD]

HI!
You don't need to worry about any temperature less than 100.5 F.  If your temperature goes above 100.5 we do recommend taking acetominophen to bring it down, but even so, it usually takes prolonged exposure to very high temperatures for there to be any real concern about the baby.  Babies are very resilient and nature allows for mommies to have temperature fluctuations--thank goodness!
Good luck!
Dr B

[Dibbles84]

Forgot to add I'm 24 years old :)