Scarlett81
New member
welcome and congrats on your new baby! the next few months will be so exciting and challenging-but the best of your life and the reward at the end of this for all your hard work is the greatest gift in the world. get ready!
great pfts-that is a good start to your pregnancy. it will help you get through everything.
sometimes increased cough is common in pregnancy. the added blood volume preg women have can make more secretions in the upper airways and the nasal passages too. i'd keep a close eye on it. you know you can use antibiotics while pregnant-there are many you can use. perhaps the docs want to be extra safe since you are so early still.
i'd do extra chest pt-you are doing it religiously right? and are you on hypertonic saline? that helped me soooo much. it really upped my fev1. and the best thing is, its not a drug so its perfectly safe for baby. i's seriously consider starting that. esp with flu and cold season here and you getting further along in your preg through the winter months.
i delivered a baby girl this june. i was able to have a natural unmedicated birth with no complications. i did get very sick when i was 6 months along. i was able to avoid ivs, but i did go on oral antibiotics for 3-4 weeks. i was so sick. its good to avoid medicines, but sometimes you do need them. a healthy mommy means a healthy baby. its better to take an oral antibiotic than take ivs. and its better to take ivs if really neccesary than need to be stuck in the hosp dangerously sick or worse.
take care and keep us updated. please ask lots of questions-i have found the other moms here so valuable and learned so much.
stay healthy!
great pfts-that is a good start to your pregnancy. it will help you get through everything.
sometimes increased cough is common in pregnancy. the added blood volume preg women have can make more secretions in the upper airways and the nasal passages too. i'd keep a close eye on it. you know you can use antibiotics while pregnant-there are many you can use. perhaps the docs want to be extra safe since you are so early still.
i'd do extra chest pt-you are doing it religiously right? and are you on hypertonic saline? that helped me soooo much. it really upped my fev1. and the best thing is, its not a drug so its perfectly safe for baby. i's seriously consider starting that. esp with flu and cold season here and you getting further along in your preg through the winter months.
i delivered a baby girl this june. i was able to have a natural unmedicated birth with no complications. i did get very sick when i was 6 months along. i was able to avoid ivs, but i did go on oral antibiotics for 3-4 weeks. i was so sick. its good to avoid medicines, but sometimes you do need them. a healthy mommy means a healthy baby. its better to take an oral antibiotic than take ivs. and its better to take ivs if really neccesary than need to be stuck in the hosp dangerously sick or worse.
take care and keep us updated. please ask lots of questions-i have found the other moms here so valuable and learned so much.
stay healthy!