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Help Please - Hot Baths
Hello to all of you.
I hope you are all well and enjoying being pregnant.
I have a question i hope you can help with. I know during your pregnancy your not meant to have a HOT bath but constitutes a HOT bath,
I have just today had a bath (have been showering normally) but now i am worried it was too hot and might have harmed my baby. I am 12 weeks pregnant.
The water was not as hot as i am used to having it (i do have very hot baths). It was hot but comfortable.
If anyone can hlep please do - trying to put my own mind at ease.
Thanks
Jas
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I too have very hot baths normally. Basically what you shouldn't do in pregnancy is overheat. I was still having baths that were making my skin bright red and making me go a bit dizzywhen I got out before I remembered this (also the reason you shouldn't sunbathe/sunbeds/saunas etc)!
Remember it's only precautionary, so I'm sure everything will be fine - think about how many babies survive when their mums don't even know they're pg until a good few weeks in and haven't changed their lifestyles at all.
Off to have a warmish bath myself soon - aaaahhhh.
Karenxx
27wks
Thanks for your reply Karen.
I was really aching as i suffer from post viral fatigue too . So need something to release me tense muscles, i hope it wast too hot, i did start off warm but i felt cold. so added some more hot water, prob is when your in it you dont feel it getting so hot., I did feel abit hot when i got out so thats what worried me.
Thanks, ill try not to worry too much.
I work on the same theory as fooxoo, as long as I don't start sweating I don't worry....
My peanut does have a gentle kick around in the bath but goes mental with hot water bottles so I'm guessing he likes the baths but not the hot water bottles!!!!!
xxx
Thank you all so much. i didnt start sweating so hopefully im ok. This can all be so daunting. its nice to have a place like this and people as kind as you all to help make some sense of it all.
I dont feel to nervous now.
Cheers alll
xx
When I was speaking to my physio therapist I was informed that lying too long in the bath would be bad anyway. And the closer you get to your due date the more difficult it would be to move in and out anyway. Also be careful of fainting. Getting straight out the bath can sometimes leave me light headed! They told us in antenatal that no more than body temperature should be fine. I take baths all thetime. Keep the temperature low. And I never bath alone just in case I do get light headed or get dizzy.
Just be carefull hun.
Tash+Bump
Kx
I think very hot baths can only hurt in the very early first trimester, hence why women used to use them to induce a miscarriage...But when the baby is well implanted, I doubt they do any harm. I wouldn't worry! xxxx
Youve all helped me relax alittle more about it, (and made me laugh). I have a scan booked on wed for a nuchal so hopefully that will show all is ok. Had a mc with my last preg so its more scary this time round.
I think i will def staying away from any more baths though and just stick to the showers - save me worrying so much!!!
Jas xx