I'm pregnant and would like to take a bath. Not hot, just comfortably warm. I keep reading that your core temp shouldn't be above 102 and that the water shouldn't be above 100. To make sure I'm nowhere close to that, can I just use a thermometer orally while I'm in the tub? I feel really stupid for asking, but you don't know me so I'll risk it. :)
2007-06-16 15:16:26 · 7 answers · asked by elizabeth_ashley44 7 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
If you normally take steaming hot baths, tone it down to warm.
If you start sweating in the tub, get out.
If any of your skin turns bright pink, get out.
If you feel flushed or overheated, get out.
If you feel dizzy or nauseated, get out.
You don't need a thermometer.
2007-06-16 15:41:33 · answer #1 · answered by Nurse Susan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go ahead and amuse yourself; I did...
Not because I was worried about the 'no hot baths' BS -- it just doesn't make any sense -- but because I wanted to test the myths, so to speak.
100 is just warm enough to be itchy and uncomfortable.
You can spend a quarter hour in a pleasantly hot bath and not have your temperature go up by more than a fraction of a degree.
Best I can tell, the whole nonsense started because of two things:
-- a study, not wonderfully done, linking hot tub use to 1st trimester miscarriage
-- a long-established connexion between uncontrolled maternal fevers and birth defects
Thus, "hot water = bad!" But -- taking a bath is way different from having a fever or lounging around in a hot tub for hours on a regular basis.
2007-06-16 22:36:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the thermometer will tell you what your core temp is. If you keep the water in the tub on the cooler side, you should have no problems. If you are lying in the tub and start to sweat (beads of sweat on your forehead) you are probably too warm. Enjoy that bath.
2007-06-16 15:25:25 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A core temp is achieved by taking the temp rectally. I take baths but i just keep the water a little lower than usual so my abdomen is not completely submerged underwater. You should be fine with a warm bath I think for the most part they a recommending against jacuzzi type situations
2007-06-16 15:23:55 · answer #4 · answered by fyrechick 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can just use a regular thermometer and take your temp. I wouldn't really worry to much. Most of the time you should just avoid hot tubs and saunas where it is really hot and your body temperature could rise. Just taking a warm bath is fine. Relax and enjoy!
2007-06-16 15:21:34 · answer #5 · answered by perkie5 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You don't need to monitor your temperature for a warm or even a moderately hot bath. It's mostly hot tubs and saunas that they worry about, because the water /air doesn't cool and you are exposed to the high temp for a longer period of time - bath water cools rather quickly.
Don't worry.
2007-06-16 15:21:58 · answer #6 · answered by Take A Test! 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
CONGRATS on being pregnant!!!! Yeah your core temp is the same as your body temp. Once your out of your first trimester alot of the body heat concerns will pass, you'll still want to be careful but taking a warm bath should be fine. Good luck to you!
Toni Lynne (11 weeks pregnant)
2007-06-16 15:30:14 · answer #7 · answered by tonilynne 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋