Should I be really concerned?

14hungerford

This is my first pregnancy, I'm 15 weeks along and on December 30th I went out to a restaurant to eat, got a salad, a pulled pork sandwich, & some mashed potatoes. (Yum!) And the day after I woke up terribly nauseous, and ended up throwing up just liquid (my mother said it was bile?) this happened about 3 other times as well. The highest my fever hit was 100.3. But I'm not sure if I got good poisoning or if it might be stomach flu going around? My fiancé ate the same thing at the restaurant. But since then I have not been throwing up but I've had VERY constant liquid diahrrea and I'll get sharp stomach pains before I have the urge to go. I called my nurse yesterday and she said to go on the brat diet, so I did. But I can't see any dr till Monday unless I go to ER. Everyone's telling me I'm just worrying and it's my 1st pregnancy it's okay to be scared, but I'm still scared. Is there any advice or have any of you ever had issues with possible food poisoning or flu while being pregnant? How concerned should I really be about my baby and myself?


Also, if the brat diet doesn't seem to help, and I continue to have the liquid diahrrea over the weekend I will be calling my drs office and finding out more information..

Luna C

I would think if the nurse thought it was serious she would tell you to go to the ER. You probably just caught a virus. Not ideal, not fun, but unlikely to cause serious harm. 

If you're really worried, go to the ER. For the price of a co-pay you get peace of mind. 

Good luck.

owlcup

If you can, try and wait it out as it might just be a virus. Make sure you are drinking plenty of fluids so you aren't dehydrated.

Personally, I would give it until Monday unless anything else changed before I went in.

I hope you start feeling better soon! Being sick and pregnant sucks!

tbmadeamistake

I've had this both pregnancies. Last time it was food poisoning, this time a bug. It sucks, but unless your fever really spikes or you get super dehydrated, you'll be fine and so will lo. Brat will help with the diarrhea and if you are still puking, drink through a straw and give yourself 10 minutes in between sips. Its easier on your stomach. Feel better!

14hungerford

@amoot890 Thank you for replying! And don't worry I had to google it too! No she did not mention it, what is that??

14hungerford

Thank you all soo much for replying, I really appreciate it! My mother says I'm just worried because it's my first pregnancy. She's probably right, as usual ha! But I will stick it out till monday, give my dr a call and see whether or not I should go to the ER..

14hungerford

@Tdonatoni thank you! Actually Eating saltines now! Ha! been doing small sips of water but I will definitely give the ginger ale a try though.