Does anyone know if a fever is normal during labor? I've been having contractions all day and this morn I had an appointment 3 cm dilated and 80 per effaced. I'm still waiting to go to the hospital but I'm running a fever of 101. Has this happened to anyone else? I'm going to call my doctor in a few minutes.
I don't believe its normal. with my DS I had a fever during labor and DS also came out with a fever. He was wisked away to the special care nursery for lab work and IV antibiotics. They drew some blood cultures and continued the antibiotics until the results came back. Everything ended up being normal.
Woke up with crampy contractions, they seem to be semi-regular but not too frequent. I'm not timing them yet. I'm mostly just posting about them here to jinx them into stopping since I would prefer to not have this baby until at least Saturday...
@chocolatelemons: Congrats! It's great to see that you advocated for yourself, especially when you were not in distress. That's really great. Welcome little Jack!
Congratulations @chocolatelemons and welcome Jack! I'm glad you we're able to advocate for yourself and have the vaginal delivery despite the other curveballs!
Congratulations @chocolatelemons!! Very eventful birth but I'm glad you were able to deliver vaginally as you wanted. Glad you're all healthy and doing well! (Did the fever go away?)
Re: *** the great big labor thread, week of 5/14 ***
I don't believe its normal. with my DS I had a fever during labor and DS also came out with a fever. He was wisked away to the special care nursery for lab work and IV antibiotics. They drew some blood cultures and continued the antibiotics until the results came back. Everything ended up being normal.
Congratulations @champhe!
Good luck today @PartiallyDomesticated @kat81 @chocolatelemons! I can't wait for updates!
Married: October 2014
Began TTC: April 2015
BFP #1: 9/18/15. EDD 5/18/16. MC 10/26/15. (9w)
BFP #2: 2/27/16. EDD 11/7/16. MC/D&E 4/20/16 (11w)
BFP #3: 9/22/16. EDD 5/29/17. DS born 4/24/17
BFP #4: 5/20/18. EDD 1/23/19.
DS1 7/24/15
DS2 5/7/17
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." ~Charlie Chaplin
Good luck today @kat81 and @PartiallyDomesticated!!
Married 8/27/2011
BFP #1 9/28/2011 DS born 5/22/2012
BFP #2 4/24/2013 m/c 4/25/2013 at 4w
BFP #3 1/31/2014 DD born 10/14/2014
BFP #4 1/20/2016 m/c 2/12/2014 at 7w2d
BFP #5 8/19/2016 DS2 born 4/29/2017
BFP #6 3/7/2018 EDD 11/18/2018
DS1 7/24/15
DS2 5/7/17
Married: October 2014
Began TTC: April 2015
BFP #1: 9/18/15. EDD 5/18/16. MC 10/26/15. (9w)
BFP #2: 2/27/16. EDD 11/7/16. MC/D&E 4/20/16 (11w)
BFP #3: 9/22/16. EDD 5/29/17. DS born 4/24/17
BFP #4: 5/20/18. EDD 1/23/19.
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." ~Charlie Chaplin
Married: October 2014
Began TTC: April 2015
BFP #1: 9/18/15. EDD 5/18/16. MC 10/26/15. (9w)
BFP #2: 2/27/16. EDD 11/7/16. MC/D&E 4/20/16 (11w)
BFP #3: 9/22/16. EDD 5/29/17. DS born 4/24/17
BFP #4: 5/20/18. EDD 1/23/19.
Married:09/14/13
Baby 2 - Due: 5/4/17