So what about hot tubs in the 2ww?

andreagb

I know people have asked about drinking during the 2WW or avoiding certain foods, but what about a hot tub?  Would you just avoid it to be safe..and if so, what excuse would you give people if you didn't want to say "oh sorry I'm in the 2WW"  

Funnygirl34

I would personally avoid it but I really haven't read much research on the matter.  I would definitely still go to hang out with ppl and probably just put my feet in.  As for an excuse... I'm not sure, sorry!

Funnygirl34

MissMheMhe:

I avoid hot tubs anyway. They are gross.

Haha, this made me laugh! :-)   

krisztina33

I don't know if there is a whole lot of reliable research on this or not, but I would avoid just to be on the safe side.  Depending on the temp I *think* it can increase risks (totally have nothing to back this up though so don't quote me)

I don't do well in hot tubs a lot of times anyways since I tend to get too hot too quickly, so I think just putting your feet in and saying you get dizzy/overheated or something along those lines would be fine.

 

Gregermis

my Dr. says no hot tubs in the 2ww

andreagb

krisztina33:

I don't know if there is a whole lot of reliable research on this or not, but I would avoid just to be on the safe side.  Depending on the temp I *think* it can increase risks (totally have nothing to back this up though so don't quote me)

I don't do well in hot tubs a lot of times anyways since I tend to get too hot too quickly, so I think just putting your feet in and saying you get dizzy/overheated or something along those lines would be fine.

 

Thats a good one.  We're visiting my sister next weekend and she keeps reminding me to bring swimsuits since they have a hot tub.  She can usually read me like a book so it will be hard getting anything past her without some kind of inquisition.

funny bunny

*Pregnancy mentioned, not mine* 

 

I would avoid hot tubs in the 2ww, but this made me think of the Jenny McCarthy Belly Laughs book..and I quote:

The day I found out I was pregnant I was so excited that I vowed to change my way of life. Don?t get me wrong I wasn?t into anything illegal: I just had some bad eating habits and I was pretty tightly wound. So, I just wanted to eat healthy and really relax. As a start I thought I would take a hot tub?perhaps a Jacuzzi.

I was staying in a hotel at the time, so I figured I would take them up on their Jacuzzi and sat there soothing myself in scalding 110-degrees water. Oohh, it felt good. As I relaxed I daydreamed about what my baby would look like. I wondered if he or she would be blond like my husband and me or maybe get my nose and his chin. I was starting to really relax and enjoy myself when Mrs. ?I?m Gonna Scare the *** out of You? decided to join me in the hot tub. She was about fifty years old and, as I came to find out, had three kids of her own. I myself had just found out I was pregnant and I needed to tell somebody, and since she had absolutely no idea who I was, I figured it would be a safe bet to tell her. Of course, I should never have opened my big fat mouth.

?YOU?RE PREGNANT?!! GET THE HELL OUT OF THIS HOT TUB. YOU?RE HURTING YOUR BABY!!!!? she shrieked.

With that, I flip-flopped out of the hot tub like I was in a Jackie Chan movie. I stood there in horror as the once soothing but now terrifying lethal waster dripped off me. She went on to tell me that extreme heat could really harm the baby, that if your body temperature gets too warm it heats up the embryo.

Now cold and in a cold sweat, I couldn't help but see my new little embryo sitting inside me as a hard-boiled egg. I honestly believed I had hard-boiled my baby. I started freaking out. 

baby101010

just "forget" your bathing suit and sit with your feet/legs in the hot tub....

HopingforChange

I am not about life accomodations during the 2ww, but this one can actually be dangerous, I think, so I would skip it. IMO, just tell your sis you aren't feeling so well and don't want to overheat.  It's true, in some ways. 

ETA: wording

andreagb

Thanks all...its unanimous..no hot tub!   AF always, w/out fail, seems to show up whenever I travel anyway...so I'll take the swimsuit (just in case) but if I need to tell her I "forgot" it I will...or I'll just cave and tell her why I'm not getting in.  Although I really want to avoid TTC talk, she's been trying for #2 for a good 10 years, has had multiple CP's, failed IUI's and I think has finally come to the decision that its just not meant to be for them, so I'd rather use an excuse. 

BabytoV

You could tell her you are on some meds that make you queezy and the hot tub would just make it worse....sort of like having a drink in a hot tub and you end up wasted. 

DebateThis

Get in the hot tub unless you're seeing a fertility specialist and he has said otherwise due to meds or a dx. FFS. Don't put your life on hold for the 2ww.

Spruce14

I would avoid the hot tub...they're really really hot!!! 

lavril

I personally would.  I've lived the last year doing everything "right" and putting my life on hold for ttc - and I have nothing but stress to show for it.  So my new personally philosophy is to enjoy life and not constantly worry about every little detail.

 I vote we should all enjoy that hot dog, hot tub, sushi, coffee, booze (although I stop that towards the end of the 2ww, lol), go on the run, the trip, the cruise, etc!!!

If I was doing more agressive treatment (IUI or IVF), my plan would be very different, but for now, carpe diem!  Have a good trip!