Pregnant after 35
Do pregnant women get sick easier?
Just wondering, this is my second cold in a month. Are our immune systems not functioning or is it just me?
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Re: Do pregnant women get sick easier?
At the moment of conception, your immune system (designed to protect you from foreign bodies) is suppressed to prevent reject of the baby (a foreign body) when it implants. It continues to be suppressed until delivery. This means you catch pretty much anything you've been exposed to, including mutated strains you've previously had and should be immune to. In the end, it's worth it, right? BTW, this is why you have to be super careful with food born illness. Your body can't fight it off.
what pp said.
for me it's a bonus because i have several annoying auto-immune conditions that basically go into remission during pregnancy.
I was wondering about this too. Thanks for the good info, FireFlye!
Ditto... coupel of migraines and a couple of weeks of sinus's .. but other than that I have been great. My immune system has always been pretty good tho.
aggh sorry fat fingers and hyperactive mouse
aggh sorry fat fingers and hyperactive mouse