July 2019 Moms
sarahtram2018
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Flu??
sarahtram2018
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hi all! I just got back from the doctor and received a positive result for the flu even though I had my flu shot. Probably thanks to all the kids I’m around all day at school. Anyway, my doctor gave me Tamiflu and insists that’s it’s safe during pregnancy. I called my OB and asked for another opinion and she said it’s fine too. But I’m still nervous to take anything. Just looking for anyone that might have personal experience with having the flu during pregnancy and how they handled it. Luckily, it’s a mild case since I had the flu shot and I haven’t had a fever so that’s good but still feeling very miserable. Thanks for any input!
Re: Flu??
I got a positive flu diagnosis over a week ago. It was after I had symptoms all week so I was outside of the ”48 hour window”. (Tamiflu doesn't work if you had symptoms for longer than 48 hours before starting) My options were Sudafed, cough syrup and Tylenol to ”manage” symptoms, each one did absolutely nothing. Thankfully, I too had a flu shot, no fever and no congestion and hardly a cough. Mine was all in my sinuses, super tired and body aches. I still have mild symptoms over a week later with being able to take nothing. I wish I could have had something to actually help.