Hi pregnant with cough

[Violetasmom]

Hi! I posted this on the pregnacy site as well but thoght I might sak a cold doctor too...thank you! I am aroung 6-7-8 wks pregnant, have had complicatiosn and am waiting for an u/s on Feb 6 to help date me. Pregnancy seems fine, no pain and no blood, still sore breasts...my concern and question is that I have been VERY sick with a cold since last Tuesday, Jan 29. It started as a bad head cold on Tues and Wed with diarhea the progressed to a bad cough. On Friday and Saturday I woke up with lips so cracked and dry they were bleeding...Finally, Sat I went to the ER afraid of dehydration. THey sent me home saying I was not dehydrated (they did not do any bloodworkk or an u/s as I had no pain)....although my blood pressure was elavated 132 over 80 and I am a rock steady 110 over 70...anyway, last night I was up most off the night with the cough, chills, etc...Today at church I had to leave because I was coughing so bad...I am drained and exhausted. I have been on the couch since Tuesday...I can't seem to get better...I am drinking lots of liquids a gallon of wtaer a day plus OJ and homemade chicken soup...any suggestions...can I be harming the baby? THank you so much and thank you for being here!!

[Violetasmom]

thanks for replying...no not green yet just lost of mucous...and this frustrating cough...I will check with her on Wed when I go in for my u/s

[Cindee56]

132/80 would be a great bp for me!  But I guess for you it's a little high, but definitely nothing to worry about.  It's because you have a cold.  Do you have green/yellow phlegm or anything?  That might be a sinus infection.  If not, it probably is just a bad cold.

I doubt it will harm the baby.  Lots of women get sick while pregnant.  But why dont' you check with your ob/gyn?