Caught a bad cold and im coughing really hard, sometimes my whole stomach tightens with it. Im in second trimester. now im scared the strong coughing might do something to the baby. anyone faced this? will mention to my doctor also.
A cough itself usually doesnt harm baby, but my doctor said dont take random cough syrups, many arent safe in pregnancy. She gave me a safe option and told me to come in if it lasted long or had fever.
Beta a cough is mostly ok for the baby, dont scare yourself. Warm water, steam and honey in warm water helped me. But if it gets very bad or you get fever, show the doctor na.
If the cough is severe, with high fever, breathlessness or not stopping for days, please get it checked properly. Better safe. Dont self medicate, only what doctor approves.
We always did warm haldi milk and steam for cough, small things help. But for a heavy cough with fever, dont just rely on ghar ke nuskhe, do see your doctor.
