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Could Fever After Embryo Transfer Cause Any Harm?
Hi. My name is Alice. I had 2 2 day embryos transfered yesterday after icsi. Last night for an hour I felt feverish (couldn't get warm, but feeling hotish to the touch and achy. This lasted an hour or so and I then took some paracetamol which stopped it. Feel fine now and all night just very worried the embryos are damaged from excessive heat.
Please tell me what you think.
Please tell me what you think.
Tue, 1 Mar 2016
Hello, and i hope I can help you today.
Since you did not take your temperature, there is no way to know if you actually had an elevated body temperature at the time you felt this way.
In addition, low-grade fever is not harmful to a pregnancy. Women get sick during pregnancy just like anyone else, and a short-lived febrile illness is nothing to worry about.
Only a fever greater than 40 Celsius or 104 Fahrenheit can do any harm to an unborn baby, and that usually takes place as a risk factor for congenital hearing loss. As you only have embryos, and not a baby inside, there is really no risk to the transfer from what you experienced.
I hope I was able to adequately answer your question today and that this information was reassuring.
Best wishes for the rest of the pregnancy,
Dr. Brown
Since you did not take your temperature, there is no way to know if you actually had an elevated body temperature at the time you felt this way.
In addition, low-grade fever is not harmful to a pregnancy. Women get sick during pregnancy just like anyone else, and a short-lived febrile illness is nothing to worry about.
Only a fever greater than 40 Celsius or 104 Fahrenheit can do any harm to an unborn baby, and that usually takes place as a risk factor for congenital hearing loss. As you only have embryos, and not a baby inside, there is really no risk to the transfer from what you experienced.
I hope I was able to adequately answer your question today and that this information was reassuring.
Best wishes for the rest of the pregnancy,
Dr. Brown
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