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What Causes Low Grade Fever During Pregnancy?
im eight weeks pregnant and have been getting low grade fever from 99.0-99.6 throughout the day, increase at night for more then a week. my dr. didnt check for anything except telling me to take tylenol, for some reason, i feel this is not normal for my body or baby.
Wed, 12 Aug 2015
Hello, and I hope I can help you today.
An elevated body temperature is referred to as a fever if it is greater than 100.4 degrees. Having a mildly elevated body temperature while you are pregnant is normal, and actually normally occurs after you ovulate every month from the hormone progesterone (this is how women can track their ovulation by checking their body temperature every day). Progesterone is produced in high levels during pregnancy. Your hormone levels peak at 8-10 weeks of pregnancy and your feeling warm may decrease after that. In the meantime, taking Tylenol can cause you to feel less symptoms of an elevated body temperature, but unless it gets over 100.4, it is a part of normal early pregnancy and your doctor is correct in not treating is as a medical problem.
So I hope this reassures you that your condition is normal during pregnancy and requires no treatment.
Sincerely, Dr. Brown
An elevated body temperature is referred to as a fever if it is greater than 100.4 degrees. Having a mildly elevated body temperature while you are pregnant is normal, and actually normally occurs after you ovulate every month from the hormone progesterone (this is how women can track their ovulation by checking their body temperature every day). Progesterone is produced in high levels during pregnancy. Your hormone levels peak at 8-10 weeks of pregnancy and your feeling warm may decrease after that. In the meantime, taking Tylenol can cause you to feel less symptoms of an elevated body temperature, but unless it gets over 100.4, it is a part of normal early pregnancy and your doctor is correct in not treating is as a medical problem.
So I hope this reassures you that your condition is normal during pregnancy and requires no treatment.
Sincerely, Dr. Brown
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