bexy_22

Ah that's the reason why you shouldn't have hot baths. Didn't know that

mBLACK

Well I'm sure if you turn down the heat ALOT then you should be able to.. You can literally cook the baby if you raise your tempurature over (I think it's) 102, it's very very dangerous so be very careful!
Oh, no hot baths either.

jokasta

I don't know if this is totally out of topic but it started me thinking. When we have heat waves here, or even during the normal summer days, the temperature can be anywhere from 96 to 108 or even up to 115 ( last years extreme heatwave ). Obviously pregnant women are to avoid sitting under strong sunlight for prolonged periods but it is pretty much impossible not to be affected by both the heat and the sun.
Isn't that the same principle as the hot tub? If the body's core temperature raises in a heatwave would that not harm the baby too?

Then again, if that is the case, what happened a few decades ago when people did not have any A/C ?

carries

Ive thought this too. Also in sweden, norway etc its really common to use hot tubs, saunas and steam rooms even through pregnancy. Im not saying im going to go jump in a sauna but does make me think again how much of the increased 'risk' is so small to be almost irrelevant.

BurtonBaby

I was told no higher than 100F. Honestly in my second trimester I went in a couple times, but would sit on the side as soon as I started to feel hot. Once tho, even though I kept getting out, when I got out and went inside, I still felt hot. It was hard to regulate my bodies temp on my own, and after that I didn't go back in til after Erica was born.

ani

I have no idea about hot tubs, but if we're talking about the air temperature, they should be no probs.

In Finland is totally common and ok to use the sauna all the way till the end of the pregnancy, and the ministry of health recommendations say this is absolutely fine. With a sauna, it can actually be very good for the baby, as it relaxes the mother. Obviously, a heat wave would not be so relaxing! In any case, with hot air, your body does not heat up inside. Of course, you don't want to be staying in there for hours, but that's just common sense, pregnant or not.

Gabi

Well I have hot baths.
No one I know of has had issues with having a hot bath during pregnancy.
During my 1st trimester I didn't but it was the middle of Summer here so I was constantly trying to cool down. Now I'm in the middle of Winter and I live up on a mountain. I'll try anything to be able to feel my fingers and toes at night so I have a hot bath. Not ridiculously hot. Comfortably hot.

Angelmouse

Yeah this concerns me because I like to have a hot bath. Not so hot as it hurts to get in it but hot so that it feels as if it might get me clean Y'know?!

You can't actually cook your baby can you surely? That's quite scary and now I REALLY wish we had a shower!!!!!!