Originally Posted by ctub0126
OB says no on heating pads because "it's bad for the baby. Your body temp is already high and if we raise it anymore it will harm the baby." I don't know if she's being extra careful or I'm uniquely warm, but I'm pretty sure my temp will raise in a couple months any way :). (Summer in upstate NY..... ugh :P).
No, she is right about your internal temp being higher. We always told our patients who complained about being hot is that with the baby's metabolism, it is like you have a little furnace inside. And raising your temp can't be good for the baby over the long term. When I suggested a heating pad in an earlier post, I was thinking about your knees/legs and should have specified. My bad. What about trying an ice pack?