Stomach virus while pregnant when to call doctor

As if it isn’t enough that you’re overwhelmed by the reality of being pregnant – that your whole world is going to be forever changed from here on out – you now seem to have come down with a mean ol’ tummy bug!

Or at least, you think so.

Especially if you’re expecting your first little bundle of joy, determining what’s normal during pregnancy and what’s not is sometimes pretty tricky.

So, what do you do now that you suspect you’ve come down with the stomach flu while pregnant?

And is it dangerous to you and your unborn baby? 

Let me give you a little insight to my own experience of the dreaded stomach bug with my second bun in the oven. 

It all started a couple months after we had put our toddler into daycare.

I probably don’t need to explain how the bug reached a mid-pregnancy me, but needless to say, we all know that daycare centers are breeding grounds for all sorts of nasties (not that it’s a bad thing for little ones’ immune systems, but more on that another time!)

Anyhow, our sweet and in

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