About to take a bath. Please help.

PebblesMommy

I'm having the joint pains already. Right at my crotch. With my first I didn't have this until the third trimester but I'm not even 15 weeks and they're already here. So I'm gonna take a bath with epsom salt and I want it to be hot to see if it will help. I was thinking that if I don't put enough water to reach my belly it would be okay. Does that make sense? Or is it still a bad thing to have very hot water even it's not over my belly??

magcaw

It's fine as long as your body temp doesn't get high. Bath water cools quickly and you won't be 100% submerged so you are fine. Your bath water probably won't be too insanely hot, anyway. Enjoy your bath and relax!

PebblesMommy

Oh, it's all about my body temp? All this time I thought it was just about heating up the baby with the water over my stomach. Some kinda mom I am. Oops. Thanks for letting me know this

camommy

You're fine as long as you keep your temp under 102 if you start to feel overly hot ans sweaty cool off a little. I take baths so hot I look like a cooked lobster when I get out of corse my belly is to big to cover now I also spend a little tome in the hot tub a couple times a week go to mayoclinic.com they have great information on hot water its under pregnancy and hot tubs just put it in the search

PebblesMommy

Thanks camommy! I just read up on it and am gonna go run my water now but get out in 10 minutes or if I start to sweat. Yay!!