I don’t know if I should call doctor or I will just bother them
I am writing in English as my German is not good enough to explain my situation, I am sorry :( …
35th week, second baby. I have persistent dry cough for 10 days at this point. It started as possible viral infection during heatwave, my throat was swollen and painful for a day and night and since then I am coughing abnormally to the point I am vomiting in mornings when they are the most violent. I also cannot sleep because if I lie down I cough more than breathe. Don’t even let me start on accidental leaking of urine with EVERY SINGLE cough. When I eat I often get into a minutes long coughing fit too that make me gag. I cannot hold conversations with people or talk to my older kid.
At this point I am noticing more things that happen due to cough. I am having painful migraines so I am eating paracetamol every time I can, my belly is hard every time I get a coughing fit which basically means its hard all the time. But what concerns me the most is that I feel less of baby movements in past day and half. Maybe it could be due to hard belly? I did feel hiccups yesterday but I heard they dont count as fetal movement…
I tried some home remedies (I have Gestational Diabetes so my options are limited) but it’s doing nothing. I didn’t get any medicine recommended.
I would go to doctor but problem is that I practically cannot leave the house. I cannot walk properly due to PGP, I have a 5yo who doesn’t speak English nor German and my husband left for a week for work and I know no-one here as we moved in relatively recently. I am considering to call 116 117 but I am scared they will dismiss me as every other doctor I seen so far about any issue I had (this is not first time I am sick in this pregnancy. I had sinus infection during first trimester that my doctor refused to treat and it “just passed” after 3 months of suffering)
I just don’t know what to do :( I am scared because it feels like nobody believes me (even my husband thought I am overreacting until I started to wake him up with the vomiting, that’s why it takes me so long to react as I do not know what to believe myself). I want to keep my baby safe, not to scare the older one and also dont want to waste some medical practicians their time on me if I am actually completely fine.