Pneumonia and wheezing while pregnant

Hi, I was hospitalized on Saturday with pnuemeonia and was sent home Monday with antibiotics. My problem is that I haven't stopped wheezing since being diagnosed. Sometimes the wheezing sounds better then other times but it just doesn't want to clear up. Anyone know if this is normal? I'm really worried about it, I just want it to stop. (I'm 32 weeks pregnant and have been prescribed the antibiotic Azithromycin and no sort of breathing treatment)

Hello! My sister has the same problem you do. She has the wheezing symptom, cough and even breathing problems sometimes. She is 26 weeks pregnant. We first thought it could be asthma because she has a history of allergies but it turned out to be pneumonia. This didn’t come as a relief. She was prescribed with the same drug zithromax.

She was advised to rest, drink a lot of fluids, and take the antibiotics.
I tried to do some reading about pneumonia in pregnancy and I realized that bacterial is somehow better than viral. I understood that there is no difference between pregnant and non-pregnant women regarding severity of the disease.
However, it is said that monitoring is essential because pneumonia may cause preterm labor.
Luckily, no negative effects have been seen on babies when mothers suffered from pneumonia. However, if a pregnant woman develops fever, or experiences fast breathing rate or has troubles with oxygen…that could be somehow harmful.
Anyway, I hope everything goes well for you. How far into treatment are you? Are you feeling any better?

i went to the e.r. last night and was diagnosed with pneumonia .... they took x-rays, gave me an i.v. and drew some blood... they also had me on oxygen they decided to keep me over night to observe me... i(i am 22 weeks pregnant) ... i got released from the hospital late this evening ... they sent me home with an oxygen tank... and some antibiotics. i still am weezing a lot too. but just keep coughing it up they say. good luck !!!

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There are plenty of effects pnuemonia can have on a pregnant woman. The pnuemonia can cross over the placenta and infect your baby. Hosiptals or doctors says it will lead to preterm labor because that would be the most likely thing to happen if you receive good medical care from a competent Dr. I know from experience. I was diagnosed with a UTI in my 25th week of pregnancy after going to the emergency room becuase of pains that came on all of a sudden. Each prenatal visit they keep prescribing the same darn medication for E.coli which I didnt have. I dont know that there is different medicine for E.coli and Pnuemonia, but the Dr. should know. I gave birth at 37 weeks and 2 days and my daughter was stillborn but was living just the day before. She was 5lbs 9 oz. She died becuase she had pnuemonia, the same pnumonia which caused the UTI in myslef because it effects different people in different ways. The difference is my daughther lived witht he pnumonia for over 12 weeks, somthing a baby certainly cant handle, they dont even have much of an immune system yet. Please ladies make sure your Dr. presribes the proper medication andd can tell specifically which bacteria caused your infection whether a UTI or pnuemonia infection. Even if you have to do the reserach yourslef because it is utterly ridiculous for a pregnant woman going to every prematal visit to not get the correct treatment. And make sure you dont have a Dr who assistants run the office while he is at the hospital trying to get more money from deliveries and they dont even have any degree but midwifery, which is not medical. This same pnuemonia couldve killed me also. Not only would my husband be dealing wih the loss of his baby, but the loss of his wife.

This is a reply to Jacci.
Dear Sister, I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your baby. That is a traumatic experience. I hope you and your husband are finding peace with what has happened. Reading your post inspired me to reply for two reasons. 1 the Dr/Midwife was probably treating your UTI (bladder infection) correctly. Usually a urine lab test tells exactly which bacteria is causing the UTI and they were treating the E. Coli; a common cause of UTI's.

From the limited info in your post it seems like you didn't complain of a lung infection. I'm wondering if you had any symptoms of pneumonia which is a lung infection. Pneumonia would not cause abdominal pain. Did the Midwife listen to your lungs or tell you to see your primary care doctor? It's true that sometimes the doctor has to go to a delivery usually an emergency c-section and cannot be in the clinic. Midwives also have to rush to deliveries and leave the clinic. This leads to the 2nd reason I wanted to reply. Midwives are highly educated and are not the doctor's assistants. A midwife is a completely different profession from an OBGYN, even though many duties overlap. True a midwife does not have a medical degree. The midwife is an advanced practice nurse with medical knowledge and experience.

Again, I am sorry for your tragic loss. I hope your case was looked at closely and if mistakes were made they were caught in order to prevent another tragedy. I agree 100% with you that all patients need to research their medications and understand their own health, bodies, and treatment. Thanks for sharing your story.