sucking in of chest when coughing..

[~Kim~]

no Olive it isn't. Retraction means she's working really hard. Back to the doc asap or the ED would be my advice.
That poor baby can't catch a break.

[Lulu]

Yeah, Doc time hun xoxoxoxo

[onthefly]

Aw no poor thing

[Traveller]

I'll echo what everyone else said. Boytwin has had more than his fair share of chest infections and normally I am able to nurse it at home, but when chest retractions start it is time to go to hospital

[Beach Mama]

Agreed with everyone else, best to get her checked hun. I was told that coughing like that can be a symptom of asthma too. Iz gets astmatic symptoms when shes got a cold and needs a ventolin to help her breathe. Good luck xoxo

[Enchanted]

I agree, back to the Dr. Poor possum, I hope you all get some sleep tonight

[*Beema*]

What is her cheast like inbewteen the coughing, if she is working harder when she is breathing in the chest area, this is called chest recessions, and is a sign of respiratory distress, you can also look at the base of her neck, there is a hole there, is the skin there moving in and out (neck tug or traecheal tug) that is also a sign of resiratory distress. But wth the combination of the temps cough etc, I would definitely get her checked out

[Olive]

thanks for all the replies, shes actually asleep (she had a bad bad day sleep) she only sucks in when its a hard/bad coughing episode and not with normal breathing, if she was at rest i would take her, will see how she goes overnight
im worried about croup as she sounds hoarse when she cries when she breathes in at that point it sounds different