Pregnancy Colds...

[Alwaysabridesmaidf]

Are the WORST!!!!!! And I am saving my PTO for maternity leave.   Carry on.

[estrellita]

Right there with ya! My nose is always dripping or just clogged up and I'm so run down hope you feel better soon!

[rachelgreen]

I wanted to die during mine a couple weeks ago. I send you my condolences. Drink as much fluids as possible and hack as much goop out as you can.

[demandypants]

it is like some cruel cruel joke. Hope you are feeling better soon!

[nextbigthing]

I can commiserate. It sucks waking up all stuffed up and not being able to take the drugs!

Hope it gets better soon!!!

[Alwaysabridesmaidf]

Thank ladies. I feel like pregnant people should get a pass on all other injury and illness. Haven't we suffered enough. LOL

[Teachermama]

I had one last week. I am trying to save leave. Someone told me I looked like crap and my boss said NO SHE DOESNT! SHE IS NOT SICK!

Ok.. well that tells me I can't call out .

[lynn07]

Blech, right there with ya. Yesterday I could feel the drainage starting, and today I woke up with a horrible sore throat. I know by tomorrow I'm going to be ridiculously congested Hope we all feel better fast!

[cereal K]

i think i'm dying. my throat/chest is so congested that i feel like i can't breathe or that i'm gonna choke, but i can't cough deeply enough to clear it. and when i do, i have a sharp, horrible pain in my stomach where a small person's body part is pressing.

my OB put in on antibiotics to help clear this, but so help me i'll be PISSED if i'm still hacking and coughing when i'm in labor!

[krystee]

Mine lasted six days and finally left. I am just relieved it didn't settle into the lungs because I get bronchitis all the time. And the pharmacist said try to avoid ALL meds in the first tri. It sucked.

I hope you feel better soon!

[starfish79]

I had bronchitis earlier this summer that hung around for 6 weeks... it was terrible. Fortunately or not I was told I could take meds and they prescribed me antibiotics and inhalers. Just yesterday I started coughing and sneezing again and woke up with sore throat and lots of sinus drainage... hoping it's just sinuses or allergies this time...

With you and agree pregnant ladies should be exempt from this stuff!

[626]

I hope you feel better soon.

My husband and sick and I'm basically doing everything I can to see if I can escape it...different toothpaste, lysoling every surface, making sure he washes his hands or uses hand sanitizer after he touches his face or blows his nose.

I have asthma and the last few times I got sick with a cold (not pregnant), I was so short of breath and my chest was so heavy and tight I had trouble walking across the room. Ended up needing steroids, inhalers, etc to get rid of it.