Safe Cold Remedies

[mrssandro]

Start naming them here. 

Many Thanks...<blows nose, coughs, sneezes>

Ready to die now. 

[smock]

Ugh colds during pregnancy are the worst! Definitely drink tons of water. I also found saline nasal spray helpful.

[MrsDarcy]

My OB's safe medication list says these are ok:

Tylenol, Sudafed, Dimetapp, Triaminic, Coricidin, Theraflu, Allegra, Cold-Eeze, Zyrtec, Claritin, Benadryl, Mucinex

[mrssandro]

I do hope my body can recover on it's own. But I think I am in the for the long haul. I can't remember the last time I went through a cold with out a crap top of Mucinex and Emergen-C. I asked my husband that last night that once a long time ago people didn't have these things and where able to fight it off. But the he reminded me that yeah but people also died from things like common cold/flu's. I made this face...

[blushing]

Honey and lemon in redbush tea.

[rbp]

My doctor was ok with pseudoephedrine (Sudafed), guaifenisin (Mucinex), acetaminophen (Tylenol), and dextromethorphan (Robitussin or Delsym). I don't remember a whole lot that he told me I couldn't take for a cold, to be honest. Sudafed is a life-saver for me during the day, I just can't take it any time I wouldn't drink caffeine because I'm very sensitive to stimulants. I only buy single-ingredient meds to avoid getting a double dose of something. (Mucinex-D, for example, is a combination of guaifenisin and pseudoephedrine.)

I also found some relief for nasal congestion from the sinus rinse squeeze bottle (similar to Neti-Pot).

[magdala]

Putting a humidifier in my bedroom at night has helped a lot.

[daisycat]

In addition to what others have mentioned, I also used a lot of cough drops (helped with throat and nasal stuffiness) and Vicks.

Hope you get some relief soon. I had a horrible cold a couple of months ago and was miserable.

[Yankees21]

You poor thing...I just got over a miserable cold. I took cough drops, a particular kind of cough syrup that was given the ok, and Sudafed. I also kept the humidifier right by me and tried to drink as much water as I could.

[thatgirl2478]

ugh, I got a cold when I was 6 wks pregnant. they don't recommend taking ANYTHING in your first Tri, but I live dangerously (lol, no really, I just figured that taking a very minimum amount would PROBABLY not do any harm) so I took:

1 benedryl one night (and rediscovered why it isn't great for drying up a head cold - thick mucous is harder to get rid of)
2 days of mucinex at night
2 days of tylenol at night

Other than that I rocked the Vicks (on the feet it actually did help with the coughing) and took LOTS of hot steamy showers (aiming the hot water away from me), drank a ridiculous amount of water and had a Halls in my mouth most of 1 week. I also went through 4 boxes (at least) of kleenex. Good times.

[mrssandro]

Luckily I have an appointment tomorrow morning so I plan to ask then.

I have a combo of semi bad morning/all day sickness, heartburn from hell and a serious cold. So pretty darn exhausted. DH is picking up some sudafed now and some Delsym and if I get desperate I will take it tonight. Just one dose.

I wish I could just live in the shower since this is the only place I feel the best.