Need advice quickly!

[alysia]

i am feeling really sick and have no idea where to put this thread so mods please move it if you need to.

I have a 9 month old and have been TTC#2 for the last 5 months. i have had 2 M/Cs in this time. Anyway i have just done a pregnancy test and it came back :bfp: !!! yay.

BUT my DS has been sick for the last couple of days with a snotty nose and cold. I have been lucky enough to feel fine but last night i started to get a sore throat and now right at this moment i feel like i am going to die!!! it feels like a head cold. My Dh just went to the chemist for me to get difflam, codral and a pregnancy test. now that the test has come back :bfp: i cannot take any of the medication

SO my question is can someone PLEASE tell me what i can take to relieve the pain in my throat, nose and head. this is really really bad

THANKS

ALysia

[Kewe]

panadol is about all you can take

instead eat lots of honey, oranges and lemons, make a drink out of it, works for me

[sam's mum]

take panadol. Gargle listerine, or salt water. cold packs on your face. rest.

not sure what else, but hope you feel better soon. :fingerscrossed:

[alysia]

thanks guys. i figured panadol is all i can take :gloomy: . I havent felt this sick for ages and Ds is not happily crawling around the house screaming. Just what i need for my sore head.

i hill go make a honey orange lemon drink and rest i think.

[missb]

i know it's gross but i used to sip vinegar, it numbed my throat heaps and brought up flem if there was any. I'm not suggesting to pour yourself a glass and skull :barf: but maybe a cap full when it statrs to hurt... and think... salt and vinigar chips. Hope you get well soon and congrats on your :bfp:

[rowiechb]

Hmmm I go with the others, Panadol, honey/lemon tea, vicks drops?, Garlic and some rest....
:fingerscrossed: Hope you feel better soon

:party: Congrads on the:bfp:

[jamb]

Honey lemon and hot water and a couple of panadol before bed.

Hope you feel better soon:hugs:

[Kewe]

Oh I know i'm probably going to get laughed at but this works for me

when you go to bed tonight, cut a onion in half, and put it beside your bed, if you've got a stuffy nose it seams help get rid of it, it does take a couple of days though

[wa mum of 4]

Butter menthol and panadol.
And I used to put VICKS on the bottom of my feet and have a really hot shower.
The vapor would move up in the steam and clear my nose.
Congrats on the :bfp:

[alysia]

thanks for your fast replies.

Dh has just gone to get me butter menthols, panadol and vicks. i am going to try all of your ideas because if something doesnt work i am just going to lay in bed and never move again!

[Tam-I-Am]

Codeine is a category A1 medication in pregnancy - meaning that its been extensively tested and there has never been a reported abnormality caused by it, or any problems.

Therefore you can actually take panadeine or panadeine forte too - its not recommended for long periods of time, but then, neither is panadol!

Good luck, hope you're feeling better soon.

[ej_1974]

i would drink plenty of water and try a hot honey and lemon drink maybe followed by a panadol. you can also have strepsils during pg just not the extra strenght one. hope you get better soon ..